JASPER COUNTY PICKS A PARK SITE
Updated at November 26, 2009 21:33Thanks to the generosity of Joplin attorney Ed Hershewe, Jasper County will have its first county park. Ed donated the funds that the County has used to purchase the site of the Rader Farm. This was the site of one of the first engagements of African American troops after the enrollment of African Americans in the federal service became possible under the Emancipation Proclamation. A skirmish occurred here on May 18, 1863 and involved soldiers of the 1st Kansas Colored Regiment.
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