The Stevens County Gas and Historical Museum was
established in 1961 to tell the story of the Hugoton Gas Field, which at one
time, was the largest natural gas field in the world. The gas well, drilled in 1945,
is still producing and the 1945 well equipment is on display at the site of the
well.
The main museum displays early 1900 furnishings including
a chapel, dining room, parlor, kitchen and sewing room. There are also Indian
artifacts, farming tools, a printing and western shop and an art room.
Also on the museum complex in Hugoton is the Santa Fe Hugoton Train
Depot, an 1887 school house, the first jail house, an early day grocery store
and more.
Great to feature a southwest Kansas Museum with such
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