Flint Hills Steam Car Tour

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May 17-21, 2010 Manhattan, Kansas

Join us for five days of touring in the Flint Hills. We will steam across spectacular vistas of Tallgrass Prairie and wind our way along creek bottom roads. Points of interest along the way include:

	The Flint Hills- A Kansas Treasure http://kansasflinthills.travel/
	Manhattan, Kansas Manhattan Video www.VisitManhattanKS.org
	Abilene, Kansas http://www.abilenekansas.org/ (see Visitor's Guide / Attractions)
	Museum of Independent Telephony
	1901 steam driven C.W. Parker Carousel
	Dwight D. Eisenhower's boyhood home
	Eisenhower Library and Museum
	Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad http://www.abilenekansas.org/page.aspx?page_id=17
	Historic Fort Riley
	General George A. Custer's home
	Wamego, Kansas http://www.wamego.org/
	Walter P. Chrysler's birthplace
	1879 Dutch Mill
	Oz Museum
	Columbian Theater from 1893 Chicago World's Fair
	Hayes House (the oldest restaurant west of the Mississippi) http://www.hayshouse.com/

The Steam Automobile Club of America published an article on the upcoming tour in the January-February 2010 issue. (Link to SACA Article )

Notes:

Registration deadline: March 31, 2010 (Link to Registration Form)

For Sale We plan to bring a few items to sell in Manhattan.

Room reservations:        Fairfield Inn by Marriott           $94.00 per night
                                            300 Colorado Street                 Ask for the Flint Hills Steam Car Tour rate
                                            Manhattan, KS 66502
                                            Phone: 785-539-2400

	Kerosene will be available at the Cenex Station near the hotel.
	KANSAS STATUTE 79-3408: Article 34.--MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL TAXES (c) No tax is hereby imposed upon or with respect to the following transactions: (7) The sale of kerosene used as a fuel only to power antique steam motor vehicles first manufactured prior to 1940.

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	Flint Hills Steam Car Tour, P.O. Drawer 1110, Great Bend, KS 67530
	Telephone inquiries can be directed to : Dick Friedeman at (620) 792-3797(home) or (620) 792-8231(work) or Ken Hand at (316) 684-0420