Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 1 | |
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| Location | Between U.S. Routes 50/400 and Soule Ave., Ingalls, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 37°49′18″N100°26′18″W / 37.82167°N 100.43833°W |
| Area | less than five acres |
| NRHP reference # | 14000857 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 2014 |
Soule Canal-Gray County Segment 2 | |
| Location | North side of 50/400 east of Ingalls, Kansas |
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| Coordinates | 37°49′00″N100°25′28″W / 37.81667°N 100.42444°W |
| Area | less than five acres |
| NRHP reference # | 14000858 [2] |
| Added to NRHP | October 15, 2014 |
The Soule Canal is a historic failed irrigation canal in southwest Kansas meant to divert water from the Arkansas River. Two segments near Ingalls, Kansas were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014. [1] [2]
Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka and its largest city is Wichita, with its most populated county being Johnson County. Kansas is named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the (south) wind" although this was probably not the term's original meaning. For thousands of years, what is now Kansas was home to numerous and diverse Native American tribes. Tribes in the eastern part of the state generally lived in villages along the river valleys. Tribes in the western part of the state were semi-nomadic and hunted large herds of bison.
The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River. It generally flows to the east and southeast as it traverses the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas. The river's source basin lies in the western United States in Colorado, specifically the Arkansas River Valley, where the headwaters derive from the snowpack in the Sawatch and Mosquito mountain ranges. It then flows east into the Midwest via Kansas, and finally into the South through Oklahoma and Arkansas.
Ingalls is a city in Gray County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 306.
The canal ran from the east edge of Ingalls in Gray County, Kansas east to Spearville in adjacent Ford County. The canal generally followed the line of the Arkansas River, the ATSF railway, and U.S. Highway 50/400. [3]
Gray County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 6,006. Its county seat and most populous city is Cimarron.
Spearville is a city in Ford County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 773.
Ford County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kansas. As of the 2010 census, the county population was 33,848. Its county seat and most populous city is Dodge City. The county is named in honor of Colonel James Hobart Ford.
It became known as Soule's Folly. [5]
