This La Cygne Historical Museum houses a large number of antiques, furnished period rooms, a civil war exhibit and military display, horsedrawn implements and an old time apothecary display.
This La Cygne Historical Museum houses a large number of antiques, furnished period rooms, a civil war exhibit and military display, horsedrawn implements and an old time apothecary display.
The largest cavalry battle west of the Mississippi. In it, 2,500 Union horsemen routed 6,500 Confederate soldiers, killing or capturing over a thousand of them. Mine Creek was the last important Civil War battle in the west, and the last important civil war battle fought in Kansas.
La Cygne, KS BattlesitesIn 1838, about 900 Pottawatomie Indians were rounded up from their homes in northern Indiana and forced to march 681 miles in 61 days to re-settle at the Sugar Creek Mission. Thirty-nine Pottawatomies, mostly children, died on this "Trail of Death." In 1841
La Cygne, KS MemorialsThe historic site tells of the bloodiest episode in the "Bleeding Kansas" period. On May 19, 1858, 30 pro-slavery men crossed the Kansas border south of the Marais des Cygnes River. They rounded up 11
La Cygne, KS BattlesitesLinn Valley Lakes is considered a 3rd class city offering a beautiful Private Lake Community with seven stocked lakes, 18-hole golf course, boat launch, clubhouse, community center, swimming pools, miniature golf course, basketball and tennis courts, 2 campgrounds, bath houses, and swim beach.
La Cygne, KS RecreationFormerly known as Country Meadows Golf Club, this public nine-hole course is fairly open, but is reasonably difficult. The or...
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