Salt mine in Hutchinson, KS

[CoronaBorealis]

Wifey is from Hutch. I lived there for a few years.

My mom is from there as well. My grandmother grew up on a farm just outside of Mt Hope in the 1930s and 40s.

 

[Okie4570]

Make sure there are 2 exits so you don't get trapped like those poor people in Colorado.

Did they ever say how the one person that was trapped died?

 

[dennishoddy]

Did they ever say how the one person that was trapped died?

I've been keeping up with that. There have been no reports of how the death occurred. The only intel I got was that the victim was a volunteer tour guide.

 

[Hooper]

Wife and I went there several years ago. Well worth the trip down in the mine, and the tram ride was informative. If I went back I wouldn't bother with the tram ride, but I would indeed go back down the mine.

Then we went to Dodge City reenactment. That's a 2-hour tourist trap; enter and leave through the gift shop...

However, the Old Cowtown Museum in downtown Wichita is very much worth a visit. Outdoor mostly, houses moved on location, open to walk through. Probably 30 or more buildings.
We really enjoyed that visit.

When I was a kid in the 70's the Mainstreet in Dodge was pretty cool, there were several old west Acts, gunslingers, saloon dancers, etc. Over the years it dwindled to nothing. Just a place where the Old west used to be.
Now it is the Modern West, Feed Lots and Packing Plants, not much to look at, till it gets to the Grocery Store.
The area is still riddled with Crime though, that is exciting.