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City

Osawatomie

Miami County

Samuel Adair Cabin, John Brown Memorial Park, Osawatomie, Historic American Buildings Survey
Library of Congress / HABS; Public domain
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On August 30, 1856, the Battle of Osawatomie was fought during Bleeding Kansas. The town in Miami County was founded in 1854. The Samuel Adair Cabin at John Brown Memorial Park was John Brown's headquarters there. A Soldiers' Monument marking the battle was dedicated in 1877.

Timeline

  1. 1854 HABS states the Samuel Adair Cabin at Osawatomie was built in 1854 (said to have been built by squatter Samuel Glenn) and that John Brown made his headquarters there. Sourced
  2. 1855 John Brown arrived in Kansas Territory in 1855 and became a leading free-state figure in Bleeding Kansas; he is remembered in Kansas as "Osawatomie" Brown. Sourced
  3. 1856 The Battle of Osawatomie was fought on August 30, 1856 during Bleeding Kansas. Sourced
  4. 1877 A Soldiers' Monument in Osawatomie dedicated in 1877 commemorates defenders of the Battle of Osawatomie. Sourced
  5. 1912 HABS notes the Adair Cabin was moved from its original site near Osawatomie to John Brown Memorial Park in 1912 and that the State of Kansas has owned the cabin since 1912. Sourced
  6. 2020 Library of Congress Highsmith item 2020742229 documents the interior of the Adair Cabin at the John Brown Museum State Historic Site in Osawatomie, with no known restrictions on publication. Sourced

Connected through

Battle of Osawatomie, August 30, 1856

Historic structures

Adair Cabin, Historic American Buildings Survey
Historic American Buildings Survey / Library of Congress; Public domain

HABS documents the Samuel Adair Cabin (John Brown Memorial Park, Osawatomie; HABS KS-18; LoC item ks0023), noted as John Brown’s headquarters during Bleeding Kansas.

Notes

The Battle of Osawatomie was fought on August 30, 1856 during Bleeding Kansas. Sourced

The Samuel Adair Cabin at John Brown Memorial Park in Osawatomie was John Brown's headquarters there. Sourced

A Soldiers' Monument in Osawatomie dedicated in 1877 commemorates defenders of the Battle of Osawatomie. Sourced

Kansapedia’s Bleeding Kansas article provides statewide context for free-state / proslavery conflict in which Osawatomie’s 1856 battle sits. Link only

John Brown arrived in Kansas Territory in 1855 and became a leading free-state figure in Bleeding Kansas; he is remembered in Kansas as "Osawatomie" Brown. Sourced

A Soldiers' Monument at Osawatomie was dedicated in 1877 on the anniversary of the battle, commemorating those who died on August 30, 1856. Sourced

HABS states the Samuel Adair Cabin at Osawatomie was built in 1854 (said to have been built by squatter Samuel Glenn) and that John Brown made his headquarters there. Sourced

HABS notes the Adair Cabin was moved from its original site near Osawatomie to John Brown Memorial Park in 1912 and that the State of Kansas has owned the cabin since 1912. Sourced

NPS quotes the Soldiers’ Monument inscription commemorating those who on August 30, 1856, gave their lives at the Battle of Osawatomie in defence of freedom, and notes the 1877 dedication. Sourced

Library of Congress Highsmith item 2020742229 documents the interior of the Adair Cabin at the John Brown Museum State Historic Site in Osawatomie, with no known restrictions on publication. Sourced

Kansapedia’s John Brown Museum article documents the Adair Cabin as Brown’s headquarters site and the August 30, 1856 burning of Osawatomie by proslavery forces. Link only

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