Kansas Wetlands and Wildlife Scenic Byway

20,000 freed slaves (known as Exodusters) flowed into Kansas between 1879 & 1880. John Brown & his fiery abolitionist friends and the anti-slavery Civil War reputation of “Bleeding Kansas” made it seem a fair place where freed men & women and their families would be welcome. Spend a day on the Wetlands & Wildlife National Scenic Byway as you trace the Exoduster migration & settlement in Barton & Stafford Counties.

Exoduster Tour Brochure (PDF)

Exoduster Tour at Byways.org

November 1, 2011 Whooping cranes have been sighted at Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Area, The Nature Conservancy Cheyenne Bottoms Preserve & Quivira National Wildlife Refuge.

Whistle Stop Tour Photos of the seven Byway corridor communities!

Byway Tour Photos by Jerry Segraves

Kansas Magazine Spring 2011 Edition features the Wings & Wetlands Birding Festival. The entire story can be downloaded for viewing!

Click Here to Download Kansas Magazine Article

The Wetlands and Wildlife National Scenic Byway was chosen by The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co and America’s Byways as one of the Top 50 Comfortable Fall Drives in the United States.

Information for your Comfortable Fall Scenic Drive