Bates County News

Thursday, February 5, 2026

1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Statue has been added to the National Underground Railroad to Freedom

  

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.




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