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Dedicated to the honor
and sacrifice of our
men and women
who served our country
in war and peace
[Honor Roll]
[Dedicated]
November 11, 1996 — — Map (db m50111) WM
On the morning of August 30, 1856, John Brown led about 30 antislavery men into battle against 250 proslavery Missourians. This Battle of Osawatomie raged on the site of John Brown Memorial Park.
Local tradition maintains that the statue of . . . — — Map (db m21125) HM
The Battle of Osawatomie was fought on this site on the morning of August 30, 1856. John Brown led a force of about 30 Free State guerilla fighters in battle against John Reid and 250 proslavery militia men. John Brown chose this battlefield, . . . — — Map (db m69286) HM
John Reid's proslavery militia men formed up in two lines on horseback here and attacked John Brown's Free State guerillas in an aggressive charge. The proslavery Militia men were mounted on horses that were not trained for combat, and began to . . . — — Map (db m69221) HM
John Reid placed the bulk of his proslavery militia men in a line here to charge the center of John Brown's Free State guerilla's line of defense and charged the center of Brown's line in the brush lining the Marais Des Cygnes River. Brown's . . . — — Map (db m69224) HM
John Reid's proslavery militia men set up cannon on John Brown's Free State Guerilla force's flank here on this high ground and fired into John Brown's Free State guerilla forces line of defense while Reid's proslavery militia men attacked the . . . — — Map (db m69225) HM
The Battle of Osawatomie was a military victory for proslavery forces, and a moral and propaganda victory for Free State forces in Kansas Territory. John Brown became a symbol of Free State resistance to proslavery forces, and inspired Free . . . — — Map (db m69243) HM
Purchased by Department of Kansas
Womans Relief Corps
Dedicated to the
Grand Army of the Republic
Presented to the State of Kansas
for a memorial park — — Map (db m69244) WM
On 6th Street at Lincoln Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 6th Street.
Osawatomie - the name derives from a combination of Osage and Pottawatomie - was settled in 1854 by Free-State families from the Ohio Valley and New England. John Brown, soon to become famous for his militant abolitionism, joined five of his . . . — — Map (db m69325) HM
On 6th Street north of Parker Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
One of the first churches in Kansas, this church was built by a Congregationalist group and is typical of the church structures built during pioneering days in Kansas. It was dedicated to public worship in 1861, and its first pastor was the Reverend . . . — — Map (db m69319) HM
On Main Street at 10th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
John Brown defended Osawatomie against an attack by Pro Slavery Militia in the largest battle during the Bleeding Kansas Era on August 30, 1856 — — Map (db m69288) HM
On Main Street at 9th Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
Erected to honor the 5 men killed in the Battle of Osawatomie on August 30, 1856.
Dedicated August 30, 1877
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[Monument inscription reads]
In commemoration of those who . . . — — Map (db m69304) HM
On Peoria Street at Silver Street, on the right when traveling east on Peoria Street.
Dedicated to a couple who helped found and shape Paola, Baptiste Peoria, chief of the Confederated Peoria Tribes and his wife Mary Ann Isaacs Dagenet Peoria chose to take a leadership role in developing Paola. Most of the Paola Town Company were . . . — — Map (db m34428) HM
On East Peoria Street at South Agate Street, on the left when traveling west on East Peoria Street.
Paola's Volunteer Fire Company, like many others in the midwest, was formed after the great Chicago Fire in 1871. There were no telephones, sirens or radios to notify the firefighters. In 1876, this 400 lb. "nice toned" alarm bell was bought for . . . — — Map (db m21683) HM
The Park
1858 - The City Park is donated by Baptiste Peoria, Chief of the Confederate Tribes, with the provision that no building should ever he placed there. In the early days, the park area was an open commons where American Indians ran . . . — — Map (db m312680) HM
On East Peoria Street east of Pearl Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Jefferson Highway was created in 1915 as an early north-south automobile highway through America. The route went from Winnipeg to New Orleans through lands procured by President Thomas Jefferson in the Louisiana Purchase. Miami County . . . — — Map (db m312678) HM
On Pearl Street near Miami Street, on the right when traveling south.
1803 - Louisiana Purchase, Native American Lands
1854 - Kansas Territory established & open settlement began
1861 - Kansas Statehood - Miami County renamed from Lykins County
1873 - First courthouse on this site converted . . . — — Map (db m34418) HM
On Baptiste Drive at Hospital Drive, on the right when traveling west on Baptiste Drive.
Dedicated to those who serve
Leroy J. Niebaum ·
Carl J. Morgan ·
Marvin C. Morgan ·
Ecle C. Morgan ·
Billy D. Griffith ·
Donald Franklin Platt ·
Carey E. Ore ·
Michael L. Heckman ·
Kenneth Benedict ·
James Dean McCullough · . . . — — Map (db m35855) WM
Project History
In November 2011, the Paola City Council appointed a diverse community task force to develop a master plan for a pedestrian/bicycle trail system. Paola Pathways was the name selected for the project, which would eventually . . . — — Map (db m312690) HM
On Wea Street 0 miles east of Silver Street, on the left.
Erected in 1916, in honor of our Country's Defenders, by the school children of Miami County and the D.O. Sellers Family. Dedicated in 1968 to those who have made the Supreme Sacrifice.
Miami County Honored Dead
Spanish War And . . . — — Map (db m21498) HM
On East Peoria Street west of S Pearl St, on the right when traveling east.
This monument commemorates the Bulltown (Paola) encampment, November 3, 1838, of the Potawatomi Indians on their 618 mile forced removal trek from their home in Indiana to Linn County, Kansas. Over 850 Potawatomi were forced to leave Indiana at . . . — — Map (db m300004) HM
