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Ulysses, Kansas

  • Wagon Bed Springs

    Wagon Bed SpringsWagon Bed Springs, sometimes called Lower Cimarron Springs, on the Cimarron River in Southwest Kansas afforded the first water during the dry season on the 60 mile stretch of the desert or Cimarron Cu...
    Wagon Bed Springs
  • The Mormon Batallion

    On September 19, 1846 a 500 man Morman Battalion arrived at the Springs on their way to California to fight in the Mexican War. Thirsty and weary from a forced march 50 miles across one of the most dr...
    The Mormon Batallion

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Old Edwards Hotel

Located in the Museum Complex, the Old Edwards Hotel was cut into three sections for moving in 1909

Ulysses, KS Historic Hotels

Bentwood Golf Course

Come to Frazier Park and play a round of golf on the nine-hole grass greens course.

Ulysses, KS Golf Courses

Swimming Pool Complex

Cool off during those hot, Kansas summer days at the Grant County Swimming Pool Complex. The Complex has an outdoor olympic-size pool with diving area, two kiddie and toddler pools, and an olympic-size, heated, indoor lap pool.

Ulysses, KS Recreation

Santa Fe Trail Ruts

Come and see the wheel ruts of the famous 60 mile "Jornada" Trail, a stretch of arid prairie between the Arkansas and Cimarron Rivers referred to by early Spanish explorers as the "jornada de muerte" or journey of death

Ulysses, KS Landmarks

Wagon Bed Springs

Wagon Bed Springs, sometimes called Lower Cimarron Springs, on the Cimarron River in Southwest Kansas afforded the first water during the dry season on the 60

Ulysses, KS Pioneer History

Things to do near Ulysses, KS

Recreation

Hunting is a popular sport in the Satanta area. Pheasant are plentiful in area fields and bring hunters from far distances to...

Aubey Route

The Aubrey Route, which left the Santa Fe Trail on the Arkansas River at Chouteau's Island and Indian Mound, west of Lakin, c...

Railroad Museum

Bucklin was founded as a railroad town by a civil engineer with the Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railroad named Bucklin. It has...