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Ellis, Kansas
Population: 1,873
Located in Ellis County
Ellis, Kansas is rural America — A town with a rich past. This town nestles in the curve of Big Creek as it crosses the Kansas prairies. Beautiful park, friendly people and the mystic makes this a place you will want to visit. Campgrounds, motel, several restaurants and a nine-hole golf course are available.
Enjoy a dazzling sunset from the famous Indian lookout point, Round Mound, a short drive southwest of Ellis. The Arien Hills, sometimes described as the Kansas Ozarks, provide a look at the unspoiled land and natural beauty of the rolling hills north of Ellis.
Ellis, a place where you'll feel like a welcome visitor, not a tourist; a place where you can still experience America like people remember it. American dreams live on in Ellis, a peaceful community surrounded by rural farmland and just minutes from Hays, the major city in northwest Kansas.
A campground nestles along the banks of Big Creek Lake. Shady Parks, a large swimming pool, several fenced ball diamonds, sand volleyball pits, horseshoe pits, outdoor basketball courts, new tennis courts and a Frisbee golf course provide lots of recreation opportunities. Several fishing piers/boat docks dot the banks of Big Creek.
The famous American, Walter P. Chrysler, spent his youth in Ellis, where he learned his trade as a mechanic with the Union Pacific Railroad. Chrysler said he never forgot Ellis. The training he received in the railroad shops was the basis of the mechanical ability that brought him success. He felt he owed Ellis and its people a great deal for the wonderful youth they had given him. The people of Ellis did not forget him which is evident in the most meaningful memorial of all, the preservation of his boyhood home.
The Walter P. Chrysler Boyhood Home is furnished with many distinctive items which include an old pump organ and a high backed walnut wooden bed with a matching marble topped dresser. The museum, located behind the home, is filled with many personal items that belonged to Chrysler.
Ellis is a city with a rich past and a promising future. A historic town where old meets new in an atmosphere of country hospitality blended with all the conveniences of city services.
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