RICE COUNTY, KS

STERLING - BUSHTON/GENESEO - CHASE/RAYMOND/ALDEN - LYONS - LITTLE RIVER

LOCATIONS:

RALPH'S RUTS/KERN RUTS

4 miles west of Chase on Highway 56 and 3/4 mile north on 4th Avenue

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LOCATIONS:

COW CREEK CROSSING/
BUFFALO BILL'S WELL

3 miles west of Lyons on Highway 56 and

1 mile south on 12th Avenue

CHAVEZ MURDER SITE

Avenue P 1/2 mile west of 21st Avenue

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LOCATIONS:

LITTLE ARKANSAS CROSSING/FRY RUTS
5 miles south of Highway 56, 0.5 mile west of Avenue P/30th Ave. intersection, south side of the road

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The geographic center of Kansas is in Rice County
The county seat is Lyons and the county population is 10,083 (2010 census)
Rice County is home to Sterling College, the Coronado-Quivira museum, remarkable people and resilient businesses
The country was named in memory of Samuel Allen Rice, Brigadier-General, United States volunteers, killed April 30th, 1864, at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas