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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP3P_indiana-house_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
The Indiana Hotel, later renamed the Indiana House, was constructed on this site around 1870.
Christian Null acquired the Indiana House in 1881 and operated the business until its closing in the late 1890s. In 1900, the present building was ere…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP3N_crowell-bank_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
The first bank in Baxter Springs was the Bank of Baxter also called the Crowell Bank. It was established in 1870 and did business in this building. H. R. Crowell, the founder, was the second mayor of Baxter Springs. In May of 1876, Jesse James and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP2Y_ohlens-restaurant-and-bakery_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
Henry and Louisa Ohlen purchased this property in February 1878 and opened Ohlen's Restaurant and Bakery. Among their offerings were ice cream and oysters which were advertised "in their proper seasons." The Ohlen's [sic] also offered a day boardi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP2W_polster-dry-goods-store_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
In May of 1893, the Polster Brothers, Charles, John and Ed, and their mother, Elizabeth Polster, had a grand opening for their new dry goods store. The public was entertained with music by an Italian harpist, and the building was lavishly decorate…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP2V_drovers-and-farmers-bank_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
In the late 1880s, this building was constructed by W. H. Horner, and in it he established the Drovers' and Farmers' Bank. The Bank was purchased by John M. Cooper and J. N. McDonald, who changed the name to the Traders' Bank. They were later join…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP2U_chicago-drug-store_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
On this site, G. G. Gregg established the Chicago Drug Store in 1868, just as the town became a center for the cattle trade. The block of businesses was known as Keenan's Old Stand at that time. The Drug Store carried prescriptive and non-prescrip…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP25_opperman-harness-and-saddle-shop_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
J. P. Opperman, a native of France, came to Baxter Springs in 1871 and established the Opperman Harness and Saddle Shop located on this site. The building is still here, but lies beneath the present facade. Opperman's was one of the most successfu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP19_murder-of-c-m-taylor_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
In 1872, the Mayor of Baxter Springs, J. R. Boyd, shot and killed C. M. Taylor, marshal, near this spot. Bad blood had existed between the two for some time.
The marshal approached Boyd to serve him a warrant for arrest on an assault charge. Ta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP16_bischosberger-hotel_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
Julius Bischosberger, a native of Prussia, came to Baxter Springs in 1868 and constructed a frame building for the Bischosberger Hotel and Restaurant on this site. Directly across the street to the north was the Bischosberger Livery and Feed busin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOZZ_phillips-66-petroleum-company-gas-station_Baxter-Springs-KS.html
Built in 1930 by the Independent Oiland Gas Company, this TudorRevival style gas station waspurchased by Phillips 66 PetroleumCompany the same year. Theoriginal "house" style brick buildingwas modified in the 1940s to theL-shaped plan seen today. …