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Basking in the Beauty of the Flint Hills

A Faces & Places Roadie BlogI’m sure you’ve heard of the phrase “Stop and smell the roses.” For my latest trip on the Faces & Places Tour, I did the Kansas version of that. I stopped and ...

Posted on July 11, 2012 9:35AM by Lindsey, Faces & Places Tour Roadie

Prairie Fire Festival Honors Dramatic Flint Hills Tradition

The Prairie Fire Festival in Cottonwood Falls celebrates the annual range-management practice of burning the tallgrass prairie to promote new growth. Indigenous Native Americans noticed that bison ...

Posted on April 4, 2011 10:25AM by Becky Blake

Floating on a Sea of Grass

A drive along the Flint Hills National Scenic Byway carries visitors back to a different time. Imagine being alone in the middle of a vast ocean. Only this is no ordinary sea. Instead of water, ...

Posted on March 10, 2011 11:03PM by Dennis Toll

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