The Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays will give away a reproduction of a Winchester 1866 “Yellowboy” Sporting Rifle and a Red, White and Blue Quilt featuring photos of Fort Hays Buildings taken in 1873.

The fundraising drawings will take place during Historic Fort Hays’ Christmas Past Event, December 5 and 6. Winners do not have to be present to win. The prizes can be viewed at Historic Fort Hays, where tickets are also available.

The Winchester is a faithful reproduction that features a walnut stock/fore-end, blued 24.24-inch octagonal barrel, brass frame and buttplate, and case-hardened lever. It is bored and chambered for a .38 Special cartridge.

The blanket is 60-by-72-inch and machine-quilted. It was assembled by the Ellis High School home economics class, and blocks are reproduced from 1873 photos of Historic Fort Hays.

For more information on the Society of Friends of Historic Fort Hays, click HERE.