226 University Geological Survey of Kansas. 
Bonner Springs. 
In Wyandotte county, at the northern end of the beautiful 
stretch of the Kaw river running northeast, is situated the 
Bonner Springs resort. This has been well known for many 
years. As originally settled it was called Tiblow, after an In- 
dian chief, but when the proposition was made to make of it an 
important suburban resort for Kansas City, the present name, 
from Robert Bonner, was givenit. Bonner Springs is seventeen 
miles west of Kansas City, on the Union Pacific railroad at 
the crossing of a branch of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 
railway running from Kansas City to Leavenworth; so it is 
very accessible from all directions. On account of the well-kept 
park in which the springs are situated, Bonner Springs has be- 
come a favorite camp-meeting resort. The park is not public 
property, but is owned by J. W. McDanield. 
In the valley of the small creek that flows into the Kaw river 
just above the town, there are found as many as twenty springs, 
and at the head of these there is a lake, also fed by springs. 
Four of them are picturesquely grouped in the upper park, just 
below the camping-ground, and there are several in the lower 
park. 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
The improvements are of considerable importance. In addi- 
tion to the lake, which furnishes abundant facilities for boating, 
there are a large pavilion and several permanent buildings de- 
signed for the use of camp-meeting associations, and others 
who may tent upon these grounds. The trees are large, and 
many belong to the first growth. In the lower park a build- 
ing has been erected for the protection of visitors from the 
weather, and in connection with this there is a large stand for 
the sale of refreshments. Near this building is a pavilion built 
over two of the most valuable springs. The water of one of 
these is carried by a pipe-line to the pump-house in the valley 
below the ‘‘ Lodge,’’ where a pump run buy a windmill or a 
gasoline-engine elevates the water to the top of the ‘‘ Lodge.”’ 
The sanitarium is some distance south of the park, and, situ- 
