A Kaw Mission Christmas

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Nostalgic Victorian Christmas celebration in the Kaw Mission. Period decorations, carolers, live music, and refreshment. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m.

Address : 500 North Mission Council Grove KS
Phone : 620-767-5410 (Always call and confirm events.)

Web:

www.friendsofkawheritage.org/

Kaw Mission

The Kaw (or Kansa) Indians lived in three villages southeast of Council Grove from 1848 until their removal south to Indian Territory in 1873. Methodist Episcopal missionaries built this school for Kaw children in 1851

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Hays House

Town founder Seth Hays, a grandson of Daniel Boone and cousin of Kit Carson, opened the Hays House in 1857. Over the years, the Hays House was a gathering place for church services, court trials, bawdy theatricals and politicians\'

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Seth Hays Historic Home

Council Grove town founder, Seth Hays, built this home in 1867. His slave, Aunt Sally, lived in the basement and cared for Hays and his adopted daughter, Kittie Robbins, until her death in 1872. Hays died a year later, February 3, 1873

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Neosho River Walk

"Retracing the Footsteps of the Pioneers"

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Hermit's Cave

This tiny cave was the temporary home of an Italian hermit, Giovanni Maria Augustini, who lived here for a brief period in the spring of 1863. Later that year, the religious mystic left with a wagon train, walking the 500 miles to New Mexico.

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A Kaw Mission Christmas

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