Historic ranches — with bomb shelter, early aviation ties — for sale in Kansas

Two storied Kansas ranches might be perfect for buyers interested in acreage and a piece of state history. One comes with a Cold War-era bunker in the Flint Hills, and the other has ties to the daredevil pilots who shaped early American aviation.

Here are key takeaways:

• The Teichgraeber — Bar S Ranch near Eureka is listed for $2.5 million, covering more than 50 acres in the Flint Hills with Fall River access, a 26-acre pasture and about 18 acres of tillable farmland.
• A 1963 Cold War-era bomb shelter sits alongside the main home, engineered with a diesel generator wired to a 3,000-gallon underground fuel tank, decontamination shower, fresh-air filtration and a concealed escape tunnel to the surface.
• The main residence offers six bedrooms with private bathrooms, five fireplaces, a chef’s kitchen and a game room, while the property also includes a guest house, horse barn, dog kennel and hunting access for whitetail deer, turkey, quail and dove.
• About 65 miles southwest of Wichita, the 1,509-acre Lone Tree Farms near Attica is on the market for $4.3 million and was once the headquarters of the Garver Flying Circus, a 1920s barnstorming operation co-founded by Karl Garver and Cyle Horchem.
• The ranch reportedly drew aviation legends including Clyde Cessna, Walter Beech and Amelia Earhart, who visited what was then called Garver Ranch during the wild era of daring stunts and all-night parties that defined early flight.
• Stewarded by the same family since shortly after World War II, the property includes more than 960 acres of cropland, roughly 500 acres of pasture, and trophy-caliber deer, migratory birds, ponds and wetlands for hunting and recreation.

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