A
week or so after crossing the Kansas River, the emigrants
were rewarded by the beauty of a popular campsite known
as Alcove Spring.
Emigrant
Edwin Bryant:
"About three-fourths of a mile from our camp, we
found a large spring of water, as cold and pure as if it
had just been melted from ice. We named this Alcove Spring."
Many
pioneers were impressed with the pastoral beauty of the
area. Some were tempted to end the journey and begin farming.
Emigrant
James Pritchard:
"The scenery was so inviting that it induced us
to take a stroll. We found beautiful spots and romantic
situations."
But
James Pritchard kept moving, as did everyone else. It wasn't
until the late 1850s that that the first settlement came
to this region.
Alcove
Spring Pictures
A series of modern-day images of the springs
