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Battle at Etzanoa [1] September 1601 modern Arkansas City, Kansas: unknown Escanxaque vs New Spain [2] Battle of Chouteau's Island Spring 1816 near modern Lakin, Kansas: 8 Pawnee vs French fur traders Love's Defeat [3] June 26, 1847 near modern Garfield, Kansas: Mexican–American War: 6 United States of America vs Kiowa & Comanche: Battle of ...
There are eight properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Linn County, Kansas.. Two of the sites are the location of historic events. The Marais des Cygnes Massacre Site is the location of the Marais des Cygnes massacre, an 1858 event during Bleeding Kansas in which pro-slavery advocates kidnapped 11 anti-slavery settlers, killing five of them.
Map of the location of the Battle of Sappa Creek. The Indians started to prepare themselves by going down into the pits and holes that were in the slopes of the riverbank and started to point their guns at the soldiers. [3]:119 The soldiers made signs, indicting to the Indians to surrender. Although Wheeler swore that they understood those ...
In 1970, the Kansas legislature approved the acquisition of a 160-acre (65 ha) parcel of the battlefield area. The battlefield was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, [1] [2] and an additional 120 acres (49 ha) were purchased in 1974. A visitor center opened on October 24, 1998, the 134th anniversary of the eve of battle.
The Battle of Baxter Springs, sometimes called the Baxter Springs Massacre, was a minor battle fought on October 6, 1863, near where the city of Baxter Springs now sits. On October 25, 1864, a series of three battles occurred, the first two in Linn County, Kansas , with the final in Vernon County, Missouri .
The Battle of Mine Creek, also known as the Battle of Little Osage, was fought on October 25, 1864, in Linn County, Kansas, as part of Price's Missouri Campaign during the American Civil War. Major-General Sterling Price had begun an expedition in September 1864 to restore Confederate control of Missouri .
Kill Creek Township was founded in 1872 when it was partitioned from Liberty Township. In 1880, the western half of Kill Creek Township became Mount Ayr Township. The rural farming community of Kill Creek, situated in the northern part of the township, was for a time a busy stop on the Bull City-Russell Freight Trail.
The Battle of the Chesapeake, also known as the Battle of the Virginia Capes or simply the Battle of the Capes, was a crucial naval battle in the American Revolutionary War that took place near the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay on 5 September 1781.