Remembering the 4th grade A significant portion of my readers are, or were, Missouri residents. I think that most of these people remember the 4th grade Missouri History unit. Part of that unit was usually a field trip to Fort Osage. Even though we have all been there, myself included, I bet only a few […]
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.
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Check out my article in the January 29th edition of the Johnson County Gazette. This month I look into the man for whom Johnson County was named, The Reverend Thomas Johnson. Johnson is an interesting character whose reputation is not exactly “squeaky clean”. The article can be found on the Johnson County Gazette website at
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Border War Extra: No trees along the MO/KAN border during the Civil War! Ok, that’s not true, but the landscape of the Missouri Kansas border during the Civil War years was much different than it is today. This entry in the Border War tour series is a little different because I don’t have a lot of
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