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  2. Fort Hays - Wikipedia

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    Fort Hays. /  38.86167°N 99.34222°W  / 38.86167; -99.34222. Fort Hays, originally named Fort Fletcher, was a United States Army fort near Hays, Kansas. Active from 1865 to 1889 it was an important frontier post during the American Indian Wars of the late 19th century. Reopened as a historical park in 1929, it is now operated by the ...

  3. Hays, Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Hays is a city in and the county seat of Ellis County, Kansas, United States. [1] The largest city in northwestern Kansas, it is the economic and cultural center of the region. [5] [6] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 21,116. [3] [4] It is also a college town, home to Fort Hays State University.

  4. Elizabeth Polly - Wikipedia

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    Hays Daily News: 13. February 6, 1972. Elizabeth Polly was a civilian nurse and used her nursing skills working long hours during the cholera epidemic which hit Fort Hays and the ill-fated town of Rome during 1867. Note: The article was confused by alternate records for Ephraim Polly and Edward Polly.

  5. Fort Hays State University - Wikipedia

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    Website. fhsu .edu. Fort Hays State University ( FHSU) is a public university in Hays, Kansas. It is the largest university in western Kansas, and the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with a total enrollment of approximately 15,100 students.

  6. Kansas forts and posts - Wikipedia

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    A number of settlers in areas isolated from the hostilities constructed new forts to protect their communities against Indian raids. These included two forts in Washington, Kansas, a fort in Iola and Fort Drinkwater . The numbers of forts and posts in the territory were modest. In 1854–1855 five forts existed.

  7. Edward H. Hammond - Wikipedia

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    Edward H. Hammond (born May 4, 1944) is an American educator and former president of Fort Hays State University. Prior to his position at Fort Hays State, Hammond served in student affairs at various institutions including Seton Hall University and the University of Louisville. Hammond completed just two months shy of 28 years, making him the ...

  8. Great Flood of 1951 - Wikipedia

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    Flood. The 1951 flood in Kansas began in May with the flood of the Big Creek, (a tributary of the Smoky Hill River) in Hays after 11 inches (280 mm) of rain in two hours. . The creek overflowed, flooding Hays (the location of Fort Hays State University) to a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) in most locations inhabited by the students on campus, necessitating a midnight evacuation of the barracks by ...

  9. Fort Hays State Tigers - Wikipedia

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    The Fort Hays State Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Fort Hays State University, located in Hays, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) for most of its sports since the 2006–07 academic year; while its men's soccer team competes in the Great American ...

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