Bridges of Atchison County #60
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We trust you will enjoy the bridge series. They were put out for you to find. We hope it helps you building your collection of smileys. If you find any cache in need of a little TLC, please feel free to give it the care it needs. I would rather have you help it than have to take it out, until we can repair it. Thanks for your help and thanks for coming and finding our caches, we hope you find them all!
We decided to do a series of some of the Bridges of Atchison County. No, we don't have covered bridges, but we do have some pretty neat old bridges, and some new ones. We hope you enjoy visiting some of them. While placing these caches, we came upon deer, buffalo, coyote, rabbits, and one ole hoot owl, that was telling me all about the area or told me to get out, I don't know which.
You know the drill: Not all of the roads in Atchison County are paved or gravel. Some of the roads are dirt roads,use caution, if the dirt roads are wet - DO NOT ATTEMPT!
When it was discovered the rebels under Price had not been seriously checked in their movement westward, further efforts were made by General Curtis, to prevail upon the governor, to call out the militia, which he seemed declined to do. Finally on October 9, 1864, Major General Deitzler issued an order for the State Militia from Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha and Marshall counties to rendezvous at Atchison, and the militia form other counties were ordered to other points in the state. A few days later Leavenworth was fortified, because of a telegram, from General Rosecrans, stating Prices' intention to strike that point first. The militia responded promptly. The total number of militia enrolled under the call of the governor was 12, 622 of which about 10,000 were south of the Kansas River at the point of most exposed danger. From the 11th to the 16th of the month there was great excitement, as the forces rapidly gathered, to be organized and equipped. As a result of this determined move on the part of Gen. Sterling Price to invade Kansas, there followed in quick succession, the Battle of Lexington, the Battle of Big Blue and finally the Battle of Westport, at which on October 23, 1864, the forces of Price were finally routed and his campaign and invasion were stopped, but not unit it had caused the citizens of Kansas, in addition to the labor and loss of life, not less that half a million dollars.
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