St. George in Pottawatomie County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Fort Leavenworth - Fort Riley Military Road
Photographed By Jason O. Snell
1. Blackjack Springs Marker
Inscription.
Fort Leavenworth - Fort Riley Military Road. . 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.
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.
Location. 39° 11.529′ N, 96° 25.305′ W. Marker is in St. George, Kansas, in Pottawatomie County. Marker is at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and 3rd Street, on the right when traveling north on Lincoln
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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.
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 185 times since then and 12 times this year. Photo1. 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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