Tension in Kansas Territory -- Marais des Cygnes SHS, Linn Co. KS
N 38° 16.839 W 094° 37.117
15S E 358428 N 4238193
Eleven signs along the short Marais des Cygnes Massacre Historic Trail at the massacre site tell the tragic story and give some context to the events here.
Waymark Code: WMGP8X
Location: Kansas, United States
Date Posted: 03/27/2013
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The second of 11 signs along the Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site Trail at the Marais des Cygnes Massacre State Historic Site in remote Linn Co. KS. It is just inside the entrance.
The sign reads as follows:
[photo of a runaway slave advertisement from a newspaper]
"Tension in Kansas Territory
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 created Kansas Territory. The voters of the territory would decide if it was to be a free or slave state. (The state of Missouri lies 1,200 feet east of this site.) Missouri permitted slavery and wanted Kansas to do the same. Both antislavery and proslavery settlers flooded into Kansas Territory to determine its destiny."
Group that erected the marker: KS Historical Society
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Marais des Cygnes SHS
E 1700th St
Pleasanton , KS
66075
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