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Cottonwood Falls is small Kansas town located in the Great Plains in the scenic Flint Hills on the banks of the Cottonwood River. For millennia, the area was a home to nomadic Native Americans until, in the 16th century, it was claimed by the Kingdom of France.

In 1762 France ceded it to Spain, then Spain gave it back to France until the United States bought it from France and it became a part of the Kansas Territory.

Today’s Cottonwood Falls has a charming, peaceful downtown dominated by the beautifully restored Chase County courthouse, built in 1873 in the French Renaissance style.

The Flint Hills are home to one of the country’s last large tracts of tallgrass prairie, which once covered the entire Great Plains.

The prairie is protected within the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.

The best place to learn about the town’s history is the Chase County Historical Museum.

The Flint Hills Gallery features the works of Judith Mackey, the renowned painter of the Flint Hills Tallgrass Prairie.

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