Albert Fuller Cabin - Jackson County, KS - Underground Railroad Sites on Waymarking.com

This location, site of the Albert Fuller cabin on Straight Creek, was a stop on the Underground Railroad. The site gained fame from the so-called "Battle of the Spurs." Abolitionist John Brown, escorting eleven slaves from Missouri (a slave state) to freedom in Iowa, was discovered here by Marshal John Wood. The Marshal hid in a nearby stream crossing with about thirty-five deputies (all hoping to claim a portion of the $3000 reward for Brown's capture) while Free Staters abandoned their Sunday church services and marched overnight from Topeka to support Brown. Even with reinforcements Brown's party was outnumbered two to one and included women and children (including an infant born during the journey) but declaring that he would not be turned from "the path of the Lord" Brown defiantly ordered his party to ford the creek. "Scarcely had the foremost entered the water," one man recalled, when the posse mounted and "spurred away." Mocking the posse's retreat, a newspaperman dubbed this the "Battle of the Spurs." Brown and his party reached Iowa unharmed.

There is no parking, save at the side of the road. The site includes a mock-up of the Fuller Cabin and silhouette artwork commemorating the Underground Railroad. You can read more about the Battle of the Spurs at the historical marker about a mile and a half to the north and at the associated Wikipedia article.

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