Waconda Land: The Legends and the Reality

Waconda Land, first published in 1989, includes legends and pioneers’ accounts of settling the land in the Waconda Spring area of North Central Kansas in the 1870s through articles gleaned from newspapers of the time. The Great Spirit Spring was located just east of where the North Solomon and South Solomon Rivers joined to form the Solomon River. The spring is now covered by Waconda Lake. Indians revered the spring for its magical healing powers, and settlers found the site fascinating. This 2nd Edition, published in 2020, includes over sixty more articles discovered while researching Kansas newspapers of the time.