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On May 19, 1858, the Marais des Cygnes Massacre took place in Linn County near Trading Post during Bleeding Kansas. Proslavery men shot free-state captives in a ravine, killing five. The massacre site in Linn County is a National Historic Landmark.

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  1. 1858 On May 19, 1858, the Marais des Cygnes Massacre occurred in Linn County near Trading Post. Sourced
  2. 1974 Kansapedia’s Marais des Cygnes visit page identifies the site as a Kansas Historical Society state historic site and National Historic Landmark (added 1974). Link only

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Marais des Cygnes Massacre, May 19, 1858

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On May 19, 1858, the Marais des Cygnes Massacre occurred in Linn County near Trading Post. Sourced

Kansapedia’s Marais des Cygnes visit page identifies the site as a Kansas Historical Society state historic site and National Historic Landmark (added 1974). Link only

The Marais des Cygnes Massacre site in Linn County is a National Historic Landmark. Sourced

NR nomination text states that shortly after the May 19, 1858 Marais des Cygnes Massacre, John Brown built a log fort about 220 yards south of the ravine at the Linn County site; the fort no longer stands. Sourced

NR nomination text states the Marais des Cygnes Massacre touched off a national outcry remembered in John Greenleaf Whittier's poem Le Marais du Cygne and lent force against the proslavery Lecompton Constitution. Sourced

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