Waconda Sanitarium (Mitchell County, Kansas)

Item — Box: MS 014-2-01, Object: MS 014-2-01-0603

Identifier: MS 014- Series MS 014-2- Item MS 014-2-01-0603

Scope and Contents

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copies of Materials

Dates

Creation: 1857-1974

Creator

From the Collection: Johnson, Timothy (Person)

Full Extent

From the Collection: 10 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Additional Description

General

Back: Waconda Sanitarium and Great Spirit Springs, Mitchell County, Kansas, on Highway #24. This spring is 54 feet in diameter and situated on top of a mound. First record by General Pike in 1814; an Indian Shrine for centuries, famous for health producing waters. Sanitarium was founded in 1906.