for the insane (1866) is about x m. N.E. of the city. The region is a good one for general farming, and natural gas and petroleum are found in abundance in the vicinity. Osawatomie was settled about 1854 by colonists sent by the Emigrant Aid
of two of the " battles " of the " Border War," and of much of the political violence resulting from the clashes between the "pro-slavery " and the " free-state " factions of Missouri and Kansas. On the 7th of June 1856 it was plundered by about 170 pro-slavery men from Missouri. On the 3oth of August 1856 General John W. Reid, commanding about 400 Missourians, attacked the town. The attack was resisted by Captain John
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