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Faris Caves

Faris Caves

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Faris Caves are a series of artificially excavated caves located along the Smoky Hill River in central Ellsworth County, Kansas. Each of the three caves are about 12-feet square, with 10-foot arched ceiling, dug out of the Dakota Sandstone with a pickaxe by Coloradan miner Charles Griffee in the 1880s. [1] Fresh spring water flowed through one of the caves to help keep food and supplies cool in the hot months.

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Griffee sold his land and caves to Winfield and William Faris in 1893. A house was built nearby, with the caves continuing to be used for storage, a spring house, generator room, and for a short time, a schoolhouse. [2]

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    "Faris Caves". Kansas Adventures. 2015-11-29. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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    "The Faris Caves". Konza Life. 2011-01-26. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
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