After the end of the Civil War, Confederate Veterans had it rough. Particularly in Missouri, these men had seen their property and most of their worldly goods taken during the war. This meant that they had nothing to go back to. Add to that reconstruction policies by the U.S. Government that made it even more […]
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Check out my latest article in the June 11 edition of the Johnson County Gazette about Olathe’s historic Ott’s Mill building on East Cedar Street. If you have been following my column, you know that I am a direct descendent of C.M. Ott, who built the mill in 1868, making it the second oldest building
Border War Tour Stop: Rebel Raid on Humbold, Kansas Humboldt, Kansas is a small town about 50 miles due east of Fort Scott, Kansas, and 10 miles north of Chanute, Kansas. The 2020 population of 1,769, is down from the 1,953 residents in 2010. Humboldt was founded in 1857 by German immigrants who identified as abolitionists
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