Historic Buffalo Bill's Well
Located at the Historic Cow Creek Crossing
where Buffalo Bill Mathewson was Postmaster of Beach Valley in
1864. Same location as the well, which served his ranch and aided
wagon trains on the Santa Fe trail. There is a small park there,
and picnic table with a nice view of the plains where hundreds of
buffalo used to roam free. The picture with the boy is from about
1968 before the frame of the well was broken by someone.
Belived to be an early photo of the well
on cow creek
with wagon train on the old Santa Fe
trail!
Located
3 miles west of Lyons off of Highway 56
and 1 mile south on 12th Ave.
Lyons, Kansas is in Rice County, Kansas 67554
More info can be found at these links below
http://www.santafetrailks.com/3.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Trail
http://www.santafetrailresearch.com/main-route/ralphs-ruts.html
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/CoronadoQuiviraMuseum
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