The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve near Strong City was established in the Flint Hills in 1996. The National Park Service operates the Spring Hill Ranch, which offers Living Ranch History Weekends between Memorial Day and October. KMUW's Jonathan Huber visited on a windy Saturday and prepared this audio postcard, which has sounds of a meal being cooked and a blacksmithing demonstration.
Audio Postcard: Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
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The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve was established in 1996 near Strong City in the Flint Hills.
Jonathan Huber
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The National Park Service operates a visitor’s center at the Spring Hill Ranch on the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.";
Jonathan Huber
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Ellen Sillette, from near Olathe, cooks a beef stew on a potbelly stove from the 1800s.
Jonathan Huber
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Skip Haley stokes coals to heat iron that he’s forming into a spoon.";
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Skip Haley (L) and Steve Schowalter, Wichita, work together on forming a spoon at the anvil.
Jonathan Huber
