Fortress Hays

Martin Allen Hall is located between Picken and Rarick Halls on the campus of Fort Hays State University. According to the FHSU website:

Martin Allen Hall is named after Martin Allen who settled in Hays City in 1873 and attempted to make improvements to the city by planting and cultivating in the surrounding areas. Allen was the man most responsible for Old Fort Hays becoming a College. Martin Allen Hall is the home of the Psychology Department.

This image was shot in mid-July 2008. If you look closely you can see evidence of some of the construction that was just getting going on campus at that time. You might also spot my GigaPanning assistants Edi and Berti if you look closely.

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1401 Ash Street is a house I’ve always admired. I’m not sure exactly why - maybe it’s the turret room. In any case it looked lovely this past spring when the trees were in full blossom. Does anyone know the proper name for these pink-blossoming trees?

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I’ve neglected this blog for far too long. To make up for it, I’m going to begin a series of regular, weekly postings in order to spur my writing. I’ll begin this with a series that I’m going to refer to as “GigaPan Mondays”. Each Monday I’ll post a GigaPan image from around Hays, Kansas for your viewing pleasure. Some will have stories, others will stand on their own. You’re encouraged to visit the GigaPan.org website where you can log in and create shapshots of details of these images and make comments on them.

To begin the series I’ve selected a GigaPan I shot this past spring of the Tea Rose Inn Bed & Breakfast at the corner of Fort and Thirteenth Streets. I haven’t stayed there myself, but perhaps someone who has can comment on what the experience was like.

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More springiness! A couple of views from around the Fort Hays State University campus on April Fools Day, 2007. You can see the whole set here.

Picken Hall from the Quad	On Jellison Bridge Looking North
Green Wall and Fireplug	Tulips on the Quad
The President’s House	Picnic Tables at Custer Hall
Blossoms on the Quad	Branch in the Grass

No doubt about it. Buds and blossoms are bursting all over the place. And now that the sun is back out it’s a glorious day to smell the flowers. More here.

Daffodils beside Sheridan Hall	Forsythia on Walnut St.
Grape Hyacinth behind McCartney Hall	Apple Blossoms near Big Creek
Elm and Sheridan Hall	Tulips at Park and 7th St.
Pink Hyacinth at Park and 7th St.	Pink Hyacinth Detail