Council Grove, Kansas

• CouncilGrove.com

"Rendezvous on the Santa Fe Trail"

History of Council Grove

• RoadTrip's Jamie Jensen's Council Grove
• Chinn's Council Grove
• Chinn's history of Council Grove (Santa Fe Trail Resource)
• Another Short history of Council Grove

Historic sites in Council Grove going west on U.S. Highway 56 (Main Street)

Marker in Council Grove (photo-Sween)
• More pictures (Sween)
• The KATY Railroad depot, built around 1895. The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad (KATY) reached Council Grove in 1869, and the Missouri Pacific in 1885.
• Council Oak
• Post Office Oak and Museum
• The Madonna of the Trail
• Neosho River Crossing
• Hays House, 1857
• Conn Stone Store, 1858
• The Custer Elm (south several blocks on Neosho Street)
• Cottage House Hotel, 1867 (north on Neosho Street)
• Kaw Mission State Historic Site/Museum (north on Mission Street)
• Old Bell Monument (north of Main on Belfry Street)
• Hermit's Cave (north of Old Bell on Belfry Street)
• Last Chance Store (Chautauqua and Main Streets)