Faris Caves are along the banks of the Smoky Hill River just east of what had been Fort Harker, Kansas (modern day Kanopolis, Kansas). In 1884 Charles Griffee carved out three small rooms in the Dakota Sandstone bluffs to serve as his living quarters. The middle and right rooms were connected together by a door way essentially giving Mr. Griffee a two room house. The third room was used as a spring house to keep things cold and a natural spring in that room allowed things to stay fresh in the cool water. We had heard about this a few months ago and glad we made the trip to check it out (and you should too!)