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El Dorado, KS 67042 - Pg Mission Tour Butler County tourbutlercountyks.com Statement: Community To promote and Contacts enhance the features and Tour Butler County - activities of Butler County in Jean Plummer, Tour Coordinator 1-800-278-3697 order to bring visitors into the www.tourbutlercountyks.com county, for the welfare of the Andover, KS 67002 - pg. 6 businesses in our communities. Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Tourism Bureau Vision Statement: www.andoverchamber.com 316-733-0648 The goals of Tour Butler County, Inc. are [email protected] to promote tourism and create economic Augusta, KS 67010 - pg. 9 development throughout Butler County. Chamber of Commerce/Convention & Tourism Bureau [email protected] 316-775-6339 Jean Plummer, Tour Coordinator www.chamberofaugusta.org 1-800-278-3697 Beaumont, KS 67012 - pg. 14 [email protected] 620-843-2591 Beaumont Hotel 620-843-2422 Benton, KS 67017 - pg. 15 City Office 316-778-1625 4th of July Fireworks Cassoday, KS 66842 - pg. 16 City Office 620-735-4252 Museum 620-735-4467 Douglass, KS 67039 - pg. 17 City Office 316-747-2109 [email protected] Sculpture El Dorado, KS 67042 - pg. 18 in downtown Convention & Visitors Bureau El Dorado [email protected] 316-321-1485 Flint Hills Flint www.visiteldoradoks.com 877-858-5600 Latham, KS 67072 - pg. 27 City Office 620-965-3121 Car Shows Potwin, KS 67132 - pg. 28 Jet Ski Races at El Dorado Lake [email protected] 620-752-3422 Rose Hill, KS 67133 - pg. 29 City Office 316-776-2712 Butler County History Center www.cityofrosehill.com & Kansas Oil Towanda, KS 67144 - pg. 30 Museum City Office 316-536-2243 www.cityoftowanda.org Whitewater, KS 67143 - pg. 32 City Office 316-799-2445 Special Features Butler County Map ............... Inside Front Cover Fold-Out Suggested Day Tours ........................................ pg. 1 Must See .................................................... pg. 33 Scott Hartley, Infinity Art Glass, Must Do ..................................................... pg. 35 Freedom Memorial Benton, KS El Dorado, KS Special Thanks! Tour Butler County N Thank You to Our Sponsors W E &DVVRGD\ S Butler County El Dorado Board of County City of El Dorado Commissioners Butler Rural Electric Andover Co-op Association :KLWHZDWHU City of Andover El Dorado Convention & Andover Chamber/ Visitors Bureau Convention & Visitors El Dorado Chamber 3RWZLQ Bureau of Commerce Frontier Refining & Marketing Augusta Jim & Lou Clennan City of Augusta Augusta Chamber/ Latham (O'RUDGR Convention & Tourism City of Latham Bureau Potwin 6WDWH3DUN LakePoint Nursing Center/ City of Potwin LakePoint Assisted Living Rose Hill Residence City of Rose Hill (O'RUDGR Beaumont Rose Hill Bank - Iberdrola Renewables Rose Hill & Augusta Benton Towanda City of Benton City of Towanda 7RZDQGD Cassoday Whitewater %HQWRQ City of Cassoday City of Whitewater Bank of Whitewater Thank You to Our Photographers $QGRYHU /HRQ Rick McNary $XJXVWD Larry Nelson Steve Seymour Janice Shaffer Matt Wagner Randy Wells %HDXPRQW Thank You For Supplying Photos Augusta Theater - 5RVH+LOO %XWOHU Paul Bowen, Photographer El Dorado CVB Historic Butler 6WDWH3DUN /DWKDP El Dorado Main Street CountyEl Dorado,Courthouse KS 'RXJODVV El Dorado State Park TourSuggested Butler Day County Tours tourbutlercountyks.com Tour Butler County Also see Must See and Must Do sections for possible tours. Each section has attractions to consider. Call our Tour coordinator at 1-800-278-3697 for additional suggestions and/or material. DAY TOUR Destination El Dorado –Art and History El Dorado is about 30 miles east of Wichita This could be cut to ½ day by making certain selections. If a 2 day, see El Dorado section for list of motels. 8:00am Pick up a sculpture brochure at the El Dorado Main Street office at the historic Missouri Pacific Railroad depot at 3rd and Main. View sculptures on the grounds. Drive downtown for a light breakfast and latte at Scooter’s Coffeehouse, 142 N Main. 9:00am – Butler County History & Kansas Oil Museum –view the exhibits and walk the street of a 1920s Oil Boom Town. See an oil derrick and other oil equipment up close. See an authentic residence completely furnished as lived in during the oil boom. 10:00am - Drive to the first sculptures on east Central next to the bank. Enter Commerce Bank for key to the atrium. View the beautiful artwork of the Flint Hills with captions written by Rolla Clymer which catch the spirit of the hills. Walk to either Coutts Museum of Art (around the corner) with a sculpture in front and on either side of the entrance OR continue on down the block of Main Street to Walter’s Flowers & Interiors 124 N Main. Enjoy this beautiful shop and say “Hi” to owners Harold and Linda Harmon. Noon – Lunch at Fiesta Mexicana at 127 N. Main. While walking to Fiesta Mexicana, view the sculptures on the east side of the street. After lunch, stroll down the west side of the street viewing the sculptures. Visit Coutts Museum or Walter’s Flowers. Walk south on the west side to view the other sculptures on South Main Street and West Central Street. Drive to Circle Gallery 315 S. Main to view artwork. If on a Saturday during the Iron Horse Concert Hall season – wait until 7pm and attend the 7:30 concert in back of the gallery. OR...(see next page) 11 Suggested Day Tours Suggested Day Tours Tour Butler tourbutlercountyks.com tourbutlercountyks.com Tour Butler County County Day Tour or 2 Day Tour Visit the historic Butler County Courthouse and Freedom Memorial. Andover – Benton – Towanda – Potwin - Whitewater Dinner – Pizza Hut at 729 N Main for pasta, pizza or the salad bar. Schedule a day when Scott Hartley of Infinity Art in Benton is glass If spending the night. During the summer take in a movie at the Star blowing and/or your final destination is the Prairie Rose Chuckwagon. Vu Drive-in on south Haverhill Rd. Begin in Andover with a visit to the Andover Antique Mall at 656 N. Day Tour Andover Rd. for a truly quality shopping experience. Augusta Art and History and Shopping Travel north on Butler/Andover Road to Hwy 254 and east to Benton This can be in conjunction to the Yesteryear Fair (about 15 minutes). You’ll want to spend an hour for the glass (call 316-775-5655 for dates) blowing demonstration. 9:00am Drive down the brick street to the Historical Museum 303 Drive east to Towanda on Hwy 254 about 10 minutes and see this State and get a taste of what Augusta was like in the early years. charming downtown. If time drop in at the Why Not What Not Shop. You don’t want to miss the C.N. James Log Cabin adjacent to the museum. Take a shortcut across the countryside north to Potwin. Visit the Library in the unique limestone building. Drive around the corner to the Kansas Museum of Military History on the south edge of town on highway 77. You will be astounded by the Drive a short distance west on Hwy 196 for lunch or pizza in Whitewater. awesome military artifacts. (Check Augusta listing for times.) Take Hwy 196 from Potwin cross country to the Prairie Rose Drive on State Street and park near the historic Theatre and view the Chuckwagon for an evening of food and entertainment. Reservations glass façade and marquee with its neon lighting. required. See Benton section. Lunch: Drive to the Pizza Hut WingStreet or if it’s Mexican you want, Playa Azul has delicious food. Downtown it’s Red Brick Café. Day Tour After lunch make a stop at the Historic Theatre for an inside look at the Through Southwest Butler County Art Deco. This is Awesome! Call ahead for a tour 316-775-2900. From Hwy 54, go south on Andover/Butler County Rd. to Rose Hill. Day or 1/2 Day Tour Continue over the railroad tracks and stop for a bite to eat at their local café – Louis’ Café. Lunch or dinner at the Beaumont Hotel (their bread pudding is so Continue to travel south to the road sign pointing to Douglass. Enjoy yummy). See the last remaining Frisco Built wooden water tower. the countryside as you travel east to Douglass. Return on Hwy 400 west to Keighley corner (you’ll pass it on the way In Douglass, check out the artifacts at the Pioneer Museum. You may to Beaumont). want to call ahead 316-747-2166. You can return to your home or Head South to Latham to get a better view of the wind farm and the continue on north 77 to Augusta (see Augusta must see must do for countryside. Have a cool drink and snack at the Latham Saloon. stops to make). If Saturday evening, have a hand cut steak right from cattle country at the Latham Saloon. How good is that? 2 3 Suggested Day Tours Suggested Day Tours Tour Butler tourbutlercountyks.com tourbutlercountyks.com Tour Butler County County Day Tour or 2 Day Tour Bridge #8 Continue east on 200th St. to Cheyenne Rd. (approximately 1/2 mile) Stone Arch Bridges of Butler County turn south (right) to go back to 210th St. Turn east (left) and continue to Haverhill Rd., turn north (left) on Haverhill Rd. and continue north Our tour of Bridges of Butler County starts at the corner of W. Central to Highway 400. Turn east (right) on 400 and continue to Gray Rd. (on and S. Haverhill Rd. on the west edge of El Dorado, KS. top of railroad overpass and only goes north.) Turn north (left) and drive around stockpile of gravel to the south and approach railroad Bridge #1 bridge. Old Frisco Railroad art deco reinforced concrete and metal. Proceed south on Haverhill Rd, to 60th St., turn east (left) and go Built in 1935.
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