Marker Name: Hangman's Bridge
Marker Type: Roadside
Marker text:
HANGMAN'S
BRIDGE
BENEATH THE WOODEN TRESTLE WHICH
ORIGINALLY STOOD ON THE SITE OF THE
RAILROAD BRIDGE NORTH OF HERE, LYNCH
MOBS HANGED AT LEAST FOUR PERSONS IN
THE WILD DAYS. IN THE WEE HOURS OF
JANUARY 7, 1869, LUKE BARNES, LEE WATKINS
AND JAMES SPONDER, BLACK SOLDIERS OF
THE 38TH U.S. INFANTRY, WERE HANGED HERE,
WHILE AWAITING TRIAL FOR THE MURDER OF
JAMES HAYES IN HAYS CITY. ON AUGUST 11,
1871, ANOTHER MOB HANGED JACK McGEE, A
MULE TEAM DRIVER BEING HELD IN THE
TOWN-COUNTY JAIL FOR STABBING BIG CREEK
TOWNSHIPS CONSTABLE DRANK SHEPARD.
HAYS CITY, KANSAS
Marker Location: Ellis
Official Marker Number: Not Listed
Name of agency setting marker: Other (Please identify in marker text)
Marker Web Address: [Web Link]
Year Marker Placed: Not listed
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