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2. Fort Hays - Wikipedia

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   Fort Hays. /  38.86167°N 99.34222°W  / 38.86167; -99.34222. Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Reopened as a historical park in 1929, it is now operated by the ...

3. Hays, Kansas - Wikipedia

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   Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. [1] The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. [5] [6] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 21,116. [3] [4] It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University.

4. Dances with Wolves - Wikipedia

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   Historic Fort Hays was founded in 1867, with the iconic stone blockhouse being built immediately. Its predecessor, Fort Fletcher (1865–1868), was abandoned for a few months and then relocated a short distance away in 1866. Fort Hays was founded in Cheyenne territory rather than Sioux. Rather than a desolate site, the fort was host to ...

5. Fort Hayes - Wikipedia

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   70000491 [1] Added to NRHP. January 26, 1970. Fort Hayes was a military post in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Created by an act of the United States Congress on July 11, 1862, the site was also known as the Columbus Arsenal until 1922, when the site was renamed after former Ohio Governor and later 19th U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes. [2 ...

6. Elizabeth Polly - Wikipedia

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   Hays Daily News: 13. February 6, 1972. Elizabeth Polly was a civilian nurse and used her nursing skills working long hours during the cholera epidemic which hit Fort Hays and the ill-fated town of Rome during 1867. Note: The article was confused by alternate records for Ephraim Polly and Edward Polly.

7. Battle of the Washita River - Wikipedia

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   Cheyenne captives, taken at Fort Dodge, Kansas en route to the stockade at Fort Hays; to the left stands U.S. Army chief of scouts John O. Austin. The Southern Cheyenne encampment on the Washita River comprised a key component in Custer's field strategy – Indian noncombatants included many women, children, and the elderly or disabled.

8. National Register of Historic Places listings in Ellis County ...

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   This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ellis County, Kansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude ...

9. Basilica of St. Fidelis - Wikipedia

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   Added to NRHP. May 14, 1971. The Basilica of St. Fidelis, commonly known as the Cathedral of the Plains, is a Romanesque -style Roman Catholic parish church in Victoria, Kansas, United States. [1] It was raised to the status of a Minor Basilica in 2014 and is also known as The Basilica of the Plains. The twin towers are 141 feet tall.