Osawatomie

Osawatomie

      city, Miami county, eastern Kansas, U.S. It lies along the Marais des Cygnes River at the mouth of Pottawatomie Creek; its name combines elements of the words Osage and Pottawatomie. Settled in 1854 with support of the New England Emigrant Aid Company, Osawatomie was the headquarters for John Brown (Brown, John)'s militant Free State operations in Kansas Territory and was a station on the Underground Railroad (for escaped slaves (abolitionism)). At Pottawatomie Creek, Brown and some of his followers—on the heels of proslavery mayhem at Lawrence—murdered five men known for their proslavery views. This act, which resulted in the murder of Brown's son Frederick, fanned the flames of already incendiary regional politics, and its violent aftermath was one more factor in the lead-up to civil war. The John Brown Memorial Park commemorates this skirmish and Brown's career. The city is on a division point of the Missouri Pacific Railroad and has railroad shops. It is a trading centre for an agricultural region. Osawatomie State (mental) Hospital was established in 1863. Miami State Fishing Lake is nearby. Inc. 1882. Pop. (1990) 4,590; (2000) 4,645.

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