Barnes Enclosure - Cave Spring
This Certified Site on the Santa Fe, Oregon & California National Historic trails by the National Park Service, was made famous by overland travelers who mentioned it in their letters and diaries.
According to the Raytown Area Chamber of Commerce, Jesse Barnes purchased the Cave Spring area and allowed the wagon trains to camp there at the end of their long day’s journey, which averaged from 23 to 25 miles-per-day once they "jumped off" into Indian Territory.
In the 1870s, Solomon Young, Harry Truman’s grandfather, owned Cave Spring.
Thanks to:
David W. Jackson
Barnes Enclosure - Cave Spring
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History
Thanks to:
David W. Jackson