Nature Trail - Natural and Cultural Elements
Natural Elements
- Physiographic regions
- Topography and geology
- Flora and fauna
- Impact of the built environment
- Erosion and pollution
Cultural Elements
- Native Americans in the region prior to the arrival of the emigrant tribes (e.g. Potawatomi)
- European trappers, traders, and explorers
- The Potawatomis and the mission period, 1848 - 1861
- Land usage--crops, forage, and livestock. Use of natural environment
- Built environment
- Removal of Potawatomis to present-day Jackson County
- Circulation Routes
- Oregon-California Trail
- Other trails in the area
- Steamboats and ferries on the Kansas River
- Prairie Dell Farm--Robert Lee, 1873 - 1919
- Ownership between 1919 and 1973 (four owners)
- State ownership, 1973
- Mission building
- Kansas Museum of History
- Stach School
- Wea Creek bridge
- Kansas Museum of History
- State Archives & Library
- Nature Trail
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