An Archive Of Haysville History
Check out our new games page where weve added 3 new games to test your Haysville knowledge and puzzle solving skills. The new games include crossword puzzles, Peach Pie (a hangman type game) and Photo Memory (a concentration style game). Some of the new games allow players to compete for the high score. The game page can be found here or under Features on the main menu bar.
Maybe just a little. Incase you havent noticed its the end of the month and we have no contest nor newsletter. Its been a busy month for me personally but we will try to make up for it next month even though its also a busy one.
Stay tuned…
According to our Haysvilles Favorite poll the Sonic beat out five other local restaraunts to earn HOLs title of Haysvilles Favorite Hamburger. Be watching for another Haysvilles Favorite poll sometime in the future.
Have a suggestion for Haysvilles Favorite? Please contact us.
As part of our continual effort to improve the exchange of information, ideas & interaction in the community weve just installed new Message Board software. The new Message Board contains many new features not available in the old. User profiles, emoticons, personal messaging are just a few of the new features.
We have also created 2 different forums… The first forum for Announcements and Questions will be moderated and off topic posts will be deleted. Anyone can post to this forum. The second forum for General Discussion will be for the most part un-moderated and you will need to register to participate.
Road Runner Kansas, Cox Communications broadband service, included Haysville Online on its list of 10 “funny, intriguing or outstanding sites” for Kansas. See what other sites were the “Editors Choice”
As a local you know that snow-capped mountains, sandy beaches and historic landmarks arent a part of the Haysville landscape but others dont need to know that. Send an internet friend or relative one of our new faux Haysville scenery postcards now available at the HOL Gift Shop.
After being offline for about a week were back. Weve switched hosts and some data was lost in the process including this months contest entries, most recent posts to the message board, recent news articles and all classified ads. HOL Mail is still down but we are working to fix it.
If youve already entered this months contest youll need to enter again. Weve extended the deadline for entering to the 28th when well draw a winner. If you find anything missing or that doesnt work, please let us know.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.
The creek…
Lazily meandering through the center of Haysville is the Cowskin Creek. The creek is said to have gotten it’s name from cattlemen who would herd their cattle along the Chisholm Trail northwest of Haysville. One winter a blizzard came through and killed the cows that were feeding on the grass along the creeks banks. The cattleman could do nothing with the cows but skin them. Thereafter it was referred to as the Cowskin Creek.
Flooding…
At one time the Cowskin was deeper with more twists and turns and would occasionally flood Haysville. Rerouting of the creek through town around 1926 and in 1959 the completion of the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway (big ditch) alleviated the high water problems. Part of the creeks original path can still be seen today in the backyards of houses at the south end of town.
The mill…
In 1874 a grist mill was built on the bank of the Cowskin to process corn that was harvested in the area. The Cowskin was a source of entertainment for early Haysville residents who would swim in it during the summer, skate on it during the winter and hunt and trap it’s banks all year. Other activities on or around the Cowskin through the years have included craw-dad fishing, rafting, bicycling trails and the big swing.
Today…
the Cowskin makes a nice backdrop for Haysville’s bike and walking path and a nice subject for beautiful photos such as this one by Bob Rardin.
No one had predicted the first snowfall any later than December of 2001. The latest prediction was December 19th by Monica Brown of Haysville. Monica will receive an HOL sweatshirt to keep her warm this winter. Thanks to all who entered.
To order your own sweatshirt Click Here
The City of Haysville has announced an “official” website haysville-ks.com. I hope our sites will compliment one another and that there is room in your Favorites/Bookmarks for both of us. After all where else are you going to win prizes, spread gossip, get a free Haysville e-mail address, send a Postcard from home and talk about Emily Cerullo other than HOL? The latter probably the reason we were never contacted about becoming Haysville’s “official” site 😉
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