Central Kansas

The pictures presented on these pages were taken on May 30, 1999 on which I embarked together with Gábor Szabó.

Credits:

Web pages that helped us prepare our trip:
City.net on Kansas, Webring Kansas Sites, Roger Soldan's page, Flatlander's Kansas Photo Tour.
We retrieved directions using Mapblast.
Gábor Szabó took his GPS with him and I am going to provide the coordinates he measured.

Louis Vieux Elm Tree

This almost three-hundred year old elm tree is still alive, surviving a civil war, and the barbaric act of two vandals who set off a pipe bomb in its crotch in 1998.

Web-page: Flatlander's Kansas Photo Tour has a page.
GPS coordinates: 39.2565 N   96.2508 W    [Map]

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Konza Prairie

Near Manhattan, KS, a protected area of native untouched prairie. We went there just at the right time, when most flowers were blooming.

Web-page: The Visitor's Guide by th Manhattan Convention and Visitor's Bureau mentions Konza prairie on its page on natural history.
GPS coordinates: 39.10631 N   96.6089 W    [Map]

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<- Find the lizard in the middle!

Abilene

Birthplace of Eisenhower, its historic downtown evokes the time when the Wild West was still wild.

Web page: See the "What to Do?" page in City.net's Kansas section.
[Map]

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Old Chapel
and
graveyard 		Blacksmith'
store 		Museum "Cancan girls" "Gunfight" performed
for tourists

Flint Hills

Web page: See the "What to Do?" page in City.net's Kansas section.
GPS coordinates of this spot will be given later.

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Mushroom Rocks

Web pages: Flatlander's page, Roger Soldan's page.
GPS coordinates: 38.7262 N   98.03087 W    [Map]

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Faris Caves

Web page: Roger Soldan's page.
GPS coordinates: will be given later.

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Lindsborg

Also known as "little Sweden", this town on the Smokey River has some really beautiful buildings.

Web page: main Lindsborg page.

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Coronado Heights

Just outside Lindsborg, offers the best view of the area. Especially if you arrive at sunset, just like we have!

Web page: Roger Soldan's page.
GPS coordinates will be given later.   

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<- I suspect that this was the cloud which turned into a tornado at night over Manhattan.

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