Excerpt from Souvenir of Fort Riley and Directory of Junction City's Leading Merchants Lack of space forbids a lengthy description of Fort Riley and its beautiful surroundings on the banks of the Kansas river, which is formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican at this point, so the mere mention of a few of the most interesting features will suffice. The steam plant, with its miles of underground mains is said to be the largest, with a more ex tensive heating radius than any similar plant in the United States and probably in the world. In the coldest weather all the buildings in the post are comfortably warm. The water works system, with a capacity of a million gallons daily. Is one of the mest complete in the west. The water, which is very pure. Is supplied from twenty wells, bored for the purpose. The sewerage system and natural drainage is perfect. Making this one of the healthiest of forts. The riding hall is worthy of especial note being one of the largest and most magnificent orits kind. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.