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Marais Des Cygnes (other)
Marais des Cygnes (Swans marsh in English) may refer to: * Marais des Cygnes massacre prior to the American Civil War * Marais des Cygnes Massacre Memorial Park a Kansas state historic site near that commemorates the 1858 massacre of the same name * Battle of Marais des Cygnes during the American Civil War * Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas in the United States * Marais des Cygnes River in Kansas and Missouri in the United States See also * Marais (other) Marais (, meaning "marsh") may refer to: People * Marais (given name) * Marais (surname) Other uses * Le Marais, historic district of Paris * Théâtre du Marais, the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France * Marais (com ... * Cygnes (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marais Des Cygnes Massacre
The Marais des Cygnes massacre (, ) is considered the last significant act of violence in Bleeding Kansas prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. On May 19, 1858, approximately 30 men led by Charles Hamilton, a Georgia native and proslavery leader, crossed into the Kansas Territory from Missouri. They arrived at Trading Post, Kansas in the morning and then headed back to Missouri. Along the way they captured 11 Free-Staters, none of whom were armed and, it is said, none of whom had participated in the ongoing violence. Most of the men knew Hamilton and apparently did not realize he meant them harm. These prisoners were led into a defile, where Hamilton ordered his men to shoot, firing the first and last bullet himself. Five men were killed and five severely wounded. Only one Free-Stater escaped injury. Hamilton and his gang returned to Missouri. Only one man was ever prosecuted for the crime. William Griffith of Bates County, Missouri, was arrested in the spring of 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marais Des Cygnes Massacre Site
The Marais des Cygnes Massacre Site, also known as Marais des Cygnes Massacre Memorial Park, is a state historic site near Trading Post, Kansas that commemorates the 1858 massacre of the same name. On May 19, 1858, during a period of political instability and sporadic violence known as Bleeding Kansas, a group of pro-slavery border ruffians captured 11 abolitionist free-staters. The prisoners were forced to a nearby ravine, where 10 of them were shot, resulting in five fatalities. The abolitionist John Brown later built a fort near the site. The first commemoration at the site was two stone markers erected by men of the 3rd Iowa Cavalry Regiment in 1864, although these monuments had been destroyed by souvenir hunters by 1895. In 1941, the land where the massacre occurred, as well as an 1870s-era house constructed by a friend of Brown, were transferred to the state of Kansas. The site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and designated a National Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Marais Des Cygnes
The Battle of Marais des Cygnes () took place on October 25, 1864, in Linn County, Kansas, during Price's Missouri Raid in the American Civil War. It is also known as the Battle of Trading Post. In late 1864, Confederate Major General (CSA), Major General Sterling Price invaded the state of Missouri with a cavalry force, attempting to draw Union Army, Union troops away from the primary theaters of fighting further east. After several victories early in the campaign, Price's Confederate Army, Confederate troops were defeated at the Battle of Westport on October 23 near Kansas City, Missouri. The Confederates then withdrew into Kansas, camping along the banks of the Marais des Cygnes River on the night of October 24. Union cavalry pursuers under Brigadier General (United States), Brigadier General John B. Sanborn skirmished with Price's rearguard that night, but disengaged without participating in heavy combat. Overnight, Sanborn's troops were reinforced by cavalry under Lieute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marais Des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge
Marais des Cygnes National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is located in Linn County, Kansas along the Marais des Cygnes River. The 7,500 acre (30 km2) Refuge was established in 1992 to protect one of the northwesternmost examples of bottomland hardwood forest in the United States as well as the largest contiguous tract of bottomland hardwood forest in Kansas. ''Marais des Cygnes'' means "marsh of swans" in French. High quality stands of bottomland hardwood forest, upland oak-hickory forest, tallgrass prairie, seasonal and permanent wetlands, and riverine areas are found throughout the refuge. These unique areas harbor many species that are considered nationally or regionally threatened such as cerulean warbler, broadhead skink, flat floater mussel (''Anodonta suborbiculata''), and Mead's milkweed. More than 30 species of warblers migrate through or nest on the refuge. The refuge also is known to harbor 30 species of mussels. Other interesting species are raccoons, badgers, minks, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marais Des Cygnes River
The Marais des Cygnes River ( , ) is a principal tributary of the Osage River, about long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 31, 2011 in eastern Kansas and western Missouri in the United States. Via the Osage and Missouri rivers, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River. The name means "Marsh of the Swans" in French (presumably in reference to the trumpeter swan which was historically common in the Midwest). The river is notorious for flash flooding. It is referred to in the song "The River" by Chely Wright. La Cygne, Kansas, in Linn County and Osawatomie, Kansas, in Miami County are gravely affected by its flooding. Course The Marais des Cygnes is formed about 1 mile north of Reading, Kansas, a city in northern Lyon County, by the confluence of Elm Creek and One Hundred Forty-Two Mile Creek, and flows generally east-southeastwardly through Osage, Franklin, Miami and Linn counties in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marais (other)
Marais (, meaning "marsh") may refer to: People * Marais (given name) * Marais (surname) Other uses * Le Marais, historic district of Paris * Théâtre du Marais, the name of several theatres and theatrical troupes in Paris, France * Marais (company), a heavy equipment manufacturer based in Durtal, France * ''Marais'', also known as The Plain, a political group during the French Revolution * Marais, Louisiana, a fictional town in the 2019 TV series ''Swamp Thing'' See also * * Grand Marais (other) * Little Marais (other) * Marai (other) * Marais des Cygnes (other) Marais des Cygnes (Swans marsh in English) may refer to: * Marais des Cygnes massacre prior to the American Civil War * Marais des Cygnes Massacre Memorial Park a Kansas state historic site near that commemorates the 1858 massacre of the same nam ... * Desmarais {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
