SHERWOOD

NAME: Sherwood COUNTY: Jasper ROADS: 2WD GRID: 5 CLIMATE: Snow in Winter, Hot in Summer. Muggy Year Round BEST TIME TO VISIT: Early Spring

COMMENTS: Destroyed by Union Army in Civil War. REMAINS: Foundations primarily, little else.

Early trading town with indian territory in Kansas. Inhabited mostly by southern sympathizers. Attacked First Kansas Colored Infantry while foraging, killed large number of black troops. Army attacked from Ft. Scott in Kansas and destroyed town. Submitted by: William N. Pearson

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