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19 sty 2021 · Ellsworth, just like many other towns, had a secret underground network of passageways beneath the town. The tunnels connected hotels during an era of cattle drives, and were once considered for Gentlemen only.
31 gru 2021 · To get inside The Underground — a speakeasy-style bar located below Ellinwood's Historic Wolf Hotel — you first have to knock on an unassuming back door at the hotel. "Password?" a voice...
It’s the late 1800s in Ellinwood, Kansas, a town German immigrants call home. Sitting in the center of Kansas on the Santa Fe Trail, teamsters and cowboys pass through, stopping in for banking, the barber, a bath, and perhaps the brothel.
12 sie 2020 · What Lies Beneath - The Underground Town of Ellinwood, Kansas. By Kathy Kovach. A mere ten miles from where I was born in the heart of Kansas is the quirky town of Ellinwood, population 2,100. Ellinwood has a buried past, literally. Wolf Hotel.
Ellsworth, Kansas, once one of the many wicked cowtowns of the Sunflower State, is the county seat of Ellsworth County and a flourishing small town of about 3,000 people today. Long before Ellsworth began to dominate the cattle market, it was already a turbulent place.
Great place to spark your kids imagination- you get to learn the history of how Kansas was founded and see the original tunnels under the side walks preserved in parts as they were mid 1900s. A real insight into life on the Santa Fe trail back in the day.
6 sty 2017 · Rural settlement around Ellsworth blocked the cattle trails, and then the Kansas Pacific shut down the cattle pens. Dodge City became the new “Queen of the Cowtowns.” And Ellsworth became a peaceful little country town—not so wicked anymore.
