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Baxter Springs is a city in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States, [1] and located along Spring River. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 3,888. [3]
The house underwent a major renovation from 2020-2023 to save the property and restore it to period accuracy. Local Baxter Springs resident Geoffery Roberts led the effort to restore the historic property. As of 2023, it is open as a local center for events. The house is full of hand-painted pictures and murals by local artist Jordan Wood.
US 166 is an original 1926 route and originally ran from South Haven to Baxter Springs, Kansas. In 1945, it was extended east through Joplin, Missouri , where it paralleled US 66 to Springfield . This extension absorbed Route 38 , [ vague ] which had been formed in 1922 from Carthage to west of Springfield and realigned to Joplin in about 1930 ...
In early May 1863 a temporary camp, Camp Hooker, was established at the site of what later became Baxter Springs, Kansas. This area was located in what was known as the Cherokee Strip (Kansas) . In late May while the camp commander, Col. James M. Williams, was in Fort Scott , the troops moved the camp three blocks to the east to what is now ...
A list of people who were born in, or strongly associated with, Baxter Springs, Kansas Pages in category "People from Baxter Springs, Kansas" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf Railway (“KO&G”) had at its height 310.5 miles of track from Denison, Texas through Oklahoma to Baxter Springs, Kansas. Its various predecessor companies built the line between 1904 and 1913. The railroad was consolidated into a Missouri Pacific Railroad subsidiary—the Texas and Pacific Railway—in 1963.
Neutral is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located approximately five miles northwest of Baxter Springs along the St. Louis and San Francisco Railway.
The Johnston Library is a historic library located at 210 W. 10th St. in Baxter Springs, Kansas.The building was constructed in 1872 to serve as a courthouse during Baxter Springs' unsuccessful attempt to become the Cherokee County seat.