Emphasis Preaching Journal

An article, published in the Atlantic Monthly magazine, tells of a valley near the small town of Fowler, Kansas, known as the Artesian Valley. The reason for the valley's name is the artesian wells, or springs, that are plentiful there. As one longtime resident describes it (or, at least, as he describes the way things used to be): "There were hundreds of natural springs in this valley. If you drilled a well for your house, the natural water pressure was enough to go through your hot-water system and out the shower head."