Platted by Merkle, Kendall & Co.
in 1838 for side-cut canal traffic
and cheap water-power from the
summit level dam, Pittsburg had
grain warehouses, flouring mills,
oil and saw mills, wool carding
and fulling, foundry and machine
shops, . . . — — Map (db m163204) HM
On September 11, 1838, about 850 Potawatomi Indians camped at Pleasant Run, having traveled 17 miles that day on the forced removal from Indiana to Kansas. — — Map (db m35400) HM
