12 mi. S of Ulysses on U.S. 270, Ulysses, Kansas. County/parish: Grant.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000344.
1 contributing site.Also known as:
Wagon Bed Spring, also known historically as the Lower Spring or Lower Cimarron Spring, is a historic former spring in Grant County, Kansas, United States. It is located about 12 miles (19 km) south of Ulysses, on the west side of K-25 (Kansas highway). In the 19th century it was an important watering spot on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail, where migrants on the trail often camped. The spring is now dry, primarily due to irrigation lowering the water table in the area. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
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