Fort Wallace Museum
On the grounds of the Fort Wallace Museum visitors will find the original Pond Creek Stage Station, built in 1865 as a “home station” along the Butterfield Overland Dispatch stage lines. It is listed on the National and State Historical Registers. Pond Creek Station assumed the name of Pond City in 1868, and was the first county seat of Wallace County.
Also on the grounds is an old railroad depot which once served the Union Pacific Railroad at Weskan, Kansas, and the Sunderland-Poe Building which is the newest of the museum buildings and contains the largest of our exhibits, including Conestoga Wagon replicas, wagons, and farm implements.
The Museum is open from the first Monday after the first Sunday in May through October 1.
Getting There & Details
- Admission
- FREE ADMISSION
- Hours
- 9 am to 5 pm Monday -Saturday1 pm to 5pm Sunday(Mountain Time Zone)
- Address
- One and a half miles southwest of Wallace on Highway 40, 10 miles east of Sharon Springs.
- Phone
- 785-891-3564
- [email protected]
- Website
- www.ftwallace.com
- Map
- Get Directions →
More Things to Do
Fort Wallace
Fort Wallace was first called Camp Pond Creek and was established in September, 1865, about…
Learn more →Old Maid’s Pool
The Old Maid's Pool, an ancient sinkhole long thought to be bottomless, is 125 yards…
Learn more →Old Post Cemetery
All that remains of the original Fort Wallace now is the old post cemetery, enclosed…
Learn more →Mt. Sunflower
Mt. Sunflower was designated as Kansas highest point in 1961. A United States Geological Survey…
Learn more →