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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBE_black-dog-trail_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
Opened in 1803 by Chief Black Dog (Manka-Chonka) and his band of Osage Indians who had a village nearby where springs once flowed freely.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBD_fort-blair_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
Fort Blair, constructed as a garrison for soldiers guarding the Military Road, was attacked by rebel forces of William Quantrill on Oct. 6, 1863.
Although greatly outnumbered, Lt. James Pond and men from the 3rd Wisc. Cav. and Kans. 2nd Colored…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMPBB_baxter-springs-massacre-burial-site_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
First burial site for victims of the Baxter Springs Massacre and the attack on Ft. Blair. In 1869, the bodies were moved to the National Cemetary plot west of town.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP7K_the-battle-for-fort-blair_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
William C. Quantrill, a former Kansas school teacher, headed a guerilla army which had committed many outrages around Lawrence and Kansas City, one being the Lawrence Massacre. Quantrill received a commission of Colonel, supposedly either from Gen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP62_battle-of-baxter-springs_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
Major General J.G. Blunt left Ft. Scott on October 4, 1863 en route to Ft. Smith. With him was his military escort consisting of about 125 men from Company I, Third Wisconsin Cavalry, and Company A, Fourteenth Kansas Cavalry. They proceeded by way…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP61_2nd-kansas-colored-infantry-at-fort-blair_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
The brush arbor was located in this general area and was used for a dining area for the troops at Ft. Blair. The colored troops were having lunch here when Quantrill's attackers approached from both the east and the south. The troops made their wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5Y_fort-blair-west-breastworks_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
The west wall of the breastworks had been removed the day before the attack in order to enlarge the encampment to make room for more than 100 additional cavalry troops which had arrived under the command of Lt. Pond.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5W_fort-blair-blockhouse_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
This is a replication of the blockhouse which records tell us was in the center of the encampment. The original blockhouse measured 16 feet square and was constructed of logs. It was built to store equipment and supplies. Reports indicate that it …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5D_fort-blair-breastworks_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
The breastworks that enclosed Ft. Blair measured 80 feet by 100 feet. A trench, called a rifle pit, encircled the breastworks on the inside. The dirt that was extracted to create the rifle pits was then piled outside the walls to provide a protect…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP5C_john-baxter_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
In the spring of 1849, John Baxter, his wife and 8 children moved to this site and built an inn and general store and offered food and lodging to travelers who passed along the Military Road. Baxter was a colorful character — a speculator, b…