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Kansas History.
On Saturday, June 14, we started the day with Fort Scott, headed over the border to Missouri to go to the bank and take some pictures, then ended up at the Civil War Reenactment in Humboldt.
Jane tells Ashley we're about to eat at the best deli in Kansas...
These are the small sandwiches!
This cannon is outside of a restored munitions storage building in Fort Scott.
An interesting motortrike that was parked in Fort Scott.
Checking out the antique shops.
Seph sits in a cow chair!
Antique horse stuff.
Lance and the kids peruse antique furniture.
Coming back to Kansas after a jaunt to Missouri.
The Yellow Brick Road runs all the way across Kansas (and right by our house, about 40 miles from where this sign is at).
Rebel soldiers prepare to move on Humboldt, in a historical reenactment of the burning of Humboldt.
The townspeople have no idea what is coming...
Rebel soldiers march into town and demand that all able-bodied men be surrendered.
The rebel commander tells them to take the men out of town, and to help the women and children remove their furniture.
The men are marched out of town. The few who actively resisted were immediately shot.
Torches are brought out.
The rebel soldiers torch the town, while the women and children stand by helplessly.
The commander insists the town be burned completely to the ground.
More torches are brought out as rebel soldiers ruthlessly comply.
The smoke thickens...
...and thickens...
...and thickens as the town is burned.
Following the raid, the men were returned and Humboldt was rebuilt. In modern times, Humboldt has a population of about 600.
Standing by a covered wagon.
Enjoying fresh kettle corn and funnel cake.
Ashley and Jane play on a see-saw at the old Humboldt park.
Memorial to the Civil War era soldiers who housed here.
Can I park my civil war here?
Last edited on June 15, 2003.