Black Jack Battlefield Vegetation
The Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park is being developed on the site of the Battle of Black Jack, June 2, 1856. The goal is to protect it from the suburban growth that threatens to destroy the very land where John Brown and Henry Clay Pate fought the first battle in the conflict that was the American Civil War
The park will help tell the story of the unique role that the Battle played in our shared history. By utilizing the historic Robert Hall Pearson House, it will also tell the story of a late 19th Century farmstead and the effects of Manifest Destiny on the land and people. Finally, it will preserve wildlife habitat and provide a place to experience the beauty and tranquility of a natural Kansas landscape in an area undergoing rapid urbanization.