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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LW_icehouse_Hays-KS.html
The icehouse was built 300 yards behind this sign during the winter of 1870-1871. It was built into a hillside, which offered much insulation. The icehouse could store 1,000 tons of ice harvested and hauled from Big Creek. Soldiers occasionally co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LV_band-barracks_Hays-KS.html
A regimental band was located where there were regimental headquarters. The 18th U.S. Infantry band is pictured here. The band's quarters, located between the blockhouse and post trader's store, consisted of two buildings. One was the barracks and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LI_post-traders-store_Hays-KS.html
Each post had its trader or sutler that sold general merchandise to soldiers. The trader was the only civilian allowed to operate a business for profit on a military fort. The trader's store at Fort Hays was located 50 feet behind this sign. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14LH_blockhouse_Hays-KS.html
This hexagonal building, made of native limestone quarried three miles west of here, was the first building constructed at Fort Hays. The blockhouse was intended as a barracks for soldiers. When it was finished wooden barracks had been built, so i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14L2_laundress-quarters_Hays-KS.html
The four wooden frame buildings that comprised "Sudsville" or "Laundress Row," were located approximately 100 yards behind and to the left of this sign. Each building housed four laundresses and their families in two 12' by 12' rooms. Laundresses …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KZ_bake-house_Hays-KS.html
The foundation before you marks the stone bake house, where all the fort's bread was baked. The inner rectangular foundation at the east (right) end marks the oven, while the foundation of the pantry is in the west (left) end. The original wooden …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KY_well-house_Hays-KS.html
In the summer of 1867 four wells were dug on the Fort Hays grounds. The one before you serviced the post hospital. These wells provided limited quantities of water. Periodic contamination rendered the water undrinkable. As a result Big Creek be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KX_guardhouse_Hays-KS.html
The native limestone guardhouse replaced an earlier wooden structure in 1872. It included a room for the non-commissioned officer of the guard, the guardroom, and the military prison, which included three solitary cells. Most prisoners were enl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KF_fort-hays-military-cemetery_Hays-KS.html
Often times soldiers who died while fighting were buried where they fell. Most who died at or near the post were buried at the fort's military cemetery, approximately one mile northwest of here. Nearly 25 of the 175 buried here were civilians. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KE_sentinel-hill_Hays-KS.html
The hill approximately two miles south of the guardhouse was known as Sentinel Hill. As part of the Fort Hays military reservation, a sentry (guard) posted at this location could have seen several miles in all directions. The legend of Elizabet…
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