Sharon Springs, Kansas
Sharon Springs Golf Course
Course Access: Private
Holes: 9
Reserve Advance Tee Times: Yes...
Sharon Springs Golf Course
On the grounds of the Fort Wallace Museum visitors will find the original Pond Creek Stage Station, built in 1865 as a "home station"
Sharon Springs, KS MuseumsMt. Sunflower was designated as Kansas highest point in 1961. A United States Geological Survey officially plotted the elevation at 4039 feet. True mountains are called such because of a 2000 foot difference in altitude in a 10-20
Sharon Springs, KS Natural AttractionsFort Wallace was first called Camp Pond Creek and was established in September, 1865, about one-and-a-half miles southwest of present Wallace. The soldiers were moved about a year later to a site further west along the Smoky River, where the fort was built.
Sharon Springs, KS FortsThe Old Maid's Pool, an ancient sinkhole long thought to be bottomless, is 125 yards in diameter apparently with neither inlet nor outlet. Its unfailing fresh water supply is believed to come from the underflow of the river nearby.
Sharon Springs, KS Natural AttractionsAll that remains of the original Fort Wallace now is the old post cemetery, enclosed by stone walls within the Wallace Township cemetery. In December of 1885, the U.S. Government extricated the bodies of 88 soldiers with headstones marked between 1867-1879
Sharon Springs, KS CemeteriesClick on the link below to locate the public hunting areas in Graham County....
Cottonwood Ranch was purchased by the Kansas Historical Society in 1982. The Ranch established in the late 1800's was started...
To enhance the available habitat, food plots have been planted. Deer, turkey, pheasant, quail, and various waterfowl species ...