February 19th, 2013 
javal Residents of a southeast Kansas town are working to bring more attention to a Civil War battle that is missing from most history books.
Almost 100 Union soldiers were massacred in October 1863 by William Quantrill’s Confederate soldiers after a chance meeting near what is now Baxter Springs.
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And, not only that, but Baxter Springs is on Route 66. Great museum there as well and that delicious Cafe on the Route downtown.