Wagon Bed Spring (Kansas)

Wagon Bed Spring (Kansas)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Lower Cimarron Spring
nrhp_type = nhl


caption =
nearest_city= Ulysses, Kansas
locmapin = Kansas
lat_degrees = 37
lat_minutes = 23
lat_seconds = 54
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 101
long_minutes = 22
long_seconds = 15
long_direction = W
area =
built =1820
architect=
architecture=
designated= 19 Dec, 1960cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=230&ResourceType=Site
title=Lower Cimarron Spring |accessdate=2008-06-25|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service
]
added = October 15, 1966cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=66000344

Wagon Bed Spring (also Lower Spring or Lower Cimarron Spring), located in Grant County, Kansas, was an important watering spot on the Cimarron Cutoff of the Santa Fe Trail.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1961.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/66000344.pdf National Historic Landmark Nomination: Lower Cimarron Spring / Wagon Bed Springs, Wagonbed Springs, Lower Cimmaron Springs] |32 KB|date=March 17, 1997 |author=Christine Whitacre, Steven De Vore, and Patty Henry |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/66000344.pdf "Accompanying nine photos, site and artifacts, from 1993"] |32 KB]

It is located about 12 miles south of Ulysses, on the west side of US 270.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/safe/fnl-sft/maps/map5/locimtbl.htm Lower Cimarron Spring (Wagon Bed Spring)]
* [http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/trail-photo-01/wagon-box.html Wagon Bed Springs]
* [http://www.kansasphototour.com/wagonbed.htm Wagon Bed/Lower Cimarron Springs]


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