Battle of Mine Creek As Confederate Major General Sterling Price retreated into Kansas following his loss at the Battle of Westport, two cavalry brigades from the division of Union Major General Alfred Pleasonton overtook the Confederates as they crossed Mine Creek. Read more about Battle of Mine Creek
Marais Des Cygnes Massacre A ravine at this site was the location of one of the last acts of Bleeding Kansas violence prior to the Civil War. Read more about Marais Des Cygnes Massacre