We really like camping at these little fishing lakes. They’re set up like campgrounds but without the fees. This one has tables, fire rings and vault toilets. Some of the trees have low hanging branches so check before venturing down the access roads to the campsites. Some sites are large enough for any RV.
We’ve been the only ones camping at the lakes so it’s been very quiet but it looks like they get a lot of use in the summer. There are more than 40 state fishing lakes in Kansas. Most of them allow camping but it’s a good idea to check first by clicking on the correct link in the box on the left hand side of their website. Camping
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My third great grandmother is buried not far from your spot, on my mom's side. We have never found her grave as far I know...but the 1860 census and family records say that she lived and died right around that area, definitely within Pottawatomie County. Are you going to go through Independence, Mo, and see Truman Library? It is well worth it. --Dave
ReplyDeleteThe Truman Library is closed because of the government shut down. We've been there several times so we can skip it this time. It is a really good one. We've been to a lot of the libraries and were looking forward to seeing Eisenhowers but it's closed which surprised us because it's not managed by the federal government but the archives are so the museum had to close too. :-(
ReplyDeleteWe wanted to go to Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site and that's closed too! We'll just have to visit Kansas again.
You really have an interesting family history!
As a Librarian, I got interested in Genealogy back in the 80's prior to the computers...did it the hard way. Dad has Mayflower lines, mom has very early Delaware/Virginia lines (1600's). Yep, pretty interesting stuff. Did I mention that one of mom's ancestors owned the Golden North Hotel in Skagway, Alaska which is a "haunted" hotel? Lots of stuff like that.... When I moved to Arkansas I gave a talk to the local Genealogy Society who were a bit skeptical about this "westerner" coming to town....until I told them that my mom was born in the "boot" of Missouri, her mom in the Joplin area, and her grandmother in Northwest Arkansas....suddenly I was one of them.
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