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Battle Of Hickory Point (2 Locations) |
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Kansas State Historical Marker | ||
Jefferson County | ||
Osage Road near Dunavant, Jefferson County
US-59, Jefferson County Roadside turnout, 5 miles north of Oskaloosa , KS, USA |
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In September 1856, a band of Proslavery men sacked Grasshopper Falls (Valley Falls) and terrorized the vicinity. On the 13th, the Free-State leader James H. Lane with a small company besieged a party of raiders in log buildings at Hickory Point, about one-half mile west of this marker. |
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