Chase County & The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas

Chase County & The Bluestem Pasture Region of Kansas (HMT18)

Location: Strong City, KS 66869 Chase County
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Country: United States of America
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N 38° 24.067', W 96° 30.159'

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The vast prairie which surrounds this site is typical of the Bluestem pasture region more commonly known as the Flint Hills. Named for its predominant grasses, the area extends from Oklahoma almost to Nebraska in a narrow oval two counties wide which covers some four and a half million acres.

These pastures comprise the last large segment of true prairie which once stretched from the forests of the East to the Great Plains. Today almost a million head of cattle are fattened each year on these nutritious grazing lands. The area normally receives more cattle annually from the Southwest than did all Kansas during an average season in the colorful era of the Texas drives, 1866-1885, when herds were driven north to Kansas railheads.

In the hills 14 miles southwest of this marker Knute Rockne, famed Notre Dame football coach, was killed in an airplane crash, March 31, 1931.
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HM NumberHMT18
Series This marker is part of the Kansas: Kansas Historical Society series
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Marker Number22
Placed ByKansas Historical Society and State Highway Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, September 22nd, 2014 at 12:33pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 718076 N 4253274
Decimal Degrees38.40111667, -96.50265000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 38° 24.067', W 96° 30.159'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds38° 24' 4.02" N, 96° 30' 9.54" W
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Area Code(s)620
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 900-914 U Rd, Strong City KS 66869, US
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