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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/HMEE9_james-montgomery-ballot-box_Mound-City-KS.html
Free Stater claimed voters deceived on slavery issue by Pro-slavery forces Jan. 1858 smashed ballot box scattering votes.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEE7_mound-city-civil-war-memorial_Mound-City-KS.html
In memory of the officers and soldiers buried within this cemetery who gave their lives in defence of the Union. limestone marker National Cemetery Plot In 1865 National Cemetery Plot No. 1 was laid out by the Government for soldiers killed in th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDCJ_battle-of-mine-creek_Pleasanton-KS.html
Of the approximately 600 Confederate casualties in this battle, many of those killed in action were buried in unmarked graves on this battlefield.
Most of the dead were from Marmaduke's Missouri Cavalry Division and Fagan's Arkansas Cavalry Div…