| Kansas (Barton County), Pawnee Rock — Pawnee Rock |
| | A mile northeast is Pawnee Rock, a famous landmark on the Santa Fe Trail. Considered the mid-point of the long road between Missouri and New Mexico. Pawnee Rock was a symbol of challenges overcome. Many early travelers mentioned it in their journals, and many of them scratched their names into its soft surface. Here young Kit Carson, standing guard one dark night in 1826, is said to have shot his own mule, mistaking it for a Pawnee. Perhaps it was his unkind companions who named Pawnee Rock to . . . — Map (db m11766) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Fort Scott — 48 — Fort Scott |
| | This western outpost, named for General Winfield Scott, was established by U.S. Dragoons in 1842. The fort was located on the military road that marked the "permanent Indian frontier" stretching from Minnesota to Louisiana and stood midway between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Gibson. By 1853 the Indian frontier had moved west and troops were withdrawn. Two years later the buildings were sold at auction, and they became the town of Fort Scott.
From 1855 to 1860 this area stood at the heart of . . . — Map (db m21685) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Fort Scott — Fort Scott Civil War Memorial |
| | Main marker upper
The men in whose honor this
monument is erected were led by
the fires of Liberty.
They fought for no North, no
South, no East, no West, but for
one glorious and united country.
carving of G.A.R. Medal
Main marker lower
In memory of the
Vol. Defenders
of the Union
1861 - 1865
Left side of front pylon
carving of G.A.R. Medal
Wm H. Lytle
Post No. 132
Mustered Dec. 12, 1881
Right side . . . — Map (db m22172) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Fort Scott — Fort Scott Spanish American War Memorial |
| | In memory of
Spanish American War Veterans
1898 -- 1902
One hundred percent volunteers — Map (db m21795) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Fort Scott — Historic Fort Scott — 1842 - 1865 |
| | The blood that flowed in Kansas before and during the Civil War nourished the twin trees of Liberty and Union. — Map (db m20284) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Fort Scott — In Honored Memory |
| | (top)
In honored memory of those from Bourbon County who gave their lives
(bottom)
In memory of those who gave their lives that our nation might live.
[The marker lists the veterans who lost their lives in World War I and World War II]
(left side)
* 1917 * World War I * 1918 * <
Alva J. Allgood • George C. Anderson • Forest H. Bradshaw • Francis J. Brophy • George A. Brown • William N. Brown • Earl E. Carnes • Raymond Carnes • Ernest . . . — Map (db m20286) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Fort Scott — In Memory of The Soldiers — of the 1st Regiment Kansas Colored Volunteers |
| | who gave their lives in battle May 18, 1863 near Sherwood, Missouri
Henry Aggleson Pvt Co I
Greene Allen Pvt Co H
John Booth Pvt Co H
Edward Cockerell Pvt Co E
William Grisby Pvt Co D
Frank Haze Pvt Co F
Milton Johnson Pvt Co I
William Knight Pvt Co F
Dennis Lyons Pvt Co C
George Mitchell Pvt Co F
Minor Porter Pvt Co F
William Smith Pvt Co E
George Webb Pvt Co D
Peter White Pvt Co E
Riley Young Pvt Co A
2nd Kansas Volunteer Battery
Garrett Anderson Pvt . . . — Map (db m8418) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Fort Scott — Memorial Hall |
| | 1925
Memorial Hall was
constructed and dedicated to
"Those men and women who gave their lives
serving our country in World War I"
2001
Memorial Hall is rededicated to
"All of the men and women who have served,
are now serving or will serve
in the Armed Forces
of the United States of America" — Map (db m20309) |
| Kansas (Bourbon County), Ft. Scott — 20th Century Veterans' Memorial |
| | In peace you served
as our defender,
in battle our protector,
and in death, a reminder
that Liberty is still
our greatest Strength.
Dedicated in honor
of all who served
in the Armed Forces
of our Country
in the 20th Century
Duty Honor Country
The back eight panels list every veteran in Bourbon County that served in the 20th century. — Map (db m21258) |
| Kansas (Cherokee County), Baxter Springs — Baxter Springs Civil War Memorial |
| | (dedication on front of marker)
Erected by the United States to the Memory of the Officers and Soldiers Killed in the Battle of Baxter Springs October 8, 1863, and Other Engagements in this Vicinity who are Buried near this Monument, and Whose Names are Known, are Inscribed Hereon.
(list of names on south side of marker)
Maj. Henry Z. Curtis Asst. Adj. Genl. U.S. Vols.
Chaplain Ozem B. Gardner 13th Kansas Infantry
14 Kansas Cavalry
T. B. Long E. B. . . . — Map (db m21140) |
| Kansas (Cherokee County), Columbus — Three-Way Interlocking Crossing |
| | Unique railroading history is on display before you. A three-way interlocking railway crossing.
The crossing, formerly located in the northern part of Columbus, was donated to the City of Columbus by the Burlington Northern Railroad. At the time, the switch was constructed, it was one of the three built; one in Hamburg, Germany, destroyed during the war, and one in Pennsylvania which was removed within a short time. The crossing before you is the only one remaining.
The Columbus Wye, . . . — Map (db m11593) |
| Kansas (Clark County), Ashland — 77 — Big Basin |
| | This marker stands within a geologic feature known as the Big Basin, which is a sinkhole or "sink" about a mile in diameter and more than a hundred feet deep. Although it has the appearance of a valley, it is entirely surrounded by higher ground. Like several other smaller sinks in this section of Kansas, Big Basin was formed thousands of years ago by the dissolving and collapse of massive gypsum and salt formations lying several hundred feet below the surface.
Just beyond the east rim of . . . — Map (db m11565) |
| Kansas (Crawford County), Pittsburg — Chandler Hall — Home Economics |
| | Chandler Hall stood on this site
from 1922 until 2002.
Built as the first campus cafeteria,
the building was occupied by the
Home Economics Department,
now the Department of
Family and Consumer Sciences.
It was dedicated as Chandler Hall
in 1964 to honor the first director
of the department,
Sarah Chandler Hartsock.
Bricks from Chandler Hall and
brass plaques from the building
have been incorporated into
this site marker. — Map (db m22114) |
| Kansas (Crawford County), Pittsburg — Pittsburg State University Gymnasium |
| | On this site stood the first university gymnasium/fieldhouse. Built in 1922, it was torn down in 1972, following the opening of the Garfield W. Weede Physical Education Building. Several bricks and the building plaque from the gymnasium are featured in this site marker. — Map (db m22311) |
| Kansas (Crawford County), Pittsburg — Pittsburg State University Veteran's Amphitheater |
| |
(Center Panel)
"Pittsburg State University
honors sons and daughters
who answered the call
of the nation.
We are ever grateful
for their many sacrifices
in peace and war
that freedom would prevail."
(Left Panel)
"Honor to the soldier and sailor everywhere who bravely bears his Country's cause." - Abraham Lincoln
"God grants liberty to only to those who live it and are always ready to guard and defend it." - Daniel Webster . . . — Map (db m20299) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — Baker University — The First College In Kansas |
| | Erected this building and opened its door for instruction November 22, 1858
Werner Renick Davis, President
The trustees realizing their financial inability to construct a building to meet their dreams of the future requirements of the college, erected this building here as a temporary educational center rather than on the campus which had been already designated. — Map (db m19976) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — 8 — Baldwin |
| | Here, and for the next 300 miles west, Highway 56 roughly follows the old Santa Fe Trail, and frequently crosses it. White settlement began in this area in 1854, the year Kansas became a territory, and in 1855 the town of Palmyra was founded. When Baker University was established on the outskirts in 1858 a new town sprang up. It was named for John Baldwin, an Ohio capitalist who in 1857 hauled a steam sawmill in over the trail. by 1863, Palmyra had merged with Baldwin.
Local Settlers were . . . — Map (db m20073) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — Battle of Black Jack |
| | (Main Marker):
First Battle between Free and Slave States fought on these grounds June 2, 1856
(Secondary Marker):
Deeded to Kansas 1917 — Map (db m20050) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — 7 — Battle of Black Jack |
| | This "battle" was part of the struggle to make Kansas a free state. In May, 1856, Proslavery men destroyed buildings and newspaper presses in Lawrence, Free-State headquarters. John Brown's company then killed five Proslavery men on Pottawatomie Creek not far from this spot. In retaliation Henry C. Pate raided near-by Palmyra and took three prisoners. Early on the morning of June 2, Brown attacked Pate's camp in a grove of black jack oaks about 1/4 mile south of this sign. Both sides had . . . — Map (db m20059) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — Black Jack Park |
| | (Main marker):
South of this park are 18 acres of virgin prairie. Purchased 1967 by Douglas County from Russell Hays for a permanent prairie preserve and historic site. Evidence of Santa Fe Trail plainly visible. Original site of D.A.R, marker was near pioneer town of Black Jack ½ mile east. (D.A.R. marker):
Santa Fe Trail 1822 - 1872 marked by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the State of Kansas 1906 — Map (db m20062) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — Stony Point Church and Cemetery |
| | Stony Point Evangelical Lutheran Church was established around 1860 by Joseph Eberhart. Church services were held at Stony Point School until the church building was constructed in 1883. The church was disbanded around 1900. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Stony Point Cemetery was established in 1873. — Map (db m24024) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — The Battle of Black Jack |
| | (Left marker):The Battle of Black Jack "Civil War in Kansas!"
"Let not the knives of pro-slavery men be sheathed while there is one abolitionist in the Territory."
Squatter, Sovereign, proslavery newspaper in Atchison, Kansas Territory, June 10, 1856
On this site at dawn on June 2, 1856, the abolitionist John Brown led a free-state militia, with co-commander Samuel Shore, in attacking the camp of a proslavery force led by Henry Clay Pate. The clash was the first pitched battle . . . — Map (db m20051) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Baldwin City — Trail Park |
| | This Angling Road is the Original Santa Fe Trail.
Park Area Donated by I. and J. Stickle to Baker University in 1907.
D.A.R. Monument Commemorates the Dispersal of Free-State and Pro-Slavery Forces after the Battle of Black Jack.
Original Bronze Plaque Stolen in 1967.
Replaced in Marble by S.F.T. Hist. Soc. — Map (db m20075) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Centropolis — Globe |
| |
Santa Fe Trail followed high land
to the SW of this marker.
Two miles south of here the Marion Town
Company laid out the Town of Marion
in honor of Gen. Francis Marion, "The
Swamp Fox" of Revolutionary War fame.
Town well, Blacksmith Shop, two stores
and later a church.
Post Office had intermittent existence:
As Marion — Nov. 1857 to May 1867
June 1870 to Aug. 1881
As Globe — Aug. 1881 to Dec. 1894
Feb. 1895 to Nov. 1900 — Map (db m19729) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Globe — Santa Fe Trail Crossed Here |
| |
D.A.R. Marker is near the site of
the Baden Post Office
which had intermittent existence
between 1883 and 1891.
Simmons Point,
a stagecoach relay station,
was 2 ½ miles east on the Old Trail. — Map (db m19728) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Lawrence — Citizens Memorial Monument |
| | (Front Inscription):
Dedicated to the memory of the one hundred and fifty citizens who defenseless fell victims to the inhuman ferocity of border guerrillas led by the infamous Quantrell in his raid upon Lawrence. August 21st, 1863. Erected May 30, 1895 (Back Inscription):
The roll of their names may be found in the City Clerks office and in the records of the State Historical Society in Topeka. — Map (db m20091) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Lawrence — Free State Hotel |
| | This marks the site of the Free State Hotel erected in 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society. Destroyed by Sheriff Jones and his posse May 21, 1856, and rebuilt by Col. Schaler W. Eldridge. Quantrill and his raiders destroyed Lawrence August 21, 1863, burned the hotel and massacred the citizens. Col. Eldridge restored the hotel which stood until 1926 when it was rebuilt by W.G. Hutson. — Map (db m20397) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Lawrence — 10 — Lawrence |
| | Lawrence was established in 1854 by the Emigrant Aid Company, a New England organization formed to prevent the new Kansas territory from becoming a slave state. When the first legislature enacted the so-called Bogus Laws with severe penalties for opposing slavery Lawrence was the center of Free-State resistance. Free-State newspapers here further antagonized Proslavery officers. Late in 1855 1500 Prosavery men gathered to attack the town. Free-State men came to its defense, among them John . . . — Map (db m20460) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Lawrence — Lawrence Veterans' Memorial |
| | main marker
For God And Country
Dedicated to those War Veterans that never returned
Picture of American Flag on a flagpole
The Five Seals of the Armed Forces of the United States — Map (db m21478) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Lawrence — Pioneer Cemetery — Established 1854 |
| | This Cemetery, known originally as Oread, was opened in 1854 by the New Englanders who founded Lawrence. Following burials in 1882, Oread fell into disuse. In 1928, the City of Lawrence changed the name to Pioneer Cemetery.
The marble obelisk near the center of the grounds is a monument to T. W. Barber, an Ohio abolitionist shot by pro-slavery men during the Wakarusa War in December 1855. Barber was memorialized by John Greenleaf Whittier in his poem, "Burial of Barber." Eighteen military . . . — Map (db m20474) |
| Kansas (Douglas County), Lawrence — Unknown Dead |
| | To the Unknown Dead
Union Soldiers
Of the Civil War
Re-dedicated by the Lawrence Sons of Union Veterans
Camp #4 November 2006 — Map (db m20462) |
| Kansas (Graham County), Nicodemus — Nicodemus |
| | In July, 1877 Negro “exodusters” from Kentucky established a settlement here in the Promised Land of Kansas which they named Nicodemus. Although the colonists lacked sufficient tools, seed and money they managed to survive the first winter, some by selling buffalo bones, others by working for the Kansas Pacific railroad at Ellis, 35 miles away. In 1880 the all-Negro community had a population of more than 400.
Their industry brought approving notices in Kansas newspapers. one . . . — Map (db m5508) |
| Kansas (Gray County), Howell — Campsite of the U.S. Survey Team Sept. 10-21, 1825 |
| | Camping near this location Sept. 10, 1825, the survey team remained through September 21 waiting for a courier with information from the U.S. Government as to how to proceed further. West of the 100th meridian which surveyor Joseph Brown mistakingly identified being at this point and south of the Arkansas River was Mexican territory where the survey team had no permission to enter. Receiving no such information, the team was divided with commissioner George Sibley, surveyor Brown, interpreter . . . — Map (db m19788) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Gardner — 6 — Overland Trails |
| | Here US-56 lies directly on the route of the Oregon-California and Santa Fe trails. Nearby, the trails branched. On a rough sign pointing northwest were the words, "Road to Oregon." Another marker directed travelers southwest along the road to Santa Fe.
Between 1840 and 1870 thousands of settlers, miners, and soldiers plodded the 2,000 miles of the Oregon-California Trail from the "jumping off" towns on the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. Diseases such as cholera and smallpox were the . . . — Map (db m21669) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Gardner — Santa Fe Trail |
| | This marks the route of the Santa Fe Trail from Kansas City to Santa Fe 1822 - 1880. — Map (db m20074) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Merriam — Campbell Home — First Home In Merriam |
| | In 1964 David Gee Campbell finally found his safe haven at this site, after dodging threats from the Missourians and danger from Quantrill's raiders in Shawnee.
This valley reminded Campbell of his Tennessee home and his Scottish roots.
Originally named for him, Campbelltown did not become Merriam until long after Campbell's work with the Ft Scott & Gulf Railroad and his donation of land for blacksmith and other businesses.
Burned in 1891, this structure was rebuilt to a similar . . . — Map (db m20607) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Merriam — Esther E. Brown — 1917 - 1970 |
| | Esther E. Brown organized citizen support in South Park for litigation leading to the 1949 Kansas Supreme Court order admitting black children to the South Park School and to nearby high schools. Her actions encouraged similar litigation resulting in the U.S. Supreme Court landmark decision declaring school segregation unconstitutional.
With active support from many South Park residents, she overcame resistance to her civil rights advocacy in 1948-51, at great personal sacrifice. Esther E. . . . — Map (db m20606) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Merriam — Merriam Park |
| | President Ulysses S. Grant dedicated a spectacular park on this site on July 1, 1880. Built by the Ft. Scott & Gulf Railroad and designed by the famed landscape architect George Kessler, the park covered 40 acres from Shawnee Mission Parkway to 65th Street and from Grandview to the Railroad tracks.
An attraction visited by thousands, Merriam Park featured a zoo with bear pits, a lagoon used for summer sailboating and winter ice-skating, and a horse-drawn carousel.
Park visitors also . . . — Map (db m20599) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Merriam — 1 — Shawnee Friends Mission |
| | In 1825 the Federal government began moving Eastern Indians to new lands west of the Mississippi. This sign is on a 2,500 square mile tract assigned to the Shawnees.
With this tribe came Methodist, Baptist and Quaker missionaries. One mile east and a little north the Quakers erected buildings in 1836 and opened a school the following year. Indian students, who lived at the mission received elementary schooling, religious instruction and training in agriculture and domestic arts. Highest . . . — Map (db m20906) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Olathe — "Indian Jim" and the Building of Kansas City Road — World's Champion Lays 46,664 Bricks in Under Eight Hours |
| | - Main Marker: -
Founded in 1857, Olathe was strategically located on the Santa Fe Trail. In the era of horsepower, the new town was a day's journey from Independence, Missouri. As time passed, Olathe's population and commerce grew, and a faster connection with Kansas City was needed. By 1925, automobiles had reduced travel time, but would often get stuck on muddy roads. The paving of Kansas City Road - lying on top of the Westport route of the old Santa Fe Trail - was received with . . . — Map (db m20270) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Olathe — Elm Grove Campground |
| | For over three decades starting in 1827, Elm Grove Campground, one mile east of near the bridge on Cedar Creek, was an important frontier camp site. Thousands of Santa Fe traders, Oregon and California emigrants, missionaries, mountain men, soldiers and '49ers camped at Elm Grove including such frontier notables as John C Fremont, William Bent, Tom Fitzpatrick, Francis Parkman, and Philip St. George Cooke.
Elm Grove Campground, originally named caravan grove, began in 1827 as a result of the . . . — Map (db m20093) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Olathe — Olathe Civil War Memorial |
| | In memory of
our dead comrades — Map (db m21675) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Olathe — Olathe World War Memorial |
| | In Memory of World War Veterans — Map (db m21663) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Olathe — President Franklin Delano Roosevelt Makes a Whistle-stop in Olathe |
| | "I am glad to get into Kansas again..."
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ("FDR") told the audience in Syracuse, Kansas in 1936. The president was returning to Washington, D.C. after a campaign trip by train to Colorado. When he reached Olathe at 3:50pm on October 13th, he was greeted by some 10,000 people gathered at this location. The crowd cheered as the train rolled in from the south and stopped so that FDR could speak to the audience from the platform at the end of the caboose. The . . . — Map (db m21671) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Olathe — Rest for the Weary |
| | "These is a romance about the stage coach that will never die. Its jolly driver with his six-in-hand, the merry passenger with his jokes ans stories, and the stations along the road where we used to stretch our tired limbs will long linger like a pleasant dream."
-Colonel Jared Sanderson, pioneer stage owner, 1900 The mid-1800s farm house before you served as a place of reset and repast for weary travelers on the Santa Fe Trail. From 1865 until 1869, horses were changed and passengers were . . . — Map (db m20096) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Olathe — Santa Fe Trail |
| | This marks the route of the Santa Fe Trail from Kansas City to Santa Fe 1822 - 1880 — Map (db m20065) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Overland Park — Santa Fe and Oregon Trails |
| | Both the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails crossed here, northeast to southwest, beginning 1821. The trails took separate courses farther west. A route through Kansas Territory was opened north of here in the 1830's after the founding of Westport, Mo. Long after that became the main one, this route continued in use by pioneers and tradesmen out of Independence, Mo. — Map (db m20213) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Overland Park — Stanley Rural High School — 1919 - 1965 |
| | While S.R.H.S. was being built, classes were held in the Christian and Methodist churches - Grange Hall.
Charter Roll
SCHOOL BOARD TEACHERS
J.L. Chaney, R.H. Holmes, P.L. Kellogg - J.L. Stark, Principal; Amy Kincaid
Students
Lawrence Chaney - Wesley Chaney - Herschel Dougan - Clarence Divelbiss
Marlon Divelbiss, Ernest Kellogg - Orville Nicholson - Homer Rawle
Paul Wenzel - Edith Briggs - Opal Crust - Bertha Harsh - Flora Hurdle
Lodema Kellogg - Leota Knoche - . . . — Map (db m20786) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Shawnee — Pleasant View Veterans' Memorial |
| | American Legion Seal
Dedicated to those
who have served
to safeguard Justice,
Freedom, and Democracy. — Map (db m21686) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Shawnee — Quantrill's Raid on Shawneetown — Oct 17, 1862 |
| | A band of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill corraled the residents of Shawneetown into the square at this site. A majority of the town's buildings and homes were looted and set on fire nearly destroying the town. Thirteen persons were injured and two citizens murdered during this Civil War raid.
Placed through private contributions
to the
Historic Marker Commission — Map (db m20512) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Spring Hill — Rest Soldier Rest |
| | The Flag they fought for
(American Flag)
To the memory of
our Unknown Dead
they sleep
on southern battlefields
and 'neath the ocean wave — Map (db m21316) |
| Kansas (Johnson County), Spring Hill — Spring Hill Cemetery Veterans' Memorial |
| | In Honor of
the Veterans of the Civil War
1861-1865, the Spanish-American War
1898, Our Country's Defend-
ers in the World War 1917-1918
and the Loyal Women of
SpringHill and Community. — Map (db m21684) |
| Kansas (Leavenworth County), Fort Leavenworth — The Buffalo Soldier Monument |
| | [Seal of the United States Army] Built by those who cherish the spirit, courage and valor of the Buffalo Soldiers Heroes Patriots Warriors - Explorers Surveyors — Map (db m17340) |
| Kansas (Leavenworth County), Leavenworth — 90 — The City of Leavenworth |
| | Two weeks after Kansas was officially opened for settlement, the state's oldest city was born. The date was June 12, 1854, and the town was named for nearby Fort Leavenworth.
In September, type for the first regular weekly newspaper in Kansas was set under an elm tree on the levee. The newspaper came in "even before our sins," a journalist wrote later. Within four years, Leavenworth's population had soared beyond 10,000 as steamboats and freighting wagons, supplying Western forts and the . . . — Map (db m19839) |
| Kansas (Linn County), Mound City — James Montgomery Ballot Box |
| | Free Stater claimed voters deceived on slavery issue by Pro-slavery forces Jan. 1858 smashed ballot box scattering votes. — Map (db m21800) |
| Kansas (Linn County), Mound City — Mound City Civil War Memorial |
| | In memory of the
officers and soldiers
buried within this cemetery
who gave their lives
in defence of the Union.
limestone marker
National Cemetery Plot
In 1865 National Cemetery Plot No. 1 was laid out by the Government for soldiers killed in the Battle of Mine Creek.
Linn County Historical Society — Map (db m21798) |
| Kansas (Linn County), Pleasanton — Battle of Mine Creek |
| | In October, 1864, a Confederate army under Gen. Stirling Price was defeated near Kansas City. He retreated south, crossed into Kansas, and camped at Trading Post. Early on the morning of October 25 Union troops under Generals Pleasonton, Blunt and Curtis forced him from this position, and a few hours later the battle of Mine Creek was fought over these fields. Confederate forces were thrown into confusion as they tried to cross the steep, slippery banks of the stream. In the close fighting on . . . — Map (db m6937) |
| Kansas (Linn County), Pleasanton — Battle of Mine Creek |
| | Upon this rolling prairie and across Mine Creek occurred the largest Civil War battle in Kansas. It also was one of the largest cavalry battles of the Civil War. Nearly 8,000 Confederate soldiers clashed with 2,500 Union troops. The battle lasted less than one hour. Many Confederates were captured and more than 600 were killed or wounded. Union casualties numbered approximately 120. This decisive Union victory contributed to the defeat of the 1864 Confederate invasion of Missouri and Kansas. . . . — Map (db m20261) |
| Kansas (Linn County), Pleasanton — Battle of Mine Creek — October 25, 1864 |
| | Of the approximately 600 Confederate casualties in this battle, many of those killed in action were buried in unmarked graves on this battlefield.
Most of the dead were from Marmaduke's Missouri Cavalry Division and Fagan's Arkansas Cavalry Division of Major General Sterling Price's Army of Missouri.
Known but to God, they gave their lives in the defence of their country, fighting for the ideals in which they believed. We dedicate this memorial in their honor. May they rest in peace for all eternity. — Map (db m20264) |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Marais des Cygnes Massacre |
| | Nothing in the struggle over slavery in Kansas did more to inflame the nation than the mass killing which took place May 19, 1858, about four miles northeast of this marker. Charles Hamelton who had been driven from the territory by Free-State men, retaliated by invading the county with about thirty Missourians. Capturing 11 Free-State men, he marched them to a ravine and lined them up before a firing squad. Five were killed, five were wounded, and one escaped by feigning death. The site and . . . — Map (db m4359) |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Marais Du Cygne Martyrs Memorial |
| | (Front):
Rev. B. L. Read
John F. Campbell
William Colpetzer
Michael Robertson
Patrick Ross
William Hairgrove
Asa Hairgrove
Charles Snider
William A Stilwell
Amos Hall
Austin Hall
(Side 2):
On the 19th day of May 1858, the men whose names appear on this monument were taken from their daily avocations by a band of armed border ruffians and marched to a deep ravine four miles east of this place and there shot and left for dead.
Their only offense was was . . . — Map (db m20113) |
| Kansas (Miami County), Osawatomie — Battle of Osawatomie |
| | On the morning of August 30, 1856, John Brown led about 30 antislavery men into battle against 250 proslavery Missourians. This Battle of Osawatomie raged on the site of John Brown Memorial Park.
Local tradition maintains that the statue of John Brown is located where the mounted proslavery men fired their first shots. Brown positioned his men about four hundred yards to the north in the timber lining the south bank of the Marais Des Cygnes River. The Missourians charged down the hill . . . — Map (db m21125) |
| Kansas (Miami County), Osawatomie — John Brown of Kansas |
| | Erected May 9, 1935 by The Woman's Relief Corps Department of Kansas Auxiliary to the Grand Army "John Brown of Kansas He dared begin He lost But losing won"
Eugene N. Ware — Map (db m4347) |
| Kansas (Miami County), Paola — City Hall Fire Bell |
| | Paola's Volunteer Fire Company, like many others in the midwest, was formed after the great Chicago Fire in 1871. There were no telephones, sirens or radios to notify the firefighters. In 1876, this 400 lb. "nice toned" alarm bell was bought for $150.
When a fire was reported, first a general alarm was sounded. The bell then rang the number of times that corresponded to the district where the fire was burning. Firefighters rushed to that area in search of the fire.
Paola, incorporated . . . — Map (db m21683) |
| Kansas (Miami County), Paola — Paola Veterans' Memorial |
| |
Erected in 1916, in honor of our Country's Defenders, by the school children of Miami County and the D.O. Sellers Family. Dedicated in 1968 to those who have made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Miami County Honored Dead
Spanish War And Phillipines
Killed in Action
A.V.Ricketts - Co.A - 20 Kans. • Arthur Rowe - Co. A - 20 Inf. • Jay Sheldon - Co. I - 20 Kans.
Died in Service
J. E. Johnson - Co. E - 8 Inf. • G. G. Presson - Co. H - 40 Inf. • W. H. Trumbull - Co. L - 11 Inf. . . . — Map (db m21498) |
| Kansas (Montgomery County), Coffeyville — Dalton Defenders |
| | This memorial is dedicated to
those men who successfully
defended Coffeyville during the
Dalton Raid. October 5, 1892 — Map (db m4301) |
| Kansas (Montgomery County), Wayside — Historical Site — Little House On The Prairie |
| | Famous Children's Book
by: Laura Ingalls Wilder
Kansas Home Of Charles Ingalls Family 1869-1870
Carrie Ingalls was born here Aug. 3, 1870 (Third Daughter)
Sunny Side School 1872-1946
Wayside Post Office 1874-1976 — Map (db m4954) |
| Kansas (Osage County), Melvern — Melvern Civil War Tribute |
| | A tribute to those patriots who sleep in Southern graves uncoffined, unshrouded and unknown. — Map (db m21452) |
| Kansas (Shawnee County), Topeka — 15 — Capital of Kansas |
| | Topeka was founded in 1854 at the site of Papan's Ferry where a branch of the Oregon Trail crossed the Kansas river as early as 1842. Anti-slavery leaders framed the Topeka Constitution, 1855, in the first attempt to organize a state government. The next year their legislature was dispersed by U.S. dragoons under orders from President Franklin Pierce. (So Pierce was omitted when Topeka named streets after the Presidents.) In the late 1850's negroes bound north on the "underground railway" were . . . — Map (db m20479) |
| Kansas (Shawnee County), Topeka — Palm Park |
| | Main marker:
Dedicated in Memory of Major Willard G. Palm who died while serving his country
1921 - 1960
Major Willard G. Palm and his fellow crew members *Maj. Eugene E. Posa, *Capt. Oscar L. Goforth, *Capt. Dean B. Phillips, Capt. Freeman B. Olmstead, Capt. John R. McKone, were shot down over Barents Sea July 1, 1960, by a Russian fighter plane while on a peaceful reconnaissance mission. *Died in this incident.
E.J. Camp, Mayor
Preston Hale Louis Howard
Frank Warren . . . — Map (db m20547) |
| Kansas (Sumner County), Caldwell — Ghost Riders of the Chisholm Trail |
| | The silhouette on the bluff to the East, astride the actual Chisholm Trail, was completed in 1995 after hundreds of hours of volunteered labor, land, and donations. The "Ghosts" will forever remind us of the great cattle drives, 1866 - 1887, when millions of Texas longhorn cattle passed here on their way to legendary railheads, like Caldwell, Kansas. So life-like is the scene, observers are certain they have noticed both dust and sounds coming from the bluff area.
The trail, established by . . . — Map (db m11604) |
| Kansas (Wyandotte County), Bonner Springs — Bonner Springs Veterans' Memorial |
| |
GAR Marker
In memory of
those who gave
their lives in
defence of
their Country
American Legion Marker
Dedicated to
the memory of
those who served
our Country
with Honor — Map (db m21259) |
| Kansas (Wyandotte County), Kansas City — Maple Hill Cemetery Civil War Memorial |
| | In Memory
of
the soldiers
and sailors
who fought
in defence of
the Union
1861 - 1865 — Map (db m22170) |
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