St. George in Pottawatomie County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Fort Leavenworth - Fort Riley Military Road

Blackjack Springs Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jason O. Snell

1. Blackjack Springs Marker

Inscription. Having crossed Rock Creek, on a rocky bottom immediately below the dam at Louisville, the Military Road proceeded southwesterly to about the middle of section 30, at which point the road continued southwesterly toward Manhattan. A branch of the trail turned toward the Kansas River and St. George, presumably to take advantage of Blackjack Spring at St. George. Three blocks north of here is a section of the Military Road that was known as State Road Number 1. The route from St. George back to the main road is unknown, but there is some conjecture that it may have gone west following what is now known as Military Trail Road or northwesterly up Blackjack Road to Eldon Post Office and rejoined the main Military Road at that point.

Erected 2018 by The City of St. George, Rock Creek Valley Historical Society, the Don Combs Memorial, Citizens of Pottawatomie Nation.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Roads & Vehicles • Settlements & Settlers • Waterways & Vessels.

Location. 39° 11.529′ N, 96° 25.305′ W. Marker is in St. George, Kansas,

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in Pottawatomie County. It is at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Lincoln Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Lincoln Avenue, Saint George KS 66535, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Blackjack Springs (here, next to this marker); Chris Barr's Cabin (approx. 5.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. 5.8 miles away); Colonel Raymond E. Morris, USAF Retired (approx. 6.3 miles away); World War Memorial (approx. 6.4 miles away); Pottawatomie County (approx. 6.4 miles away); 1893 Chicago World's Fair Statues (approx. 6.4 miles away); Sand and Quartz Boulder

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(approx. 6.4 miles away).

Credits. This page was last revised on February 27, 2020. It was originally submitted on February 27, 2020, by Jason O. Snell of St. George, Kansas. This page has been viewed 374 times since then and 22 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on February 24, 2020, by Jason O. Snell of St. George, Kansas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.

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