The Geary County Historical Society will host a presentation on Saturday ( June 11 ) at 1:30 p.m.   Joe Gelroth from the Konza Prairie will present C. P. Dewey and the Dewey Ranch.

C. P. Dewey was an entrepreneur who became involved in numerous enterprises in Kansas in the late 1880’s. Parts of the Dewey property later became the Konza Prairie.  Another well known Dewey enterprise in the area was Manhattan Beach and the Eureka Lake Resort.

The program is free and open to the public.