Baxter Springs Heritage Center and Museum

8th and East Avenue
Baxter Springs, KS, 66713
316-856-2385

URL : http://www.baxterspringsmuseum.org

overview : In the spring of 1849 John J. Baxter, his wife and eight children moved from Missouri to 160 acres of land near Spring River. His land included a spring which flowed from the side of a hill near what is now Military Road, where he set up and operated an inn and general store which came to be known as "Baxter's place". "Baxter's place" was incorporated in 1868 and was renamed Baxter Springs in honor of it's early settler.

topics : local history