Otero & Sellar's Warehouse Marker

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Hays in Ellis County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Otero & Sellar's Warehouse

By William Fischer, Jr., February 20, 2012

1. Otero & Sellar's Warehouse Marker

Inscription.

Originally this was the site of the warehouse of a large shipping firm which ran bull trains to Mexico during the days when Hays City was "the end of the line." The owner, Miguel Antonio Otero, had acted as Territorial Governor of New Mexico in 1861, and his son Miguel, Jr., governed the territory from 1897 to 1906. Two of Otero's Mexican drivers once had a fight with stilettos, and one remained here on Boot Hill. The younger Otero wrote later that he had known "Calamity Jane" when she lived in Hays City in 1868.

Location. 38° 52.277′ N, 99° 19.869′ W. Marker is in Hays, Kansas, in Ellis County. Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and 9th Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hays KS 67601, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. United States Land Office (about 300 feet away, in a direct line); First Presbyterian Church (about 600 feet away); Fort Hays State University War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Fort Hays (approx. 0.8 miles away); Commissary Warehouse (approx. 0.8 miles away); Time Capsule (approx. 0.8 miles away); Monarch of the Plains (approx. 0.8 miles away); a different marker also named Fort Hays (approx. 0.9 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Hays.

By William Fischer, Jr., February 20, 2012

2. Otero & Sellar's Warehouse Marker

Also see . . .
1. Miguel Antonio Otero. (Submitted on September 26, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
2. Miguel Antonio Otero II. (Submitted on September 26, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
3. Otero & Sellar "Freighter''''s House" c.1868 Photo. (Submitted on September 26, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)
4. Hays, Kansas History. (Submitted on September 26, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.)

Credits. This page originally submitted on September 26, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas. This page has been viewed 51 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 26, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Fort Scott, Kansas.