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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKI_merriam-park_Merriam-KS.html
President Ulysses S. Grant dedicated a spectacular park on this site on July 1, 1880. Built by the Ft. Scott & Gulf Railroad and designed by the famed landscape architect George Kessler, the park covered 40 acres from Shawnee Mission Parkway to 65…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDID_quantrills-raid-on-shawneetown_Shawnee-KS.html
A band of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill corraled the residents of Shawneetown into the square at this site. A majority of the town's buildings and homes were looted and set on fire nearly destroying the town. Thirteen persons wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCP_indian-jim-and-the-building-of-kansas-city-road_Olathe-KS.html
- Main Marker: -Founded in 1857, Olathe was strategically located on the Santa Fe Trail. In the era of horsepower, the new town was a day's journey from Independence, Missouri. As time passed, Olathe's population and commerce grew, and a faster co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDB8_santa-fe-and-oregon-trails_Overland-Park-KS.html
Both the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails crossed here, northeast to southwest, beginning 1821. The trails took separate courses farther west. A route through Kansas Territory was opened north of here in the 1830's after the founding of Westport, Mo. Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD89_rest-for-the-weary_Olathe-KS.html
"These is a romance about the stage coach that will never die. Its jolly driver with his six-in-hand, the merry passenger with his jokes ans stories, and the stations along the road where we used to stretch our tired limbs will long linger like a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD88_elm-grove-campground_Olathe-KS.html
For over three decades starting in 1827, Elm Grove Campground, one mile east of near the bridge on Cedar Creek, was an important frontier camp site. Thousands of Santa Fe traders, Oregon and California emigrants, missionaries, mountain men, soldie…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD7V_santa-fe-trail_Gardner-KS.html
This marks the route of the Santa Fe Trail from Kansas City to Santa Fe 1822 - 1880.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD7N_santa-fe-trail_Olathe-KS.html
This marks the route of the Santa Fe Trail from Kansas City to Santa Fe 1822 - 1880