Cottonwood Falls, Kansas

The Emma Chase Cafe also has bison burgers....which sound good to me! I'll have to try one the next time.

The Chase Country Courthouse is another "to see" attraction in this small town. Having outgrown their log-cabin courthouse and jail, the people of Chase County, at a special election in 1871, thirteen years after the county's formation and with a population of about 600, voted to approve the $40,000 bond levy to build a new jail and courthouse. Isaac Alexander donated the 2 1/2 acres of land for the building. The brochure about the courthouse says that the workers worked six days a week for two years building the building, a Louis XIII period French Renaissance Chateau. It has been in continual use as a courthouse since then, the oldest in Kansas and in the midwest still being used as a courthouse. The jail was still in use until the 1970's, when new state laws closed it. The building is listed in the National Registry of Historic Places and the Kansas Historical Site Register. "Unmatched in durability and design, the Courthouse remains a living tribute to its builders and the Flint Hills pioneers who dreamed of a Courthouse which would stand a century." (from: the Chase County Courthouse brochure)

Here are a few "signs of the times" from Cottonwood Falls, Kansas...........

Well, I have more Flint Hills area words/photos to come, but think I will stop here for now. But will say one more time: go visit Cottonwood Falls, and the Flint Hills areas around it - it's worth the visit!