Part of the Flint Hills, Cottonwood Falls is the largest city and county seat of Chase County, Kansas with a population of 903. The first settlement was in 1854, when an Indian trader named Seth Hayes founded a cattle ranch on the Cottonwood River close to the mouth of Diamond Spring Creek. Then in 1859, the area was organized as Chase County , and Cottonwood Falls was designated the temporary county seat. The first post office in Cottonwood Falls was established in 1858, and the city's French Renaissance style Chase County courthouse was built in 1873…
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Cottonwood River
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Chase Lake Falls
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Chase Lake Falls
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Chase Lake
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Chase Lake
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Chase Lake Falls Trail
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Chase Lake Dam looking northeast towards Strong City
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The Chase County Courthouse in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas was built in 1873 and is the oldest operating courthouse in Kansas!
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Chase County Courthouse
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Original Car Repair Shop
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Original Chase County Jail
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A “little house on the prairie…” in Cottonwood Falls
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1914 bridge over Cottonwood River
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1914 bridge over Cottonwood River
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1914 bridge over Cottonwood River
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1914 bridge over Cottonwood River
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Cottonwood River looking east
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Cottonwood River
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