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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 asks...
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.
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.
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.
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. The Emporium. A drive into town reveals a typical mid-west Norman Rockwell vibe.
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.
