Home on the Range Cabin, Athol

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#419 of 537 in Things to do in Kansas

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The Home on the Range Cabin, near Smith Center, Kansas, is a log cabin built by Dr. Brewster Higley VI in 1875. It is associated with the song "Home on the Range", written by Higley as a poem in 1872 while living on a dugout that he built on the banks of the Beaver Creek. Higley's friend Dan Kelley set the poem to music; the song eventually became famous and is now the state song of Kansas.
The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.
The cabin site is 240 acres of range and cultivated land owned by Peoples Heartland Foundation. The cabin was restored in 2013 to its 1870s appearance.

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By Sherri R

What a delightful surprise! Driving from Franklin, NE, to Gardner, KS. Stopped at this cabin of the man who wrote the Kansas State Song. The area has been preserved and a walking trail through the.... more

What a delightful surprise! Driving from Franklin, NE, to Gardner, KS. Stopped at this cabin of the man who wrote the Kansas State Song. The area has been preserved and a walking trail through the.... more »
By 721henrya

If you are into history or just the real Kansas as it was, this is a nice stop. Restoration work on the cabin was done with historical integrity to the extent possible. It is humbling to see the...

If you are into history or just the real Kansas as it was, this is a nice stop. Restoration work on the cabin was done with historical integrity to the extent possible. It is humbling to see the... more »

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By Julie Buker

We love to seek out this kind of "out-of-the-way" place. The Home on the Range Cabin fit the bill. We loved to imagine how it was back in the day. I did not like the trailer at the driveway coming in. Seemed like you were almost trespassing to get to the cabin..... The field of sorghum was really cool.

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By K H

This place was so cool! I wish we had time to walk the trails and read more about the area. You can go into the cabin and read more info too. Heads up, there is no bathroom but they provide a portable potty that is well kept and okay to use. Definitely check this place out.

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