Baxter Springs, Kansas
Historic Bridges
* Rainbow Curve Bridge just north of town is the only remaining Marsh Arch bridge on Rt. 66.
* The InterUrban Street Car Bridge spans the lazy banks of the Spring River.
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Historic Bridges
* Rainbow Curve Bridge just north of town is the only remaining Marsh Arch bridge on Rt. 66.
* The InterUrban Street Car Bridge spans the lazy banks of the Spring River.
... Baxter Springs was a stopping place on the old Military Road serving Army forts which protected the preCivil War West from "hostile" Indians. It wasn't until 1862
Baxter Springs, KS FortsThe Baxter Springs Historical Museum is filled with exhibits depicting the various stages of the city'
Baxter Springs, KS MuseumsThe soldier's plot in this cemetery was designated by the federal government after the Civil War on ground donated by the city for that purpose. It is under the jurisdiction of the National Cemetery Plot in Ft. Scott. The soldier's monument was erected in the spring of 1870
Baxter Springs, KS CemeteriesThe log cabin was built east of the Lowell Cemetery in the 1870s. R.A. Hibbard built it as a home for his brother-in-law's family. Kent Lynch purchased the property and donated the cabin to the Historical Society in memory of Marsah Moncrief Lynch. In 1987
Baxter Springs, KS Pioneer HistoryBirding at Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge is especially good in late spring when over 30 species of warblers migr...
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT ACCURATE FISHING REPORTS: This is just to remind you that fishing reports are given with the bes...