Burnt District Traditional Geocache
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This is an amazing location. Permission has been granted to place this cache by Jane of the Cass County Historial Society. Please help keep this location the same way it is. Getting the cache while muggles are present will be challenging. FTF Prize is a SWAG BAG!!
A chimney made of native fieldstone from the Henry W. Younger farm with hand-cut stones provides an authentic setting for three interpretive panels telling the story of The Burnt District. An additional interpretive panel and memorial brick Reconciliation Plaza framed in native prairie grasses, flowers and trees complete the new monument located at 2501 W. Wall on the lawn of the Cass County Justice Center in Harrisonville, Missouri. This is near the junction of Mo 2 and US 71.
The website also includes an MP3 on the dedication from April 2009.
There are 8 plaques on the grounds:
1.) Speaks of the history of the cedar used on the sign
2 & 3.) Lists the donors & supporters of the markers.
4.) A large flat overview plaque titled "The Heart of the Burnt District." It gives an overview of the violence of the area and what lead up to the Burnt District.
5.) The Burnt District Monument on the fron of the Chimney
6.) To the left is a marker titled "The Burnt District / Jennison's Tombstones" discussing Doc Jennison's 15th Kansas Cavalry and the burning of the area by both sides.
7.) To the right is a marker called "The Border War/Civil War" discussing the politics of "Bleeding Kansas and the Civil War.
8.) Order No. 11 in the plaque in back that discusses the infamous order that caused the removal of civilians from their homes.
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(Decrypt)
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