Oregon and Santa Fe Trails
In the 1830s, settlers heading for the Oregon and Santa Fe Trails crossed the Missouri River at this point. Teams of oxen pulled the...
Black Jack Log Cabin
A white oak log cabin stands at the roadside park three miles east of Baldwin on Highway 56. Built in observance of Kansas' centennial...
Republican Party in Kansas
It was on May 18, 1859, that the Republican Party was organized in Kansas by Horace Greeley at the Osage Valley Hotel which stood...
Cowboy Jail
The stone building was used to house prisoners before the courthouse was finished in 1883.rn
Cowtown History
"Every other business a Saloon!"During the years 1867 to 1871, the frontier town of Ellsworth was full of vice. Gun battles were common, hangings...
Winchester Jail
Built in 1909, this jail came from the town of Winchester, Kansas. Since it was not fireproof, it was never locked. It was a...
Early Day Jail
Desperadoes, ruffians, robbers and horse thieves all "bunked" here in this early day calaboose (jail), built in 1849. It was said to be the...
Kibbee Cabin
The Kibbee Cabin is a reproduction of a log cabin which stood on the crest of the Santa Fe Ridge (commonly called "Big...
Santa Fe Trail Ruts
The historic Santa Fe Trail which carried civilization and commerce between the East and the Mexican settlements of the southwest between 1825 and 1875,...
Santa Fe Trail Well
Located three blocks north of Highway 56 on Washington Street in Baldwin (the only Palmyra street to still carry its original name), the Santa...
