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About Hays
Hays is located in Ellis County, Kansas, near the intersection of Interstate 70 and U.S. Highway 183. It is the largest city in Northwest Kansas with a population over 20 000 inhabitants. Hays City was established in 1867 as the Union Pacific Railway Eastern Division. The community was named after nearby Fort Hays (in the memory of Gen. Alexander Hays).
The city is a very popular tourist destination for the families. Hays still has the history of the late 1800 and a lot of unique and interesting spots to visit, from world class museums to antique shops and recreational venues for all ages.
Some of Hays' historical landmarks going back to its beginning are Mount Allen Cemetery, Boot Hill Cemetery, Hangman's Bridge, the Buffalo Herd, Ellis County Courthouse and the old Opera House at 9th & Fort. You will also find here the Railroad Park, Liquid Bread Microbrewery, Hays City Mercantile, the Hays Arts Center Gallery and a unique day spa - Salon Ten-0-Seven. The Volga German House, located on the north side of 7th Street is a small dwelling built of native stone in 1911. On the west end of 7th Street is Fort Hays State University, founded in 1902. Tourists can enjoy Hays' fresh air or the waterfalls in Frontier Park with 89 acres of land, ride a mountain bike or jog on Hays Medical Center Fitness Trail or Hays F.E.E.T. Trail.
Hays is a great place to visit for the golf amateurs. This sport can be practiced in one of the city's golf courses such as Fort Hays Municipal Golf Course, J R Miniature Golf Precision Valley Golf & Tee-M-Up Golf Range. If you are a sports fan, Hays has many recreational facilities for soccer, tennis, skate boarding, football, basketball, baseball, swimming and many more.
In Sternberg Museum of Natural History, located at 3000 Sternberg Drive tourists can admire the internationally famous Cretaceous fossil Gillicus in Xiphactinus better known as the "fish within a fish". A tour in Hays can't be complete for the kids without visiting the Blue Sky Miniature Horse Farm that host Shetland ponies and the Fairview Farms Alpacas.
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