Hadsall House

This last weekend, my sister and I traveled through eastern Kansas on our annual “sister trip.” This house was located off of paved highways--about three miles on gravel roads and turning left at the fork in the road (is this “the fork” or is this just a turn-off?). My sister and I laugh because we always end up on gravel roads as we travel.

What we were looking for (and found) was the Hadsall House that was built by Charles C. Hadsall, a second cousin of our Great Grandfather. We were very pleased to find that it had been restored in 1961. This house is near the site of the Marais des Cygnes Massacre which is considered the last significant act of violence in Bleeding Kansas prior to the outbreak of the American Civil War. It is being maintained by the Kansas State Historical Society. The road on the far right of the picture below is the Kansas and Missouri state border.