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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNU8_alexander-howat_Pittsburg-KS.html
Among the many significant European immigrants in Kansas history is Alexander Howat, President of District 14 of the United Mine Workers of America. He was chiefly responsible for the organization of a powerful and militant union membership in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNSY_wilkinson-coal-company_Pittsburg-KS.html
· William Wilkinson was born in Pelton Fell, England in 1862. He worked in the mines from the age of 10 and came to Weir City, Kansas, in 1883 at the age of 20 to continue mining.
· In 1917, he started his own deep mine a mile s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNSX_the-weir-pittsburg-coal-field-in-cherokee-county_Pittsburg-KS.html
The 1st Deep Mine, Scammonville, KSIn 1874 four brothers from Illinois, the Scammon brothers, pioneered new methods of mining coal in southeastern Kansas, digging the first mine shaft in Cherokee County. Although many doubted that their room-and-p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNSW_frontenac-kansas_Pittsburg-KS.html
Frontenac, Kansas first came into being when the coal mining industry moved into the area during the late 1800s. The Santa Fe Railroad leased the land around what is present-day Frontenac, and formed the Cherokee and Pittsburg Coal and Mining Comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNS7_southeast-kansas-coal-mining_Pittsburg-KS.html
Phase One: Pioneer MiningThe coal fields of Cherokee and Crawford Counties covered over 300 square miles of land, making it a prime area for coal mining. When early settlers first moved into the area in the 1800's, they were amazed to see the coal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNQZ_the-weir-pittsburg-coalfield_Pittsburg-KS.html
With the discovery of coal in Cherokee and Crawford Counties in the late 1860's, thousands came to work the mines. Some came from American towns and cities but most were immigrants from Europe. Over fifty nationalities settled in this area. Many l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN9N_site-of-the-oregon-trail_St-Marys-KS.html
Over 300,000 persons passed along this trail in the years of its use to build an empire beyond our western frontier.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN9K_potawatomi-pay-station-st-marys-mission_St-Marys-KS.html
The Native America tribe that is called the Potawatomi originally lived in the heavily forested region of the northern Great Lakes with their close relatives the Ojibwe and Ottawa tribes in what is now the state of Michigan. The rapidly expanding …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN9D_st-marys_St-Marys-KS.html
This city and college take their name from St. Mary's Catholic Mission founded here by the Jesuits in 1848 for the Pottawatomie Indians. These missionaries, who had lived with the tribe in eastern Kansas from 1838, accompanied the removal to this …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN7W_cherokee-county-wwi-veterans-memorial-clock-tower_Columbus-KS.html
1919 · Donated thru civic contributionsMrs. C.E. Bartlett, Chairperson1955 · Removed from old courthouse1983 · Rediscovered & refurbishedby Mr. Starr Smith1988 · Donated & rededicated to allCherokee County Veteransby St…