Council Grove, KS: Kanza (Kaw) Indians, Sante Fe Trail, Oldest Restaurant in Kansas This month’s post takes us to Council Grove, Kansas. Council Grove is a rare city in KS in that there are multiple historic sites to be seen in this small town, population 2,111. For someone interested in history, this is great little town […]
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This month’s post is going to be a review of the movie “Killers of the Flower Moon”. The movie, which is currently in theaters, is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars several A-list actors including Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert DeNiro. The movie is based on a true story and a book of the same title,
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Our last stop on the Oklahoma tour is Fort Gibson. I found Fort Gibson very interesting, and I encourage you to visit if you are in the area. The historic Fort Gibson is located in the town of Fort Gibson, which is just east of Muskogee, over the Arkansas River. Muskogee is 50 miles southeast
The Battle of Honey Springs, sometimes called the Affair at Elk Creek, occurred on July 17, 1863, at the Honey Springs Depot which was a storage facility for the Confederate Army in the area at the time. The depot was a stagecoach stop before the war and had good sources of water for travelers along
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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.
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