http://www.travelks.com/blog/ Tag - American West Sat, 25 May 2013 07:51:07 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2012/25/Going-Down-A-Trip-Underground-in-Ellinwood/2684/ <img src='http://www.travelks.com/includes/content/images/media/Underground-picture.jpeg'/><br/> An entire town &ndash; underground. That&rsquo;s what the founders of Ellinwood&nbsp;created for themselves in the 1870s. At the time, it was a practical invention. The Santa Fe Trail passed along the south border of town, bringing 100 teams a day through during peak seasons. At 5 men per-wagon team, that traffic translated to about 500 rough-and-tumble men a day rolling in to town. It may have been good for business, but the Ellinwood establishment wanted a way to keep the streets respectable. Tue, 25 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2012/25/Going-Down-A-Trip-Underground-in-Ellinwood/2684/ http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2012/26/Pony-Express-Rides-again-and-again/2225/ The information highway got its start the hard way through Northeast Kansas.While Missouri’s St Joseph gets the credit as the jumping off point of for the Pony Express, the real adventure started in ... Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:00:00 GMT http://www.travelks.com/blog/post/2012/26/Pony-Express-Rides-again-and-again/2225/