Marshall County (Images of America) by Sherrill Wadham Sparks PDF

By Sherrill Wadham Sparks

The Oregon-California path carried greater than 100,000 settlers west over the prairies of the long run kingdom of Kansas within the mid-1800s. Pioneers and Pony exhibit riders crossed the large Blue River at Independence Crossing or at Frank Marshall's ferry close to present-day Marysville. In 1846, participants of the Donner occasion came across and named Alcove Spring, now one in all 20 county websites indexed within the nationwide check in of ancient locations. The Kansas Territorial Legislature proven Marshall County in 1855. After the Civil battle, wealthy soil and plentiful water attracted farmers, and its situation attracted railroads and undefined. at the present time, a similar occupations nonetheless maintain the sixteen cities and villages. because the "Gateway to the Flint Hills," the county's rolling hills are dotted with picturesque prairie, woods, limestone outcrops, rivers, and creeks. even if the county is a crossroads for contemporary highways US 36 and US seventy seven, pioneer wagon ruts are nonetheless seen in Marshall County.

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