Contact: Tiffany Blaser
The Bates County Historical Society & Museum
660-679-0134
[email protected]
The 1st Kansas Colored
Volunteer Infantry Statue has been added to the National Underground Railroad
to Freedom.
The
First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Statue has been accepted into the
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom! The statue located on the Bates County
Courthouse lawn in Butler, MO is now one of the 800 Network to Freedom
locations. The
First Kansas Colored Infantry Statue was nominated by the Bates County
Historical Society. To see all locations
and obtain more information about the program, visit NPS.gov.
