Day of the Cowboy
Pioneer Bluffs: Flint Hills Ranching Heritage Center 695 Kansas Highway 177, Matfield Green, KS, KS, United StatesHonoring Flint Hills cowhands of yesterday and today. Cowboy history, in photos, video, and story, by Greg Hoots, author and historian Branding—Leave your family brand at Pioneer Bluffs! Bring your branding iron, or come watch branding demonstrated (on wood). Roping demonstration—watch trick roping, then give it a try! Voices of the Tallgrass Prairie—we’ll record tales […]
Tallgrass Tales – Stories from the Flint Hills
Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Main Barn 695 Kansas Highway 177, Matfield Green, KS, United StatesA collection of recollections from seasoned Flint Hills ranchers and other cow-folk, captured on film by Kansas photographer Mark Feiden. Project funded by Humanities Kansas.
Steve Cormier, Cowboy Poet
Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Main Barn 695 Kansas Highway 177, Matfield Green, KS, United States
Match Day
Dear Friends, We have an opportunity to do even more! Will you help? Match Day is an exciting event sponsored by the Emporia Community Foundation. It provides a pool of matching funds to 25 selected organizations within the area —including Pioneer Bluffs. Your Match Day gift will fund educational family programs and exhibits that you […]
Dinner from Argentina
Pioneer Bluffs Historic Rogler Home 695 Kansas Highway 177, Matfield Green, KS, United StatesYou are invited to… A locally sourced, fine dining experience by Guest Chef Dr. Tracey Graham 5:30 p.m. Saturday, December 7 in the 1908 home at Pioneer Bluffs This is a fundraising event to support ranching heritage education programs at this historic site. Only 20 seats available at $150 each (of which $100 is a […]
Farmer Derek Klingenberg
Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Main Barn 695 Kansas Highway 177, Matfield Green, KS, United StatesA local farmer/rancher combines his love of music and entertainment with daily ag life, and the result has landed Farmer Derek Klingenberg onto the world stage. What does the Farmer say?” At 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, Farmer Derek will answer this question in a unique community presentation at Pioneer Bluffs. Derek Klingenberg of Peabody […]
Patriotic music on the lawn
At 1:00 p.m. Saturday, June 27, the Butler County Brass will perform at Pioneer Bluffs near Matfield Green. The concert will be outdoors on the front lawn of this historic site, with plenty of space for physical distancing while enjoying a very special event. Visitors are welcome bring their own chair, beverage, and mask; these […]
Butler County Brass Band
Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Main Barn 695 Kansas Highway 177, Matfield Green, KS, United StatesJoin us for an outdoor concert with patriotic music! The Butler County Brass will perform at Pioneer Bluffs on Saturday, June 26 at 6:30 p.m. It will be an outdoor concert on the lawn of this historic site. Beverages will be available for purchase at the concert. You are welcome to use our chairs, or […]
A concise history of the Santa Fe Trail
Pioneer Bluffs Ranch Main Barn 695 Kansas Highway 177, Matfield Green, KS, United StatesBeginning in 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was actively in use for almost 60 years. How could a relatively short-lived highway of commerce have a legacy lasting two hundred years? A Prairie Talk will explore this subject. At 1:30 p.m. Saturday, August 21, Steve Schmidt, of Hesston, will present “Santa Fe Trail 101” in the […]