Near Marmaton in Bourbon County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Site of Marmaton Massacre
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 8, 2012
1. Site of Marmaton Massacre Marker
Oct. 22, 1865
Erected 1917 by Molly Foster Berry Chapter, No. 1001, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Fort Scott, Kansas series lists.
Location. 37° 49.222′ N, 94° 49.945′ W. Memorial is near Marmaton, Kansas, in Bourbon County. It is on Kansas Road west of 155th Street, on the right when traveling west. The memorial stands in Marmaton Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fort Scott KS 66701, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial 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: Sister Teresa Dolan (approx. 5.2 miles away); The Little White House (approx. 6.2 miles away); Gordon Parks Homecoming (approx. 6½ miles away); Mercy Hospital Cross (approx. 6.9 miles away); In Honored Memory (approx. 6.9 miles away); Normal Victory Bell (approx. 6.9 miles away); Fort Scott Civil War Memorial (approx. 6.9 miles away); Fort Scott Spanish American War Memorial (approx. 6.9 miles away).
Also see . . .
1. Bourbon County KS in the Civil War
this page online
2. Marmaton in Cutler's History of Kansas (1883). (Submitted on December 20, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 8, 2012
2. Site of Marmaton Massacre Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 8, 2012
3. Site of Marmaton Massacre Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,154 times since then and 51 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 20, 2014, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
