By Paul Schmidt

The 205,359-acre Dragoon Creek watershed is part of the Pomona Lake watershed in east-central Kansas. Dragoon Creek originates in the southeast portion of Wabaunsee County, and it flows southeast until it merges with 110-Mile, Plummer and Valley Brook creeks to form Lake Pomona. Dragoon Creek is named after Pvt. Samuel Hunt, who was part of a Dragoon military expedition to Colorado and died Sept. 11, 1835. The 23-year-old soldier is buried west of Burlingame near the creek that now bears his name. This photo is of the final stretch of the Dragoon very close to Lake Pomona, taken through a concrete rail arch of the abandoned U.S. Highway 75 bridge (No. 75-70 16.8, constructed 1954).

Photo and information thanks to Paul Schmidt.