The Battle of Osawatomie took place on August 30, 1856 when 250-300 Border Ruffians led by John W. Reid and Rev. Marvin White attacked the city of Osawatomie.
The film was filmed in in a single day in Osawatomie, Kansas on March 13, 2010 with the assistance of several Kansas City, Missouri film makers, and a small cast.
Two days later John Brown's group brutally murdered five southerners near Osawatomie and a real war began in earnest.
Mary Monnett Bain (born Mary Monnett) (September 21, 1833, Ohio - July 30, 1885, Osawatomie, Miami County, Kansas), following her mother's death, came into a very large sum of money.
The cities of Louisburg, Osawatomie, Paola, and Spring Hill are considered governmentally independent and are excluded from the census figures for the townships.
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The county's most notable abolitionist was John Brown, who moved to Osawatomie,making it the headquarters for he and his anti-slavery forces.
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Near Osawatomie are historic sites of John Brown, such as his famouns Civil War lookout.
Settled by abolitionists in hopes of aiding Kansas' entry to the United States as a free state, the community of Osawatomie and pro slavery communities nearby were quickly engaged in violence.
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A pro-slavery force of 250, led by John William Reid, came riding into Osawatomie from another direction.
A Free State company under the command of John Brown, Jr., set out, and the Osawatomie company joined them.