Steele Homestead Museum
Herbert Steel first came to Scott County in 1888 and found the present state park area to be an ideal location for homesteading. He married Eliza Landon five years later. Their first home was a simple dugout, which they later updated to a four-room house using sandstone gathered from the surrounding bluffs. The Steele home has been preserved much as it was over a hundred years ago and serves as a museum displaying the furnishings and tools used by the early settlers. The Steele's farm was the setting for many outings due to the unique canyons and the superb fishing and hunting. The Steele's wanted their homestead to become a public park and recreation area. This dream became reality in 1928 when the Kansas Forestry, Fish and Game Commission acquired the 1,280-acres, which is now the park, including the 640 acres of the Steele homestead.
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