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Help, Volunteers Needed: The Black Jack Battlefield Trust needs you to volunteer to help staff the Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park when it reopens in the spring. Volunteer staff will be present to supply basic information about the Park and to distribute self-guided tour material to visitors. Interested persons may also volunteer to conduct Battlefield tours on weekends. For more information, or to volunteer, please e-mail us at volunteers@blackjackbattlefield.org. We need your help!
Park Open for the Season: The Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park is open on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM through the end of October. Battlefield tours are given at 1:00 PM on Saturdays and Sundays. At all other times, tours are available by appointment.
Battle's 152nd Anniversary Events: The events to commemorate the 152nd anniversary of the Battle will be on May 31st and June 2nd. Activities on the 31st begin at 4:30 PM. Battlefield tours are at 4:30 PM, 5:30 PM, and 6:45 PM. The Campfire Supper is from 6:00 to 7:00 PM, cost is $12.50 for adults in advance, $15.00 at the gate, kids 12 and under $5.00. Tickets on sale at Mid-America Bank and the Chamber of Commerce in Baldwin City and at the Lawrence Visitors Center. All other events are free. All events are open to the public.
On June 2nd, the anniversary of the Battle, there will be a dawn tour of the Battlefield at the exact time that the Battle took place. Arrive at the Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park between 4:30 and 5:00 AM. Bring a flashlight as it will be dark when you arrive. Free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail us at info@blackjackbattlefield.org.
- For a Google map showing the location of the Park, click here
(Near the intersection of E 2000th Road and N 175th Road, adjacent to the Robert Hall Pearson Park).
The Park
The Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park is being developed on the site of the Battle of Black Jack, June 2, 1856. The goal is to protect it from the suburban growth that threatens to destroy the very land where John Brown and Henry Clay Pate fought the first battle in the conflict that was the American Civil War.
The park will help tell the story of the unique role that the Battle played in our shared history. By utilizing the historic Robert Hall Pearson House, it will also tell the story of a late 19th Century farmstead and the effects of Manifest Destiny on the land and people. Finally, it will preserve wildlife habitat and provide a place to experience the beauty and tranquility of a natural Kansas landscape in an area undergoing rapid urbanization.
Through a concerted effort, the Battlefield was saved from being purchased for residential development in 2003. Through an equally concerted effort, a dedicated group of individuals is working to develop the Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park.
We need your help to complete our goals, and to ensure that future generations can walk this hallowed ground. For more information, visit the Volunteers page on this website.
To access a brochure on the battle and battlefield in PDF format, click here. (A new window will open)
To access the most recent issue of The Black Jack Battlefield Courier, our e-mail newsletter, in PDF format, click here. (A new window will open)