On February 14th visitors to the Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park south of Wamego discovered that the hilltop monument to Captain William Mitchell and the Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony had been toppled and destroyed. The nine-foot-tall limestone monolith had been...

The board of the Prairie Guards is pleased to announce that Phase Two of our Education Expansion Project, also known as the Mount Mitchell Development Project, is well on its way to completion. The infrastructure improvements to the former Mitchell farmland we...

Join us - Saturday, June 3rd, 2023! The 10th Annual Mitchell Farm & Prairie Celebration will celebrate springtime and paying off the mortgage on the recent expansion of the Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park. The purchased acreage expanded the historic tallgrass...