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This sepia colored postcard shows the John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie, Kansas. The 22 1/2 acre land is the site of the "Battle of Osawatomie" where John Brown and thirty free-state defenders fought in 1856 against 250 pro-slavery militia. On August 31, 1910 former President Theodore Roosevelt dedicated the park.
Date: Between August 1910 and September 1910
Item Number: 306066
Call Number: FK2.M5 O.79 *47
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 306066
Built Environment - Function - Landscape - Park
Collections - Photograph
Date - 1910s - 1910
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Postcard
People - Notable Kansans - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Brown, John, 1800-1859
People - Notable People - Roosevelt, Theodore
Places - Cities and towns - Osawatomie
Places - Counties - Miami
Places - Historic sites - John Brown Museum
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Postcards
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