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Named the "Gateway to the High Plains" the area is a rolling plain of green grassland, broken by the Ninnescah River and the hills along Elm and Turkey creeks. Two miles south of Pratt`s center, the Ninnescah branches into two forks both of which are fed by crystal clear springs. To the north, lie the sand hills and dunes, which are thought to mark the ancient course of the Arkansas River from Ford, KS to Wichita, KS before it formed the "great bend" to the north.
The city of Pratt was named after Caleb Pratt, a young Civil War officer form the Kansas Infantry, who was killed in the Battle of Wilson Creek near Springfield, Missouri. |
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