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Lyons, Kansas

Lyons is the Rice County Seat.  The county historical society's museum, the Coronado Quivira Museum, has displays on the Quivira Indians (including a replica grass lodge), Coronado's journey to the area in 1541 (including a few pieces of Spanish armor), the Santa Fe Trail, and pioneer life in the area.

In front of the courthouse are two geocaches--From the Past...Into the Future and that's just the way it is. 

The Facts of Life by Glenna Goodacre

About 12 miles west of Lyons are Ralph's Ruts, named after the owner Ralph Hathaway.  The Hathaway farm was the site of the Plum Buttes Massacre in September 1867.