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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 ...
Mascot. Victor E. Tiger. Website. fhsu .edu. Fort Hays State University ( FHSU) is a public university in Hays, Kansas. It is the largest university in western Kansas, and the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with a total enrollment of approximately 15,100 students.
Service and death. In 1867, Fort Hays was established on a low slope south of Big Creek, its role being to provide security for the Smoky Hill Trail.For the most part, the "fort" was still just a bivouac of hundreds of tents in the late summer of 1867 when it became the center of a war with the plains tribes over the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway parallel to the trail.
A number of settlers in areas isolated from the hostilities constructed new forts to protect their communities against Indian raids. These included two forts in Washington, Kansas, a fort in Iola and Fort Drinkwater . The numbers of forts and posts in the territory were modest. In 1854–1855 five forts existed.
FIPS code. 20-31100. GNIS ID. 485589 [1] Website. haysusa.com. 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.
Rome was a short-lived postbellum frontier settlement in Big Creek Township, Ellis County, Kansas, United States. It is notable for its association with the early plains career of its co-founder, William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody. Rome was the first town established within the future Ellis County, followed very shortly by rival Hays City .
The Gross Memorial Coliseum is a 6,814 seat multi-purpose arena in Hays, Kansas. It was built in 1973. [1] [2] It is the home of the Fort Hays State University Tigers women's volleyball team, as well as the men's and women's basketball teams. It also hosts state championship events for Classes 1A, 2A, and 3A wrestling (combined), 1A volleyball ...
About 400 warriors. Casualties and losses. 3 killed. 35 wounded. 6 killed. Unknown wounded. The Battle of the Saline River in August 1867 was one of the first recorded combats of the Buffalo Soldiers of the U.S. 10th Cavalry. This battle occurred 25 miles northwest of Fort Hays in Kansas near the end of August 1867.