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Early Kansas towns along the Santa Fe Trail described
The article traces the rise and fall of Willow Springs Akron Globe Marion Lapeer Black Jack Palmyra Vinland Eudora Franklin and other settlements in the county, noting name changes on Willow Springs, post offices, and key events on the Santa Fe and California Trails, including Baker University land gifts and Civil War era raids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Springs
Jefferson Davis
Davis
Akron
Washington
F. P. McGee
George C. Redman
M. W. McGee
Big Springs
Globe
Marion
Lapeer
Marion Town Company
Francis Marion
Lawrence
Rock Creek
Michigan
Henry Hyatt
Lapeer and
Alfred
Aladdin
Tle
Calhoun Township
William Riley
Daniel Fearer
E. D. Pettengill
S. A. Stonebraker
H. N. Brockway
Black Jack
Dick Yeager
Bill Anderson
Morris County
Kansas
John M. Hays
Palmyra
Santa Fe House
Kansas Educational Association
Baker University
Vinland
Baldwin
Coal Creek
George Cutter
Sibleyville
Wakarusa Township
Glen Burn
Glendale
Santa Fe
Lecompton
Holling
Lone Star
Bond
Clearfield
Pleasant Grove
Belvoir
Sigel
Echo
Hesper
Eudora
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