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National Park Mystery Spot 10: Three, Two, One

 

The park I’m in has three preservation themes, but there are just two management zones, including a privately-owned one that contains nearly all of the land in the park.

The park I’m in is a cooperative effort of three partners, one of which is the National Park Service.

My builder wanted you to be able to see me from three miles away.

I’m three stories high, and so is the barn out back.

My three-seater privy (no waiting) was built to last.

Three gazillion fusilinids died to make me and those other buildings possible.

What am I?

Be sure to check back with Traveler tomorrow for the answer and an explanation of the clues.

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I think it is the ranch house at the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve. We used to live in Kansas and loved driving through the Flint hills, although calling them hills was quite a stretch.


Is it the Z-Bar ranch house at Tallgrass Prairie?


Sounds like the limestone buildings at Tallgrass Prairie NPres?


Jones' Limestone Ranch House


How about the Spring Hill Ranch house?


Yup, it's that big limestone mansion (the "Jones House") at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of eastern Kansas Congrats to Terry, who was the first to figure it out. We've obviously got some other very sharp readers too. Good job, everybody. Check back with Traveler tomorrow for "the rest of the story."


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