Trivia
- In 1868 General Philip Sheridan reported seeing a herd of 300,000 buffalo near Fort Hays. He estimated the herd covered a territory 90 miles in length and 25 miles wide.
- Fort Hays has been featured in three movies: Dances with Wolves starring Kevin Costner, the 1997 CBS-TV movie Stolen Women, Captured Hearts starring Janine Turner and Michael Greyeyes, and the 1937 movie The Plainsman starring Gary Cooper.
- Fort Hays is also featured in the 17-week ABC military-western series Custer, which aired during the fall of 1967. It starred Wayne Maunder in the title role.
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