Chase County and the City of Cottonwood Falls

Chase County, named after Salmon P. Chase, who was a United States Senator from Ohio and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was organized in 1859 in the Kansas Territory.

James Fisher, from Columbiana County, Ohio was ...

The Confederate Perspective

"General J.R. Jones was directed to make a demonstration against the enemy's right."

Jackson's official report

Confederate Colonel Edmund Pendleton wrote about the night of September 14, 1862, from his perspective across the road on School House Ridge. Pendleton and his men ...

"Charles Egbert Craddock"

Mary Noailles Murfree, who later became a prominent authoress under this pen-name, was born at "Grantlands," whose site is now marked by a large pine tree, Jan. 24, 1850. Educated at the Nashville Female Academy, later in Philadelphia, her first ...

Bates Grove and the Area Adjacent to the Cottonwood River Dam

In 1885, one Kansas writer described the area in generous words, "...at the right of the bridge on the south side of the Cottonwood River is an excellent water mill, and the music of the falling waters as they flow ...

Lewis and Clark Campsites

August 3 and 4, 1804

On August 3 Lewis and Clark held a council with the Oto and Missouria Indians at a site they named "Council Bluff," near present Fort Calhoun, Nebraska. It was the first of many councils they would ...

Cuming City Cemetery and Nature Preserve

Traditionally known as the Cuming City Cemetery, this eleven-acre tract of land was set aside in 1976 primarily as a preserve for native vegetation. Never plowed, this prairie looks much like it did to the Indians and to the first ...

Dalton Reservoir

Dedicated to the memory of

Melvin Dalton

Master Sergeant

U.S. Marine Corps

May 1, 1915 - June 22, 1949

The original Vice Chairman of the Stream Committee of the

Marine Corps Schools Rod & Gun Club

He was instrumental in improving the fishing facilities and the conservation ...

Cottonwood River Dam

The Cottonwood River Dam visible today was built from cut limestone and later coated with concrete. The first dam was constructed of cottonwood logs in 1860 during a severe drought when the river bed was dry. The dam provided water ...

Methodist Episcopal Church Founded 1822

This small frame church was built circa 1842 and is one of the oldest remaining buildings in Liberty. It is build of brick and stucco and has served several uses. In 1855 it became part of the Clay Seminary, an ...

Fort McAllister The Naval Bombardments

On July 1st and 29th, 1862, the fort was shelled by Union gunboats and on Nov. 19th by the ironclad "Wissahickon" and two escort craft. Hit below the waterline, "Wissahickon" withdrew after firing 17 11-inch and 25 other shells. The ...