"In 1869, W. M. "Billy" Street came here to locate, he climbed Scarbrough hill west of the present site of Jewell City and took a view of the country. As far as the eye could reach, north, west, south, was one mass of moving buffalo. The main herd . . . — — Map (db m187527) HM
Twenty-eight settlers, organized as the Buffalo Militia, built Fort Jewell following the killing of three white men at the milldam on the Solomon River. Sod was used for fort walls, which were four feet thick, seven feet high, enclosing a space . . . — — Map (db m176765) HM
Jewell County’s first bank was erected on this site, the first building on the south side of the park, by John Calvin Postlethwaite (1848-1910) whose name is honored by Calvin Township. ☆ In grateful remembrance this plaque is provided by his . . . — — Map (db m187496) HM
