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Adair Cabin/John Brown Museum State Historic Site ~ Osawatomie, Kansas

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John Brown Museum, also known as the John Brown Museum State Historic Site and John Brown Cabin, is located in Osawatomie, Kansas. The site is operated by the Kansas Historical Society, and includes the log cabin of Reverend Samuel Adair and his wife, Florella, who was the half-sister of the abolitionist John Brown. Brown lived in the cabin during the twenty months he spent in Kansas and conducted many of his abolitionist activities from there. The museum's displays tell the story of John Brown, the Adairs and local abolitionists, and include the original cabin, Adair family furnishings and belongings, and Civil War artifacts.

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Adair Cabin/John Brown Museum State Historic Site ~ Osawatomie, Kansas

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The Adairs' house was a typical rough, frontier log cabin. Its fireplace was used for warmth and cooking. It is believed that the room in back was used to hide escaped slaves. John Brown's son, Frederick, died nearby, the first victim of the Battle of Osawatomie. Because of his activities in and around the area, John Brown became known as "Old Osawatomie Brown." Brown stayed in the cabin with the Adairs from time to time. In 1911 the Kansas legislature named the site of the battleground John Brown Memorial Park and moved the cabin to its present site. The stone building that encloses the cabin was built in 1928. In 1963 the Kansas Historical Society became the administrator of the site.

John Brown Battleground Historic Plaque Adair Cabin/John Brown Museum State Historic Site ~ Osawatomie, Kansas

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Purchased by Department of Kansas
Womans Relief Corps
Dedicated to the
Grand Army of the Republic
Presented to the State of Kansas
for a memorial park

"Adair Cabin State Historic Site" Historic Marker Adair Cabin/John Brown Museum State Historic Site ~ Osawatomie, Kansas

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"Powerful forces collided in Kansas Territory (1854-1861) in the national dispute over this issue: should Kansas be slave or free? Congress had declared that this question would be decided by the settlers themselves through the ballot box. Soon thousands of both antislavery & proslavery settlers emigrated to the Kansas frontier."
"In the spring of 1855, abolitionists Samuel & Fiorella Adair & their children, Charles & Emma, occupied the cabin inside this shelter building. The same year Fiorella's half-brother, John Brown, & five of his sons settled near Osawartomie. Both the Adairs & the Browns became intensively engaged in the conflict known as Bleeding Kansas."
"You will learn more about the stories of these people inside as you enjoy the period settings showing many Adair family pieces. You will also encounter dramatic audio narratives in the words of the original historic characters & a 'John Brown in Kansas' gallery. Exhibits feature frontier life, Bleeding Kansas, & the Adair Cabin."

"Adair Cabin, 1928" Adair Cabin/John Brown Museum State Historic Site ~ Osawatomie, Kansas

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The Adair Cabin before construction of the Stone Pavilion in 1928.