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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTO_the-little-town-well-historical_Oswego-KS.html
The earliest permanent white settler in present Labette County is believed to have been John Mathews, trader and blacksmith, who arrived here about 1840. He established a post to trade with the Osage Indians of one of White Hair's villages, locate…
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This old well is whiteman's improvement to an everlasting spring used by the Indian tribes for ages
and marks the first known white settlement in southern Kansas.
John Mathews settled here to serve as blacksmith for the Osages about 1841 and be…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TSL_historic-riverside-park-historical_Oswego-KS.html
Early Days
This bluff on which the Riverside Park sits is steeped in history. Towering over the plains, this site was frequented by both American Indians and early Euro-American settlers. It served as a place to observe game and also for those tr…
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This point overlooks the historic Neosho Crossing for "The Old Indian Trail" between Missouri and the Osage buffalo hunting grounds in central Oklahoma. The ford was located about eighty yards above the present dam. Two hundred Union soldiers of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15AT_katy-caboose-number-109_Oswego-KS.html
Given to the City of Oswego, Kansasby the Union Pacific Railroadin memory ofFormer President andBoard Vice-ChairmanCarl Raymond GrayandHarriette Flora Gray,a native of the Oswego area,who were married here in 1888.
[Dedicated] October 8, 1989
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSD3_osage-indian-village_Oswego-KS.html
Depicting when the Osage dwelled east of the bluff near Horseshoe Lake and Chief White Hair was their Chief. John Mathews, a fur trader and blacksmith, lived on the summit, intermingling with the tribe, both cultures benefiting from the relationsh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSD2_sulky-plow_Oswego-KS.html
This plow was used by Ray and Ed Wiggins when they started farming west of Oswego in 1914.
Donated by Helen and Dick Doty