Bahnmaier explains that today, only one business remains: The Tool Barn. There are about six houses, and of the three churches that used to congregate there, only the United Methodist church remains. The town of Stull, originally named Deer Creek, was founded by six families of German immigrants in Kanwaka was nine square miles between the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers and originally settled by John Wakefield of Iowa in Wakefield went on to become a preeminent judge in the area, and Wakefield Tavern, built in , served as a gathering place for travelers from throughout the country.
A spring on the property still serves as a water source for cattle today. Unlike the Free State party, which wanted to keep slavery out of the area, the Quakers were abolitionists. The Quakers established the Hesper Academy, the first high school in the area, in the s. A Quaker church still operates in the area to this day, and there are still a few houses, but not much else. If Big Springs and surrounding towns off the Oregon Trail can be considered the birth of the free-state movement, then the areas off the Santa Fe Trail to the south can be considered the birth of the Civil War.
It was on June 2, , in an area three miles east of Baldwin City that the Battle of Black Jack took place between small forces of men led by free-state protagonist John Brown and proslavery militiaman Henry Pate. No one was killed during the daylong battle, probably more accurately a skirmish. Today, there is a state park near the Black Jack battleground, off U. Highway 56, and visitors are welcome to walk out into a field where they can see large wagon ruts created by 60 years of heavy travel on the Santa Fe Trail.
Also near that area, the township of Palmyra was founded in at the north edge of what today is Baldwin City. Palmyra offered services including a harness shop, wagon repair shop, three blacksmiths, drug, grocery and dry goods stores, a hotel, a lawyer, two doctors and a tavern. Palmyra merged with Baldwin City in , but today, the Palmyra Well, a main source of water for the area in the 19th century, still sits just to the east of what is now Baldwin High School.
Riley said firefighters made a defensive attack on the blaze for about three hours before bringing flames under control. He said crews were able to stop the fire before it reached a garage where several gallons of paint supplies were stored by the shop owner.
Authorities closed about a mile stretch of the two-lane roadway while firefighters worked into the afternoon to cool hot spots and smoldering rubble. A small section of charred exterior wall resting against a scorched tree was the only portion of the house left standing when firefighters reopened the roadway about 3 p.
The western portion of the antique shop closest to the house also was consumed by flames, along with large sections of roof and most of the interior of the shop. However, Riley said the extent of the damage could make determining the cause of the fire an impossibility. Atchison County spring. Meade County spring. Often, the water flows from water-bearing rocks exposed on a hillside. Quality of water varies from spring to spring and may smell like rotten eggs, taste like salt, or be sparkling clear and fresh.
Vegetation around a spring is often more lush than that in the immediate surrounding environment.
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