Aug 23, 2022

Former Hays city manager to discuss Arkansas River tour at Hays library

Posted Aug 23, 2022 9:59 AM

Hays Public Library 

Learn about the history and future of the Arkansas River from someone who has traveled its entire length.

Former Hays City Manager Hannes Zacharias presents this Humanities Kansas program on Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Hays Public Library, 1205 Main. 

Zacharias embarked on his second solo kayak trip down the Arkansas River following a drop of water 2,060 miles from the Continental Divide in Colorado, on to the Mississippi, and concluding at Venice, LA at the Gulf of Mexico.  

Zacharias served as Hays city manager for nine years beginning in 1992.