Featured Waypoint: The Gypsum Hills
July 27, 2022
Photo by Elaine Giessel, Road Cut in the Gyp Hills
BY ELAINE GIESSEL, Kansas Chapter Chair
The Gypsum Hills (Gyp Hills, Red Hills, or Medicine Hills) near the Oklahoma border of south-central Kansas comprise a unique landscape...
Featured Waypoint: Mushroom Rock State Park
June 28, 2022
Photo by Richard VossBY ELAINE GIESSEL
If you are headed to Kanopolis Lake to cool off this summer, be sure to stop at Mushroom Rock State Park in this scenic area of the Smoky Hills region.Considered one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas Geography,...
Featured Waypoint: Pawnee Rock Historic Site
June 4, 2022
Photo by Jill Draper, Pawnee Rock Historic Site
BY HAROLD DRAPER, Kanza Group Chair
The Santa Fe Trail was opened in 1821 as a trade route between Missouri and Mexico when Mexico won its independence from Spain. Pawnee Rock, in present-day...
Featured Waypoint: Wild Things, Into the Weeds
May 2, 2022
Left to right, Dandelion blossoms, dandelion greens, chickweed, violets - Photos by Karin Pagel-Meiners
BY KARIN PAGEL-MEINERS,...
Featured Waypoint: Old Runnymede Marker
September 2, 2022
Photo by Harold Draper, Kansas Chapter, Old Runnymede Historical MarkerBY HAROLD DRAPER, Kansas Chapter ExComThis historical marker is located on Kansas Route 2 in Harper County. In 1885 Ned Turnly of County Antrim, Ireland, established a town at...