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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TTM_robert-alexander-long-historical_Columbus-KS.html
Robert Alexander Long in 1875 established his first lumber yard at this site. Fifty years later Long-Bell lumber company was the largest lumber company in the world.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JDL_cosmopolitan-corner_Riverton-KS.html
The people of the Cherokee Nation left a lasting legacy to this corner of the State.
The 1836 Treaty of New Echota forced the removal of the Cherokee Nation from lands east of the Mississippi to the new Indian Territory. In addition to the land r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JDJ_crossroads-of-kansas_Riverton-KS.html
You stand just miles north of one of Kansas' oldest highways: the Black Dog Hunting Trail.
In order to provide a supply route between seasonal hunting grounds, the indigenous people of the Osage Nation blazed a trail in the first decade of the 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JDC_boom-towns_Riverton-KS.html
In less than 14 miles, this byway connects 3 towns, each with its own American success story.
The towns that dot Kansas Historic Route 66 were each poised for great success at the time the highway was designated in 1926. Galena was a major hub of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JD9_bridging-the-american-divide_Riverton-KS.html
When Route 66 first gained federal status in 1926, it traveled over Kansas roads already paved.
At a time when hard-surfaced roads were a rarity in Kansas, Cherokee County was an exception. Prior to the turn of the century, engineers had begun mi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JCW_lands-legacy_Riverton-KS.html
The waters of the Spring River and its tributaries have shaped this land and its settlement.
The Spring River and the waters that feed it, such as Brush, Shoal and Short Creek, carve their way through this corner of Cherokee County. For centuries…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUG_the-hanging-tree_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
A giant elm, it's branches spreading nearly 100 feet, grew here on the bank of Spring Branch. It shaded Fort Blair's mess kitchen during the Civil War and later was infamous as the site of vigilante justice. As many as seven horse thieves were h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUE_wiggins-house_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
In 1870, the city marshal, H. C. Seaman, was called to the Wiggins House, a hotel/saloon located on this corner. The marshal intervened in an alteration between Mr. Wiggins who was the proprietor, a saloon girl, and a Texas cowboy. Nine shots we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUD_baxter-springs-massacre_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
Dedicated in memory of
General James G. Blunt and his escort who defenseless, fell victims to the inhuman ferocity of guerrillas, led by the infamous Quantrell in his raid upon Baxter Springs October 6th 1863, in which 135 Union soldiers were s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IUB_johnston-public-library_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
This grand building was entered on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. Built in 1872, it was intended to be the county courthouse, but was never used for that purpose. Through the years, the building has served as a city hall and a…