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Two mi. west from Manhattan, 

 Kansas. U. P. R. R., and C. R. 1. 

 & P. — Lee R. Dice. 



\Manhatlan Prairie Preserve. (3.) 

 Riley County. Altitude: about 1300 

 ft. Typical prairie grassland. 



Manhattan, Kansas. U. P. R. R. 

 and C. R. I. & P. R. R.—Lee It. Dice. 



*Fort Riley Reservation. (A4-C3.) 

 Riley County. River valley, hills and 

 native prairies has 29 sq. mi. in Riley 

 County (military reservation). Native 

 prairies interspersed with wooded and 

 barren hills. Sand area formations 

 along the Kansas river. 



Fort Riley, Kansas. U. P. R. R. 



*Fort Hays Branch Experiment Station. 

 (C3-H8.) Ellis County. This is a tract 

 of native prairies, timber and cultivated 

 fields of 3600 acres of the original Fort 

 Hays Military Reservation which was 

 donated to the state by Congress. It 

 consists mainly of high, rolling prairie, 

 with a limited area of rich alluvium 

 bordering on a creek, and is situated on 

 the edge of the semi-arid region. A 

 fair sized stream, Big Creek, flows along 

 the north side. 



Hays, Kansas. U. P. R. R. 



*Fort Hays Normal School Reservation. 

 (C3-D5-H6.) Ellis County. This is a 

 tract of native prairies and cultivated 

 fields of about 4000 acres of the original 

 Fort Hays Military Reservation which 

 was donated by Congress to the state, 

 similar to the Fort Hays Branch Experi- 

 ment Station area. 



One mi. southwest of Hays. U. P. 



R. R. 



Pawnee Rock State Park. (B4-1IS.) 

 Barton County. This is a small tract 

 of only a few acres near Pawnee Rock, 

 Kansas. 



One-half mi. north of Pawnee Rock, 

 Kansas. A. T. & S. F. R. R. Santa Fe 

 Trail. 



Areas which should be preserved 



Valley floor, bluffs and hills. Cherokee 

 County. About 100 acres along Spring 

 River (B3-D5-F6), a branch of the 

 Neosho River. Alluvial valley floor, 

 river bluffs, hills, deciduous woodlands 

 of elm, walnut and sycamore, and prairie. 



One mi. Houllioiuit of Itaxtcr SprinifH. 

 St. L. and S. F. K. K. Smithw. 

 Kouri I Electric Line. JufFrrhon II 

 Kansa.s.— /'. /•'. Walker. 



Sand mil Park. (A4.) Riley County. 

 .\bout 040 acreu of Tiver»idc flood i)lain 

 and Hand dunes ::' '' • I^ ' is R'vcr. 



Siigiitly rolling ml dune 



area of Hood plain lurmuUoii, w ilh Handy 

 sliorcs, pools, swamp and prairie. The 

 principal trees arc cotton wood, willow, 

 and sand plum. Tlie plants and untmuld 

 are typical of the semi-arid rcgionu 

 lying some 300 to 5<XJ mi. to the weat. 

 The low vegetation is typical of western 

 Kansas and eaateru Colorado, cousistinc 

 of cacti, yucca, and other semi-arid 

 plants. Of particular interest because 

 of the excellent opportunity afforded 

 near the Kansas State Agricultural 

 College to investigate the plant and 

 animal succession of the plains region of 

 western Kansas, and for the recreational 

 facilities furnished by the tract. Should 

 be reserved by the state. 



4 mi. south of Manhattan, Kansas. 

 U. P. R. R. and C. R. 1. »!c 1'. R. R. 

 Midland Auto Route. CJolden Belt 

 Auto Road. Victory Highway.— 7. H'. 

 McColloch. 



Prospect Heights Park. (A4-C4-FG.) 

 Riley County. About 100 acres of rocky 

 upland on Prospect Heights. Rocky 

 heights with southwestern and north- 

 western exposures and ridge between 

 and a brushy and timbered slope towards 

 the Kansas River \ alley. About two 

 mi. southeast of Manhattan, Kansas. 

 U. S. R. R. and C. R. 1. A: P. R. R.— 

 Lee R. Dice. 



Stag Hill Prairie Park. (A4.) Riley 

 County. About 100 acres of prairie with 

 some scrub and woodland on top of 

 Stag Hill with southwestern sloi)e and 

 ravine (in part at least). One of the 

 best native prairie areas of this neigh- 

 borhood. 



About 4 mi. west of ^Llnhattan, Kan- 

 sas. U. P. R. R. and C. R. L ^ P. R. R. 

 Manhattan-Junction City Interurban. 

 — Lee R. Dice. 



Upland and flood plain woodland. 

 Riley County. About 20 acres at the 

 "cut-oiT" of the Kansas River. Several 

 sloughs, hill (or portion of it) to south- 

 west, and edge of river. U-v.-l Hood 

 plain and blull's. Deciduous v 1. 



with scrub and grassland areaii. ;.. 



^Llnhattan, Kansas. U. P. K. K. 

 and C. R. i. cV P. H- R -^*«- «• ^'«- 



Rock ('il<l /''"-A.-. (A4.) Ottawa 

 County. About 4() acres of -^ 'o 



rocks and saiuly rolling area. • » 



about 40 rods wide aiiil J mi. long ai ttio 

 iMlge of the S.ilomon Valley an. I al..»ul } 

 mi. from Salt Creek. 



