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Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
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.

 

Collared lizards at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve  

Did You Know?
Collared lizards can run on their hind legs with a stride that reaches more than 3 times the length of their bodies.

Last Updated: December 29, 2007 at 21:50 EST