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Great Bend, city, seat (1872) of Barton county, central Kansas, U.S. Great Bend lies on the Arkansas River where the High Plains begin to shade into tallgrass prairie. Situated in the alleged locality of the mythical city of Quivira sought by Francisco Coronado in the 16th century, the site was visited by the American explorer Zebulon Pike in 1806 and became a stopping point on the Santa Fe Trail (1821). East of the city are the ruins of Fort Zarah (1864), from which soldiers escorted wagon trains through the dangerous stretch beyond. The community, founded in 1871, was named for ...(100 of 201 words)

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