Preparing Southwest Kansas for settlement often ended in tragedy for both Indian and white man. On August 24, 1874
Meade, KS Pioneer HistoryEva Dalton Whipple was the only sister to the infamous Dalton brothers. She married John Whipple, October 25, 1887
Meade, KS Famous HomesA modest house and barn on a cottonwood shaded hill are home to an Old West legend. Notorious for robbing trains and banks, the Dalton Gang created a hideout in Meade and built an escape tunnel from the home of their sister, Eva Whipple, to the barn some 95
Meade, KS MuseumsThe first trail through the area was made by the Jones &
Meade, KS Pioneer HistoryJerry Thomas is a hometown graduate. Very well known for his wildlife paintings, and his series featuring military posts of ...
A short distance east of Point of Rocks is Middle Springs, a small oasis on the prairie where water rises from an ever-flowin...
When the wagon trains turned south at Chouteau's Island from the Santa Fe Trail, to go down to the Cimarron River at Wagon Be...