Kansas State Parks

Constitution Hall State Historic Site

6/1/2019 ... and stopped in Lecompton for the Lecompton Constitution Hall NHL, also in the Constitution Hall State Historic Site. First important in 1957 as a land claims office, it was then the site of the Kansas statehood Constitutional Convention. Only photos here, and we continued east ...

The park site

Constitution Hall

Ken taking a photo of ...

... the NHL plaque

Me with the Territory flag ...

... and Ken with the State

Marais de Cygnes State Historic Site

5/26/2021 Marais de Cygnes Massacre Site NHL and SHS. The site commemorates the 1858 massacre during Bleeding Kansas where a group of pro-slavery border ruffians captured 11 abolitionist free-staters. The interesting site provides a series of interpretive panels intended to be read easily from the car.

The park sign

The park road ...

... with interpretive panels

More information along the way

A 360 of the memorial area ...

... and a regular view

Ken photoing ...

... the NHL plaque

Ken and me

Mushroom Rock State Park

6/10/2007 Drove to the Mushroom Rock State Park via dirt back road. Here is one major and a few minor mushroom-shaped features about 20 feet high made of a darker stone on a sandstone pillar. Also some big rocks looking like big cow pies.

The park sign

Representative structures

Me ...

... and Ken

A mushroom

Ken looking strong

Another visitor

Me by our ride

Pawnee Rock State Historic Site

6/11/2007 Santa Fe National Historic Trail

Shawnee Indian Mission State Historic Park

5/31/2019 Shawnee Mission NHL (Fairway). Established by missionaries in 1830 minister to the Shawnee tribe of Native Americans who had been removed to Kansas. Also part of Shawnee Indian Mission SHP and in the FFNHA. Although we looked, we could not find the Santa Fe Trail wagon swales that were supposedly in an area behind some of the buildings - oh well

The park sign

North Building

West Building

Ken taking a photo of ...

... the NHL plaque