Bullwacker Days, 1997 Mahaffie Farmstead - Olathe, KS * The Kansa Tribe lived here * The Mahaffie Farmhouse front * The Mahaffie Farmhouse back * The Buffalo soldiers helped protect the trail * Oxen pulled wagons * Stage coaches came later Shawnee Mission Park and Lake, Shawnee, KS * Park entrance * Fishing, walking, jogging, and bicycling are popular * Observation tower * View west from tower (7-17-5) - Johnson County is urban and rural

DeSOTO, Kansas, 1997 * Abbott Hall Museum * Zimmerman's Kill Creek Farm * Pumpkin patch * Wagon SHAWNEE, KS * I-435 and Midland * Virtual Shawnee Kansas (website)

SHAWNEE Tribe

Marker at White Feather Spring Grave of the Prophet Tensquatawa

* History of the Shawnee Indians in Kansas Techumseh and his brother, Tensquatawa, the Prophet, fought at Tippecanoe, Indiana in 1812. When the Shawnee emigrated west to Kansas, the Prophet moved with them to the current area of Kansas City, KS called Argentine. While the Prophet lived there, the town was called Prophetstown, near the Whitefeather Spring (now from 3818 Ruby Avenue to the storm sewer at 39th and Strong Avenue). The Prophet died there in 1837 and was buried near his hut by the spring. Both the spring and grave site are on private property, at 3818 Ruby Avenue. They both are historic landmarks.

Photographs and Website by Nancy Sween