Mt. Mitchell Heritage Prairie
Located on a 45-acre hilltop three miles south of Wamego, the park is called the Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park. It is dedicated to Captain William Mitchell and the Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony, The property, part of Captain Mitchell’s farm, was given to the Kansas Historical Society in 1953 by Mitchell’s son W.I. Mitchell.
Organized in New Haven, Connecticut, this famous colony of anti-slavery free-state immigrants arrived at Wabaunsee in April 1856. Determined to see Kansas become a state free of slavery, they formed a militia with earlier settlers and fought along side John Brown and Jim Lane in the Border War.
Wamego, Kansas
Mt. Mitchell Heritage Prairie
Located on a 45-acre hilltop three miles south of Wamego, the park is called the Mount Mitchell Heritage Prairie Park. It is dedicated to Captain William Mitchell and the Beecher Bible and Rifle Colony, The property, part of Captain Mitchell’s farm, was given to the Kansas Historical Society in 1953 by Mitchell’s son W.I. Mitchell.
Organized in New Haven, Connecticut, this famous colony of anti-slavery free-state immigrants arrived at Wabaunsee in April 1856. Determined to see Kansas become a state free of slavery, they formed a militia with earlier settlers and fought along side John Brown and Jim Lane in the Border War.
Wamego, Kansas