Things to do in Sun City, Kansas

Sun City, est. 1872. Col. Griffin, a buffalo hunter opened a Trading Post in 1871, a stockade was built in 1874. In the 1880s hotels, paper, livery stable, bank saloons & bakery thrived. The Mill for wheat &corn meal was built, and now, the Gypsum Mine, south of the city of Sun, hauls to the Gold Bond Plant in Medicine Lodge, where wallboard is made & shipped nationwide, still today! Known for the McLain Rodeo Roundup, 1922 -1938, owned by Mac McLain, world's largest Rodeo brought cowboys, associated with the Cowboys Turtle Association! Carnivals, Indians, dances, and much more, it was a rival to Buffalo Bill's Show. Buster's Saloon, open by season. The High School is now a Community Center. Hunters love the area, for deer, turkey, pheasants & other wildlife!

Gypsum Hills

Ancient floodplains, buttes, canyons, mesas and sinkholes are rare on the Great Plains. Yet, nestled in the Kansas grasslands is the Gypsum Hills, or Red Hills, with plenty of geologic diversity. 

Gypsum Hills

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Headed West

When a road-tripper first explores the state’s southwest corner, preconceived notions are blown away like an unwavering Kansas gust…

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