janetalkingtonJul 13, 20191 minUnceremonious FuneralsBoot Hill Cemetery (1867-1874) in Hays City existed PRIOR TO a church community being established. Hays Presbyterian church was founded i...
janetalkingtonJul 4, 20191 minGrand home built on Boot HillJacob P. Shutts and wife, Nellie, paid $120 for lots 2,4,6 & 8 in the Lebold Allen addition in 1908. The photo in the middle shows the st...
janetalkingtonJun 30, 20191 minGold Discovered in HaysFather Blaine Burkey, the former research librarian from TMP, collected this historical knowledge of Hays into a book aptly titled Ellis ...
janetalkingtonJun 28, 20190 minCheck out the business card designed to gather stories from the locals.
janetalkingtonJun 22, 20191 minFirst Death in Hays CityThe Hays City Railroad Advance on November 9, 1867 writes: "Killed - The first death we have to record in our city took place on Tuesday ...
janetalkingtonJun 22, 20191 minThe First Newspaper of Hays CityThe Railway Advance was in operation for less than two years. Only two issues survive: Nov. 9, 1867 and June 23, 1868.
janetalkingtonJun 21, 20191 minGallows HumorTwenty-four years after the last burial at Boot Hill Hays City, a humorous anecdote was published on March 11, 1898 by the Topeka State J...
janetalkingtonJun 21, 20191 minGood Bones CHEAPSometimes historical clippings raise more questions than they answer. On March 23, 1878 the Hays Sentinel newspaper published an advertis...
janetalkingtonJun 20, 20191 minJoin the Journey!Do you have a story to share about Boot Hill? Photo from the King family collection at Ellis County Historical Society circa 1930s. Pleas...
