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Prairie Spirit Trail 2007

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The Old Depot Museum in Ottawa. This is the northern terminus of the Prairie Spirit Trail, though there's no trailhead here. The Old Depot Museum is a two story, limestone depot built in 1888 as a depot for the Kansas City, Lawrence, and Southern Kansas Railway. Exhibits include a model railroad layout; displays tracing the life of famed abolitionist John Brown; a Victorian parlor, a general store, and a military room. Riding on the Prairie Spirit Trail in late October. Beachner Grain elevator in Richmond, Kansas, with the Prairie Spirit Trail in the foreground. Riding on the Prairie Spirit Trail in Garnett, Kansas. The trail is paved in Garnett. A wooden bridge on the Prairie Spirit Trail.
These photos were taken on the Prairie Spirit Trail in October 2007. The ride started at the Old Depot Museum in Ottawa and headed south through Princeton, Richmond, and Garnett for lunch, then back to the start - about a 60-mile round trip.


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The Prairie Spirit Trail State Park was first major rail-trail conversion in Kansas, covering 51 miles, from Ottawa in the north to Iola in the south, with golden prairies, quiet woodlands, beautiful lakes, and charming small towns.