| Kansas (Linn County), Cadmus — Cadmus War Memorial |
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[North Face]
In honor of the Veterans of the
Civil War 1861-1865
[East Face]
In honor of the Soldiers, Sailors
and Marines who served in the
World War 1917-1918
[South Face]
In honor of the Loyal Women
of this community
[West Face]
In honor of the Veterans of the
Spanish-American War 1898
Dedicated Nov. 11, 1919 — Map (db m34551) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Pleasanton — The Fort Scott Road |
| | The Fort Scott Road ran in a north/south direction just east of the fence line. As it approached Mine Creek it veered to the southwest. This road paralled [sic] the route of present-day U.S. 69 Highway. Because this was a "running" engagement, the road played a central role in Price's raid generally and in the Battle of Mine Creek in particular. — Map (db m50161) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Pleasanton — Stop F — Two Mounted Armies Collide |
| | Captain Richard Hinton was with the Union soldiers as they approached from the north. As the "timber of Mine Creek" came into view, Hinton wrote,
the enemy were discovered in great force formed in line of battle upon the north side of the stream....From our front to the rebel lines, the ground formed a gentle descent. On the right, and a little to our front, was a farm house and fences. To our extreme left and front was a slight swale, the timber and the creek, then a rising corn field . . . — Map (db m50170) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Prescott — Prescott Rural High School — 1924 |
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — Map (db m64662) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Prescott — Prescott School — 1883 |
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This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior — Map (db m64659) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Prescott — War Memorial |
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Dedicated to the Glory of God and the honored memory of those men whose patriotic service and sacrifice have helped make American war efforts successful in the Cause of Humanity.
World War II
2nd LT. G. Guilard Long 1944
PFC Donald J. Grimes 1944
Korea
Cpl Jackie E. Parsons 1951
Vietnam
PFC Gerald W. Springer 1968 — Map (db m64664) WM |
| 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) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site Trail |
| | A Nation at Odds
The mid 1800s were a time of turmoil and tragedy in the U.S. The issue of slavery polarized the nation. It created a moral, political, and economic dilemma. The struggle over slavery ultimately led to the Civil War, splitting the Northern and the Southern states.
Tension in Kansas Territory
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created Kansas Territory. The voters of the territory would decide if it was to be a free or slave state. (The state of Missouri lies 1,200 . . . — Map (db m39862) HM |
| 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) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Murder on the Marais des Cygnes |
| | The bloodiest single incident in the Kansas-Missouri border struggles, 1854-1861, occurred May 19, 1858, when about 30 Proslavery Missourians seized 11 Kansas Free-State men near Trading Post and marched them to a ravine 225 yards northwest of this marker. Lining up their prisoners, they callously shot them down, killing five and wounding five others. One escaped injury by feigning death. Northerners were horrified, and John Greenleaf Whittier immortalized the fallen in a poem, "Le Marais du . . . — Map (db m39861) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds along the byway...anxiety and anticipation in the creak of wagon wheels. — Frontier Military Scenic Byway |
| | Westward bound settlers crossed and traveled the Frontier Military Road as they headed to new land and new lives. These migrants faced the unknown with anxiety and anticipation in search of a better life. The Sante Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail and the California Trail crossed the Frontier Military Road near what is now the Kansas City metropolitan area. — Map (db m33942) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds along the byway...auto, trucks and buses. — Frontier Military Scenic Byway |
| | Today's Frontier Military Scenic Byway visitors travel at higher speeds and in greater numbers than those who traveled the Frontier Military Road in the 1800s. Vehicles protect today's travelers from the weather, and our roadways of today keep travelers from getting stuck in mud or creeks. — Map (db m33934) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds along the byway...fur traders bringing their goods. — Frontier Military Scenic Byway |
| | In 1825, Cyprian Chouteau, of the Chouteau family that founded St. Louis, Missouri, came to this area to open a trading post. The Choteau family members were extensive fur traders in the Missouri River Valley and present-day eastern Kansas and Oklahoma. Fur, whiskey and pro- and anti-slavery barbs were traded. The town of Trading Post remains today. — Map (db m33936) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds along the byway...saws, picks and axes. — Frontier Military Scenic Byway |
| | "The ax, pick, saw and trowel, has become more the implement of the American soldier than the cannon, musket or sword."
Colonel Zachary Taylor, 1820
In 1836, President Andrew Jackson authorized $100,000 to build a military road from Fort Snelling, Minnesota to Fort Gibson in present day Oklahoma. The road was to be used for frontier defense and a patrol system, and later for commerce. In 1844 the Quartermaster General requested funds to repair all of the bridges and road surfaces that had . . . — Map (db m33939) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds along the roadway...soldiers on the move. — Frontier Military Scenic Byway |
| | The Frontier Military Road was used to provide soldiers and supplies to the forts along the "Permanent Indian Frontier". Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott were on the route in what is now eastern Kansas. The only major Civil War Battle in Kansas was fought at Mine Creek on October 25, 1864. This was the second largest cavalry battle in the Civil War where approximately 2,800 Union cavalrymen overwhelmed 8,000 Confederates. — Map (db m33940) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds from the past...hoof beats and heartbeats. — Frontier Military Scenic Byway |
| | Pro- and anti-slavery forces made their way to this area on horseback and on foot in the fight over whether Kansas would be a free state or a slave state. Skirmishes, scuffles and screams could be heard in the woodlands nearby.
The Marias des Cygnes Massacre occurred just northeast of here on May 19, 1858 when pro-slavery forces came from Missouri and captured 11 free-state men, killing five of them in a ravine. In December, 1858, John Brown gathered 11 slaves in Missouri and brought them . . . — Map (db m33944) HM |
| Kansas (Linn County), Trading Post — Sounds of the byway...moccasins and tears. — Frontier Military Scenic Byway |
| | Potawatomi Tribal members were marched from Indiana in 1838 to be relocated on Indian Territory lands. The march was long and arduous. Many Potawatomi, especially children and the elderly, died of illness along the way. Those who survived the journey were settled temporarily near present-day Osawatomie and then relocated to their present home near Mayetta, Kansas. — Map (db m33946) HM |
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