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“Last Chance” might be another good namefor Council Grove. The town offered the lastchance for people to buy supplies and fix theirwagons before heading west on the <strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Fe</strong> <strong>Trail</strong>.Today, you can visit the Last Chance Store. It wasbuilt in 1857 out of limestone.Probably the only calaboose, or jail, along the<strong>Santa</strong> <strong>Fe</strong> <strong>Trail</strong> was in Council Grove. You can stillvisit the wooden Early Day Calaboose today.6People Along the <strong>Trail</strong>Seth M. HaysSeth Hays founded the townof Council Grove in 1858. Hewas the great-grandson ofDaniel Boone, the Kentuckypioneer. Hays started bytrading with the Kaw Indiansin the area. Then, in 1857, heopened Hays House, which isthe oldest continuously runrestaurant west of the MississippiRiver. It is evident that HaysHouse was a success!
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