Check these out

Flyoverpeople.net is PR native Cheryl Unruh's chronicle of life in Kansas. She often describes Pawnee Rock and what it has meant to her.

Explore Kansas encourages Kansans to hit the road -- all the roads -- and enjoy the state. Marci Penner, a guidebook writer from Inman, is the driving force of this site.

The Santa Fe Trail Research Site, produced by Larry and Carolyn Mix of St. John, has hundreds of pages dedicated to the trail that runs through Pawnee Rock

Peg Britton mowed Kansas. Try to keep up with her as she keeps Ellsworth, and the rest of Kansas, on an even keel. KansasPrairie.net

Do you have an entertaining or useful blog or personal website? If you'd like to see it listed here, send the URL to leon@pawneerock.org.

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Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race

will stop in Pawnee Rock

Pawnee Rock's getting ready for the arrival of the Great Santa Fe Trail Horse Race on Monday, September 10.

The race, from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Independence, Missouri, will pause for a veterinary checkpoint north of the Rock. The action is expected to occur in the late morning and around noon.

The riders will start out that morning in Larned and go to sleep in Lyons.

In addition, the Santa Fe Trail Pony Express will pull into the post office around 10 a.m., and the post office will offer special cancellations.

Teams from several states are going to leave Santa Fe on Labor Day (September 3) and make their way to a certain stopping point every evening. The race organizers will keep track of each team's elapsed time for each day, and the team with the lowest total time when the teams reach Independence on September 15 will be the winner.

Come for lunch in Pawnee Rock

The festivities in Pawnee Rock will include food, as all good festivities do. Look for homemade root beer, roasted corn and fried pork rinds, hot dogs, brats, and homemade ice cream.