Talk:Baxter Springs, Kansas

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Sbmeirow (talk) 09:10, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

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Can some one please explain to me what the "clean up gallery" is trying to tell me? I guess I assumed that the gallery was for images. Is that not correct? Please clarify.AbeEzekowitz (talk) 01:44, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * As a general rule it is preferred that people contribute images to the Commons and create any image galleries there. Then this article can be linked to it using one of the available templates. —Mike 02:03, 12 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I will comply with your "request" to use wikimedia commons but I will have to learn how to use it. I must say, in all the articles I've edited and there are quite a few on Wikipedia, I have never been asked to do this before.
 * AbeEzekowitz (talk) 19:15, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I agree with the photos need to be in the commons, and all photos should have categories added to them, which they don't.
 * See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:City_Hall_in_Peabody,_Kansas.jpg Sbmeirow (talk) 18:14, 19 December 2010 (UTC)

Needs history
Baxter Springs was one of the first cow towns in Kansas, and used to have major cattle drives. History should be added to article.--Parkwells (talk) 15:15, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
 * The reason given for the ending of the drives to Baxter Springs is incorrect. Kansas laws having to do with blocking the transmission of cattle disease from Texas cattle had more to do with it than the railroads.Intothatdarkness (talk) 17:46, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

Missing Sections
See many other city articles in Kansas for ideas. Sbmeirow (talk) 18:17, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
 * Missing the Education section, including the school district (USD) and schools.
 * Missing some type of area attractions and area events sections.

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Intro
I removed the following from the intro. It belongs in the history section, BUT first it needs REFERENCES. • Sbmeirow  •  Talk  • 21:18, 7 November 2017 (UTC)

The Osage and earlier Native Americans regularly visited the springs for healing. After Indian Removal from the Southeast states in the 1830s, this area was part of what was assigned to the Cherokee people, and called Cherokee Neutral Lands. In the early 19th century, European Americans founded a trading post here. During the Civil War, the United States built and garrisoned small forts in the area to protect settlers from pro-Southern guerrillas. Fort Baxter was the only fort in Kansas to be attacked by Confederate forces. After the war, the town began to grow as a way station for the massive cattle drives originating in Texas, to get the cattle to markets further north. Baxter Springs became the first "cow town" in Kansas. Its population grew dramatically into the early 1870s, as large annual cattle drives from Texas reached the city to get the animals to markets. After railroads were constructed from the North into Texas, ranchers no longer needed the cattle drives out of state. Baxter Springs and other towns along the former trail declined.

The city later prospered in the early twentieth century when lead mining was developed in the area. The city prohibited mining within its boundaries, and many owners and operators of the mines built their residences and business offices here. In 1926 the city's downtown main street was designated as part of the transcontinental U.S. Route 66 from Chicago to Los Angeles, stimulating tourism. By the 1940s, the high-quality lead had mostly been mined, and the industry in the region declined. Some towns nearby disappeared altogether. Environmental restoration in the region to correct damage produced from mining has been underway for some time.