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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1THZ_judge-joyces-court-historical_Hays-KS.html
Marcellus E. Joyce, Union spy during the Civil War and well-known journalist of this day, presided from 1867 to 1868 as justice of the peace for most of the western Kansas. "Chief Justice" Joyce legends unanimously suggest that he freque…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1THY_townsite-of-rome-historical_Hays-KS.html
A statue of
"Buffalo Bill" Cody
the founder
stands on the
court house square
in Hays, 1 mile East
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1THW_the-volga-germans-historical_Hays-KS.html
The Justus Bissing, Frederick Karlin, and
Frederick Koerner families stayed on this
site from March 1 till April 8 of 1876, while
they were building their sod dugouts in
nearby Katherinenstadt (Catherine). These
people were the first of nearl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1THV_gospel-hill-historical_Hays-KS.html
The Armes Dance Hall, originally named the Globe Theater, was built on this site in 1867 by Major George Armes with money raised by his younger brother in Leavenworth, ostensibly to erect an Episcopal church. Later the building was moved to Fort H…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1THU_santa-fe-mail-company-depot-historical_Hays-KS.html
When the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division reached Hays City in October, 1867, this site became the temporary starting point of the Santa Fe Trail until mid-1868. The Five-Mule Concord Coaches of the Santa Fe Mail Company left here daily on …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1THT_union-pacific-house-historical_Hays-KS.html
This second largest house built in 1867 was run by George Boggs and Thomas Ranahan, who sold the hotel in 1868 to Bob Wright, post trader at Fort Dodge. Later that year,Ranahan was one of only 20 Hays citizens who signed up with the famous Forsyth…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TG2_the-sporting-palace-historical_Hays-KS.html
More than a dozen brothels lined this and Fort Streets during Hays City's untamed years, 1867-1874. On this site stood a house owned at various times by the notorious Jim Curry, by his girl friend, Miss Ida May, and A.J. Peacock, who later fought …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFW_walshs-gambling-hall-historical_Hays-KS.html
Paddy Walsh killed Charles Blunt, an ex-policeman from Leavenworth, in a barroom fight in Ellsworth on September 25, 1867. By November he was in Hays City, located on South Fort Street. Within nine months it was reported that Walsh had shot and ki…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFV_cy-goddards-dance-hall-historical_Hays-KS.html
Cy Goddard's Saloon and Dance Hall is one of several places reported to have been the spot where General Custer's brother Tom and some troopers of the Seventh Cavalry tangled with "Wild Bill" Hickok on July 17, 1870. After wounding two soldiers, o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TFS_whites-barber-shop-historical_Hays-KS.html
John White, a Black barber, operated his shop on this corner from 1868 until his death in 1879. On June 17, 1872, five-year-old Cy Goddard, Jr., was killed by a stray bullet, while seeking safety in White's barber chair during a street fight. The …