Ranching in Wabaunsee County

Wabaunsee County is in the Flint Hills region of Kansas, one of the largest surviving contiguous areas of tallgrass prairie left in North America. The landscape has shaped Wabaunsee County’s history and culture. When settlers headed west looking for ground to plant crops, the Flint Hills were too rocky to plow, leaving the area for the ranchers who made raising cattle their crop. The rocky, rolling terrain excels at growing nutritious grass for cattle.

We hope you will enjoy the videos below 

– Videos courtesy of the Kansas Beef Council –

Explore different approaches to cattle ranching, inter-generational ranching, past ranching techniques, and new sustainability-seeking technology.

Thank you to our 

CROSSROADS COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Presenting Partners

Humanities Kansas

Volland Foundation

Arla & Tony Barelli

Kansas Beef Council

Wabaunsee County Historical Society

Community Exhibit Partners

Alma Area Foundation

Bruce & Tina Breckenridge

Bank of the Flint Hills

Downey Ranch

Hendricks Hardware

Carl & Mary Ice

Jim & Barbara Meinhardt and KanEquip, Inc.

Lyons Angus Ranch

M7 Ranch – McGee Family

Matfield Station

Mount Mitchell Prairie Guards

The Native Stone Scenic Byway

Heidi & Nelson Nast

Henry & Cara Newell

Patty & Jerry Reece Stockgrowers

State Bank

George Terbovich

Wabaunsee County Farm Bureau

Community Event Partners for Ranching Week

Eskridge Lumber LLC

Kent & Janna Glasscock

Hafenstine Construction

EXPLORE Map printed courtesy of Wabaunsee County Economic Development Office