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SALOON UNDERGROUND
Historic Wolf Hotel unveils latest renovation
underground passage
McCord and his father worked to rebuild the authentic rough-cut wooden boardwalk where visitors to Ellinwoods shopping district during the first years of the Santa Fe Railroad would visit after disembarking at the depot across the street. - photo by VERONICA COONS Great Bend Tribune
A must-see for visitors to Barton County for years has been the Ellinwood Underground tour. Now, thanks to the efforts of Wolf Hotel owner Chris McCord and his loyal volunteers, that tour offers not only a chance to imagine what it was like in the early days of the Santa Fe Trail town, but a chance to experience it firsthand. People in Ellinwood didn’t know this part of the “Underground” remained two years ago when McCord took on the project of renovating the Historic Wolf Hotel, he said.