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Virtual Tour Carriage House
 

Carriage House

Like our modern garage, this building
was used to house a carriage, buggy, or some other vehicle. This carriage house was constructed after the Jones' occupancy during the 1920s during the Benninghoven ownership. It is feasible that it may have housed a tractor or automobile. Today it is used for storage.

Buggy in barn

This buggy was found in the barn when the National Park Trust purchased the property in 1994.
Oral histories state that this buggy was intentionally dismantled by the ranch hands before the Z Bar Ranch auction in February 1986. After the sale it was reassembled and is now on display in the barn.

 

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Grazing cattle at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Did You Know?
Cattle can gain up to 2 pounds per day grazing on the prairie grasses of the Flint Hills. The calcium found in the limestone erodes into the soil, making the prairie plants more nutritious for grazing animals. Cattle grazing is still the main agricultural use of the Flint Hills today.
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