On U.S. 83 0.5 miles north of Kansas Highway 95, on the left when traveling north.
In Scott County State Park three miles northwest is El Quartelejo, only known Indian pueblo in Kansas. About 1650, it is believed, Taos Indians migrated here to escape Spanish oppression. Later they were persuaded by the Spanish governor to return . . . — — Map (db m67917) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 83) just south of West 5th Street, on the right when traveling south.
”We left Garden City on the 28th of September, 1884, taking with us a double-seated, lightwagon, a large keg of water, buffalo robes, food, matches, some kindling wood and a spade and hatchet and my daughter, Mrs. Eastman, and myself, … accompanied . . . — — Map (db m258832) HM
This marks the site of the last encounter in the State of Kansas between Native Americans and the United States Troops. Homesick and ill, the Northern Cheyenne under the leadership of Chief Dull Knife and Little Wolf were trying to return to . . . — — Map (db m65978) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 71) at Duncan Street, on the right when traveling south on South Main Street.
While Scott County residents were divided on the issue of secession, once Arkansas left the Union, many supported the Confederacy. The first fighting there was a Sept. 11, 1863, skirmish near Waldron where the 14th Kansas lost 1 dead and 2 wounded . . . — — Map (db m200627) HM
On East Market Street at South Main Street, on the left when traveling west on East Market Street.
Abraham Lincoln first publicly challenged U.S. Senator Stephen A. Douglas's "Nebraska Bill" during a Whig county convention August 26, 1854, in the Scott County courtroom located at this site. Because the bill allowed for the expansion of slavery, . . . — — Map (db m182043) HM
On South Main Street (Business U.S. 71) just south of Danville Road, on the right when traveling south.
Businesses flourished on Main Street after the turn of the century. In 1901 the Bank of Waldron and First National Bank both opened on South Main Street. By 1902 the Kansas City Southern Railroad went through Waldron, making it an important . . . — — Map (db m262791) HM
On Main Street south of Virginia Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
When established in 1789, New Madrid was one of a handful of settlements in the Spanish territory west of the Mississippi River. First as a district and later as a county, the New Madrid jurisdiction extended as far south to the northern border of . . . — — Map (db m179976) HM
On Main Street (U.S. 83) at West 4th Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
In 1902 JW Roark & Son purchased the Meisenheimer Merchantile stock and began business on 5th & DeGeer. In 1908, they built a new building at 514 Main and in 1915 they built this massive 2 story building. The building later was the site of the RVW . . . — — Map (db m258898) HM
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