The stories of Wallace County, KS

8 narrated audio stories from across Wallace County β€” hidden history, true crime, food legends, and local lore from its towns, landmarks, and back roads.

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Fort Wallace

Where the Smoky Hill Traffic Met the Army

A frontier post built to guard a dangerous road west.

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Wallace County

Where Wallace County Planted Its Flag

How Sharon Springs became Wallace County’s political center on the High Plains.

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Wallace County

A Civil War Name on the Far Western Plains

How a Kansas county carried the Civil War to the state line.

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Wallace County

A Fort for the Road West

How Fort Wallace guarded the hard road across western Kansas.

HistoryMilitaryLandmarksListen in the app
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Mount Sunflower

Where Kansas Quietly Reaches Its Highest Ground

Why Kansas tops out on a barely noticeable rise in the High Plains.

HistoryNatureLandmarksListen in the app
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Fort Wallace Museum

Where the Prairie Keeps Everything

A small-town museum holds a county’s frontier, railroad, military, and fossil memory.

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Fort Wallace Museum

Where the Smoky Hill Turned to War

A frontier post becomes the hinge of movement, supply, and conflict in 1867.

HistoryMilitaryLandmarksListen in the app
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Mount Sunflower

Kansas, at Its Highest, Barely Raises Its Voice

A quiet pasture becomes a pilgrimage at Kansas’s highest natural point.

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