Santa Fe Trail
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Santa Fe TrailMarked by theDaughters of theAmerican Revolutionand the State of Kansas
Council GroveOn this spot August 10, 1825the treaty was made with theOsage Indiansfor the right of way of theSanta Fe Trail
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The hunting grounds of the Kaw (Kansa) and Osage Indians were located here when Americans and Mexicans began hauling trade goods over the Santa Fe Trail in 1821.
In 1825, in response to traders and merchants who eagerly sought trade with Mexicans, the U.…
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"Only jail in early days on the Santa Fe Trail. Within its walls desperados, border ruffians, and robbers were held. During the Indian Raid of 1859 two Indians were taken out and hanged by a mob. A bad man, Jack McDowell, was hanged from the Neosho River Br…
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"Great father, you white people treat us like a flock of turkeys. You chase us from one steam and then chase us to another stream and then to another stream. Soon you will chase us over the mountains and into the ocean- Al-le-ga-wa-ho, Chief of the Kaws, 18…
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The Mormon Battalion camped here for five days beginning 27 August 1846. The battalion's more than 500 volunteers and officers had been recruited from the Mormon pioneers (members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) at Council Bluffs, Iowa, …
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In commemoration of thehome coming to Council GroveJune 27 - July 2celebrating theone hundredth anniversaryof the first pack train to passover the Santa Fe Trail,led by Wm. Becknell
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"In his stock were found every known variety of goods for use on the frontier, from ox yokes and repairs to cambric needles, from small boxes of pills to barrels of whiskey."- Conn Store Clerk William Shamleffer
For traders on the Santa Fe Trail, the Con…
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"Those who have occassion to stop at Council Grove, on the Santa Fe Road, will do well to 'put up' with Charles A. Gilkey [Hays' hotel clerk]...[?] host of the Hayes House. [They]...cannot but help feeling quite at home.- Kansas Press, July 11, 1859
"At …
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Built in 1857 by Seth Hays on the site of the first permanent building (1848) in Council Grove. The original log cabin was also known as the Hays House. Used continuously as a restaurant, this building was also used for church services, court proceedings an…
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Seth M. Hays was a shrewd, colorful, and successful trader, rancher, tavern owner, and publisher.
He built this house in 1867; it was elaborate for Council Grove at that time. Though he was a life-long bachelor, Hays adopted five-year-old Kittie Parker R…