Old Fort Hays

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OLD FORT HAYS MUSEUM HOURS SAM&6PM. EVERYDAY THIS PARK IS MAINTAINED BY KANSAS FRONTIER HIST. PARK BOARD OLD FORT HAYS MUSEUM FREE ADMISSION FORT HAYS WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE ARMY IN 1867 FOR PROTECTION OF SETTLERS AGAINST INDIANS IT WAS NAMED FOR GENERAL ALEXANDER HAYS WHO DIED IN THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS SUCH FAM OUS GENERALS AS GEORGE CUSTER SHERIDAN FORSYTH, MILES, HANCOCK AND SHERMAN WERE AT THE FORT AT DIFFERENT TIMES. IN 1889 THE FORT WAS AB ANDONED, THE BLOCK HOUSE AND GUARD HOUSE ARE THE ONLY TWO ORINGNAL FORT BUILDINGS NOW STANDING MANY PIECES IN THE MUSEUM WERE OF EARLY LIFE ON THE PLAINS.......

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1963, July 2 OLD FORT HAYS Hays, Kansas This, the Block House and the Guard House are all that is left standing of Fort Hays estab- lished in 1867 for the protection of the settlers. General Alexander Hays was the first com- manding General of the post. It was abandoned in 1889. Published by NOBLE POST CARDS, Colorado Springs, Colo. S46596 HERE