KANSAS

CHASE COUNTY
Cottonwood Falls (includes Strong City)
Hotels
●Grand Central Hotel – 215 Broadway; 620-273-6763; grandcentralhotel.com.
Sights & Sites
●Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve – Route 1 (Strong City); 620-273-8494; nps.gov/tapr/index.htm.



DECATUR COUNTY
Oberlin
Hotels
●Landmark Inn – 189 South Penn Avenue; 785-475-2340; landmarkinn.com; antique-filled.



DOUGLAS COUNTY
Lecompton
Sights & Sites
●Territorial Capital Museum – 319 Elmore Street; 785-887-6520; lecomptonkansas.com/page/lane-university-territorial-capital-museum; Constitution Hall & 1854-61 Democratic Party headquarters, too; Lecompton was 1 of 7 Kansas Territorial Capitols; founded in 1854 by pro-slavery Missourians; when proposed Lecompton Constitution defeated, clear Kansas not going to enter Union at that time & future capital would not be in Lecompton.



GRAHAM COUNTY
Nicodemus (includes Bogue)
Sights & Sites
●Nicodemus National Historic Site – 510 Washington Avenue B1 (Bogue); 785-839-4233; nps.gov/nico; historic site contains 5 buildings: Township Hall (now home to temporary visitor center), African Methodist Episcopal Church, 1^st Baptist Church, St. Francis Hotel & Nicodemus School District #1 Schoolhouse.



MONTGOMERY COUNTY
Independence
Sights & Sites
●Ingalls Prairie House Replica – Highway 75 (just off, 13 miles southwest of Independence); 620-289-4238; laurasprairiehouse.com.



MORRIS COUNTY
Council Grove
Campsites
●Canning Creek Campground – 945 Lake Road; 620-767-6745; Army Corps of Engineers run.
Restaurants
●Hays House – 112 West Main Street; 620-767-5911; hayshouse.com; oldest continually operating restaurant west of Mississippi.
●Saddlerock Café – 15 South 6^th Street; 620-767-9000; try Saddlerock Omelette.



SALINE COUNTY
Salina
Restaurants
●Cozy Inn – 108 North 7^th Street; 785-825-2699; ne plus ultra “slider burgers.”
Sights & Sites
●Salina Art Center – 242 South Santa Fe Avenue; 785-827-1431; salinaartcenter.org.



SCOTT COUNTY
Scott City (includes Leoti)
Restaurants
●Charlie’s Restaurant – 510 Broadway Street (Leoti); 620-375-4541; Mexican food for 50 years.
Sights & Sites
●Lake Scott State Park – 101 West Scott Lake Drive; 620-872-2061; kdwpt.state.ks.us/State-Parks/Locations/Scott; located within park are remains of small 7-room pueblo & extensive Plains Apache village, El Cuartelejo, referred to in 17^th Century Spanish reports (Plains Apache village where Taos Indians fled in 1664 to escape Spanish rule); Spanish expedition led by Lieutenant Juan de Archuleta later returned Taos to their pueblo on Rio Grande.



SEDGWICK COUNTY
Wichita
Restaurants
●Minh Hoa Restaurant & Cajun Seafood – 1556 North Broadway; 316-351-7637; plain cubic building with blackened glass doors; almost frightening in appearance; order mi quang.



WYANDOTTE COUNTY
Kansas City (includes Leawood)
Restaurants
●Oklahoma Joe’s – 3002 West 47^th Avenue; 913-782-6858; oklahomajoesbbq.com; try pulled pork or beef brisket.
●Rye – 10551 Mission Road (Leawood); 913-642-5800; ryekc.com; American.