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Council Grove was named one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas History by the Kansas Sampler Foundation because it is a Santa Fe Trail National Historic Landmark town and is the site of an 1825 treaty that led to an intersection of cultures between Kaw Native Americans and Euro-Americans.
The Council Grove Historic District is a National Historic Landmark District located in Council Grove, Kansas, United States. It consists of six discontiguous areas in the city important in the history of the Santa Fe Trail and American migration to the west in the 19th century.
History. 1915-1918 Railroad Map of Morris County. Historic Rawlinson-Terwilliger Stone Home, 803 West Main Street (2021) Council Grove was a stop on the Santa Fe Trail. The first European-American settler was Seth M. Hays, who came to the area in 1847 to trade with the Kaw tribe, which had a reservation established in the area in 1846.
Council Grove is one of the 8 Wonders of Kansas History because it is a Santa Fe Trail National Historic Landmark town and is the site of a 1825 treaty that led to an intersection of cultures between Kaw Native Americans and Euro-Americans.
The Council Grove Downtown Historic District is a 25.8 acres (10.4 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. The historic district contains seventy-one buildings dating from the mid and late 19th and early 20th century.
15 lut 2021 · Crossroads sparks fresh thinking and dialogue about the history of rural communities and the changes small towns have made to survive and thrive. Explore the stories of Dunlap, Council Grove, and beyond in Morris County Historical Society’s full local exhibit.
By 1854, with the opening of Kansas to white settlers, Council Grove changed from a simple trading post to the true jumping-off point for the Santa Fe Trail. As time went on, Council Grove continued to expand and adapt to developments like the adoption of railroads and the subsequent cattle trade.
