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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMXW_santa-fe-trail_Olathe-KS.html
Marked by theDaughters of theAmerican Revolutionand theState of Kansas
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMVW_immigrant-park_Pittsburg-KS.html
During the latter half of the 19th century and the early part of the 20th century a diverse population of European immigrants came to Southeast Kansas in search of a better life. The first view of Pittsburg for many was from the depot of the Frisc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO9_sounds-of-the-byway-moccasins-and-tears_Pleasanton-KS.html
Potawatomi Tribal members were marched from Indiana in 1838 to be relocated on Indian Territory lands. The march was long and arduous. Many Potawatomi, especially children and the elderly, died of illness along the way. Those who survived the jour…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO7_sounds-from-the-past-hoof-beats-and-heartbeats_Pleasanton-KS.html
Pro- and anti-slavery forces made their way to this area on horseback and on foot in the fight over whether Kansas would be a free state or a slave state. Skirmishes, scuffles and screams could be heard in the woodlands nearby.
The Marias des C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO5_sounds-along-the-byway-anxiety-and-anticipation-in-the-creak-of-wagon-wheels_Pleasanton-KS.html
Westward bound settlers crossed and traveled the Frontier Military Road as they headed to new land and new lives. These migrants faced the unknown with anxiety and anticipation in search of a better life. The Sante Fe Trail, the Oregon Trail and t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO3_sounds-along-the-roadway-soldiers-on-the-move_Pleasanton-KS.html
The Frontier Military Road was used to provide soldiers and supplies to the forts along the "Permanent Indian Frontier". Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott were on the route in what is now eastern Kansas. The only major Civil War Battle in Kansas was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMO2_sounds-along-the-byway-saws-picks-and-axes_Pleasanton-KS.html
"The ax, pick, saw and trowel, has become more the implement of the American soldier than the cannon, musket or sword."Colonel Zachary Taylor, 1820
In 1836, President Andrew Jackson authorized $100,000 to build a military road from Fort Snellin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNZ_sounds-along-the-byway-fur-traders-bringing-their-goods_Pleasanton-KS.html
In 1825, Cyprian Chouteau, of the Chouteau family that founded St. Louis, Missouri, came to this area to open a trading post. The Choteau family members were extensive fur traders in the Missouri River Valley and present-day eastern Kansas and Okl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMMNX_sounds-along-the-byway-auto-trucks-and-buses_Pleasanton-KS.html
Today's Frontier Military Scenic Byway visitors travel at higher speeds and in greater numbers than those who traveled the Frontier Military Road in the 1800s. Vehicles protect today's travelers from the weather, and our roadways of today keep tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM3B_amanda-arnold-arch_Manhattan-KS.html
This stone arch stood from 1878-1924 as the entry to Central School, 600 Leavenworth. At the suggestion of Judge Sam Kimble, Contractor Mont J. Green, Sr. contributed the arch as a memorial to Amanda Arnold, an early teacher who came on the steamb…