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Originally Posted by Jeff Christie
I was born in Hays ( as I like to say- Fort Hays). I still have the family farm out in Gove county (north of you) that my great-grandmother homesteaded by herself after her husband died. The deed is from the United States to Jane Parsons and dated 1890. It is all sections, townships, ranges, and prime meridians as the counties did not exist at that time. The original house was a 'soddie' a sod house and from what I have been told very livable in both the heat of the summer and the brutal cold of a western Kansas winter. I understand Gove County is now great pheasant country. I have not hunted it since the early 70's. When I was a kid it was also rattlesnake heaven out there.
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I visited Fort Hays in the spring of 2010. My grandparents always called it
Fort Hays too....and sometimes
Hays City. I had never been to the old fort before and I wanted to check it out. Some original buildings there. Custer was stationed there for a while. He camped about a mile away from the post along with his wife and brother.
I have sold all of the property that I inherited around Bucklin. Sorta wish I hadn't because I'd allow it to go back and maybe raise some pheasants. I owned about 200 acres, but not all in one piece. Relatives wanted to buy it, so I sold it to them. They live out there and wanted the land to make a living off of.
Can't find my pics of Fort Hays. Gotta be around here somewhere.
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