Welcome to Eudora, KS. A Place to Grow.
This is our first cache. it is small, but not difficult to find. I have always wanted to take photos here, so I hope you will post one too!
A bit of Eudora History
The history of the Eudora area predates American settlement. This region was home to various Indian tribes for thousands of years. The most notable tribe was the Kansa or Kaw. The Kaw lived along the rivers of this region in villages until they were forcibly removed in the 1820s by the American government to make room for the Shawnee Indian tribe. The Shawnees occupied this land until 1854 when the American government again forcibly removed Indian tribes from this region. A Shawnee Chief named Pascal Fish owned most of the land in the area and sold it to a German emigrant group in 1857. The Germans named their new community Eudora after Chief Fish’s daughter.
The Oregon and Santa Fe Trails passed by just a few miles south of Eudora. Countless travelers to the Western United States passed through this region from the 1840s through the 1860s. Eudora witnessed significant conflict during the Bleeding Kansas Era and the Civil War. Eudora strongly supported the Union during the Civil War, many of its men enlisted to defeat the Confederacy. William Quantrill stopped just south of Eudora in 1863 on his way to Lawrence to commit his infamous raid on the town. Quantrill enlisted the help of a young German boy to lead him to Lawrence since Quantrill did not know the way in the middle of the night. Several Eudora residents attempted to warn Lawrence of Quantrill’s proximity, but two men were thrown from their horses and killed and others did not make it in time to warn the town.
After the Civil War, relative stability finally arrived to the region. Eudora developed tremendously in the late 19th century and grew into a self-sustaining community.