If you don’t know me personally or haven’t followed me long enough to figure this out, I am a God-fearing, flag waving, proud to be an American man. When the national anthem is playing, I will be standing at attention with my hand over my heart to honor the greatest country on earth. It is …
I have a bit of personal attachment to the Jesse James story because the house we built in Richmond, Missouri backed up to the cemetery where Robert (Bob) Ford was buried. Ford was the man who shot Jesse James in St Joseph. His tombstone reads, Robert Ford, “The man who shot Jesse James”. While in …
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. …
I’m thrilled to show everyone the cover for my next book, “Hippie War: Battle for the Harrisonville Square”. For those of you who enjoy seeing how the sausage is made, I started with the idea shown in the image with the blank back cover. That eventually moved over time to the final version which is the …
I’m going to be taking a short break from creating new content for both this page as well as my Facebook Page, Jonathan Jones History. I plan on using this time to focus on my new book about the shooting on the Harrisonville Square in 1972, which I hope to be able to release in …
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 …
Check out my latest column in the March 4th issue of the Johnson County Gazette. This month I look into Quantrill’s Raids of Shawnee. There is not a great deal of information out there about the raids, but I do my best to tell the story based on what we do know. The story is …
There is very little remaining of the town of Quindaro, Kansas today. A modern park shelter now sits atop the bluff that overlooks the riverfront ground that bustled with activity beginning in the late 1850s and continuing to the end of the 1800s and into the early 1900s. Unfortunately, the once-bustling area is no longer …
Check out my latest article in the January 28th edition of the JOCO Gazette. This month’s article takes a look at the history of Lenexa, which was originally going to be called, “Bradshaw”. Check out the article via this link at the JOCO Gazette. Click on image to read captions
Sneak Peek for the cover design for my second book, “The Border War Tour: A Traveler’s Guide to Civil War Sites on the Missouri/Kansas Border”. I’m pleased to announce that my second book “Border War Tour”, is being finalized and I expect a release date in the early spring of 2022. The images with this post …
