Dunavant, Kansas

Dunavant is a populated place in Jefferson County, Kansas.

History

Battle of Hickory Point

In 1856, James H. Lane, leader of a small band of Free-State men, besieged a group of Proslavery men in the log buildings near Dunavant at Hickory Point. The Proslavery men had attacked Valley Falls (then called Grasshopper Falls). Lane sent to Lawrence for artillery to drive the men out. Reinforcements led by Col. James A. Harvey arrived the next day, and the skirmish ended with 4 Proslavery men wounded, 1 killed, and 5 Free-State men injured. A Kansas Historical Marker for the Battle of Hickory Point stands a half mile away, on today's U.S. Route 59.

Also nearby, just 1/4 mi. from the Battle of Hickory Point marker, is the farm on which painter John Steuart Curry was born.^[1] Later in life, John Steuart Curry would become known for his painting of abolitionist John Brown at the Kansas State Capitol, and also for his painting Law vs. Mob Rule at the Department of Justice in Washington, DC, in which a judge in black robes protects a man from a lynch mob.^[2]

Geography

Dunavant is located at 39°18′07″N 95°19′58″W / 39.30194°N 95.33278°W / 39.30194; -95.33278. Its elevation is 1155 ft.^[3]

In 1910, Dunavant's population was 85 people. In 1912, Dunavant had a money order Post Office and a telegraph office, and was on a branch of the Missouri Pacific Railroad.^[4]

Notable people

• John Steuart Curry, painter

References

External links

• Plum Grove Cemetery, Dunavant, Kansas
• Historical marker for Battle of Hickory Point, located 1/4 mil E of John Steuart Curry's birthplace, on U.S. Route 59
• Photographs taken W of Dunevant, Kansas

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Coordinates: 39°18′07″N 95°19′58″W / 39.30194°N 95.33278°W / 39.30194; -95.33278