Posts in this category are part of the Border War Series
Cabin Creek is a small river in the northeastern part of Oklahoma. Today, the battlefield site is out in the middle of nowhere. In 1863, it was a prominent crossing along the very busy, Military Road, coming from Kansas into the Indian territory, which today is Oklahoma. Oklahoma would not become a state until 1907. …
My wife was concerned that I was considering joining the Mormon religion after watching “Under the Banner of Heaven” on Hulu. While joining up was never in my mind. I will admit that for a few weeks I was a bit obsessed with the story. I am fascinated by the history of the religion, particularly …
This will be the second in an unofficial series of posts relating to the history of the Mormons in Missouri. If you haven’t read the last post, I encourage you to do so on this Facebook page or via this link to my website: www.jonathanjonesauthor.com. Some of the information on this post was gained when …
The Haun’s Mill Massacre came to my attention while Jill and I were watching the Hulu show, Under the Banner of Heaven, starring Andrew Garfield. The show is based on a true story about a 1984 murder mystery centered in the Mormon community of Salt Lake City, Utah. Throughout the course of the show, the …
The Kingdom of Amarugia was located in an area in Cass County between Freeman, Archie, and Drexel. Much of the land is now a conservation area containing a 45-acre, man-made lake which was finished in 1987. The strange part of the story is that this “Kingdom of Amarugia” created its own government in the early …
The Huron Indian Cemetery, also known as the Wyandot National Burying Ground, is located at 631 Minnesota Ave, Kansas City, Kansas. Wyandot and Huron are simply different names for the same tribe. The cemetery occupies a stretch of land between the 7th Street Casino to the south and the Kansas City Library to the east. …
The Battle of Pea Ridge is labeled by some historians as the “Battle that Saved Missouri for the Union”. I have been trying to get to the Pea Ridge National Military Park for several years. Jill and I were there in 2020, but the visitors center was closed with no guides or pamphlets to be …
Kansas City Municipal Stadium was located at 2123 Brooklyn Avenue, Kansas City, Missouri. If you are approaching from the north, you will drive past Arthur Bryant’s Barbeque before arriving at the intersection of Brooklyn and 22nd streets and the small park that memorializes the location of the old stadium. To be honest; I was ready …
I have always been fascinated, in a sort of macabre way, with this story. The reader comments and interest in the story tell me that many others share that interest as well. As I was doing the research on the story, I felt like every thread I pulled led to more threads. There were two …
I want to start this final entry in the series with a bit of a disclaimer. If you have read the book, Charlie Simpson Apocalypse, you know that 75% of the book covers what happened after the shooting. The newspaper accounts of the time cover mostly the shooting itself. This lack of coverage after the …
