From the Prairie City Freeman’s Champion, August 13, 1857
(Prairie City was an early town about a mile west of
present-day Baldwin City, Kansas.)
The rush to Osawkee for the past week or so, has exceeded
anything of the kind that ever occurred in the country — almost excelling
California. The scene at Osawkee beggars description — resembling another
Saturnalia or Pandemonium. Drinking, gambling and spreeing are the order of the
day and night. Still we have heard of no serious difficulties and presume that
everything is going on “as well as might be expected.” Most of the settlers, we
are glad to learn, have secured their claims, which we hope they will go to
work improving at once. The sales will probably continue some two or three weeks
longer.
This story appeared in “Yesteryears” in October 2002.
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| Also from the Prairie City Freeman’s Champion, August 13, 1857 |
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