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On a rise overlooking the
battlefield is a farmhouse
built by Robert Hall Pearson
in 1890.
Pearson fought beside Brown
at Black Jack and later returned
to carve out a prosperous farm
from the prairie.
To access a map of the Battle of Black Jack titled Prelude to War, published
by the Lawrence Journal-World for the
150th anniversary of the Battle, click here
For a brochure on the Black Jack Battlefield and Nature Park click here
The Robert Hall Pearson Farmstead
at the Black Jack Battlefield & Nature Park
A 28 year old Pearson fought in the Battle of Black Jack in 1856, soon
after purchased over 200 acres of land which included the very land the
battle was fought upon.
A successful farmer and business man, he died in 1906.
The second home he built on this property was built in 1890 and it still
stands today (pictured here).
It is being carefully restored by the Black Jack Battlefield Trust.
Robert Hall Pearson
R. H. Pearson was born in Yorkshire, England, April 1st, 1828 and with
his parents, in 1832 immigrated to America, locating at Alleghaney City,
Pa.
He lived there until the California gold fever swept over the United States.
In 1853 and early 1854, Pearson was in California. During this time, the
Kansas Nebraska bill was in Congress.
Pearson left for Kansas in 1855 to take advantage of new opportunities.
fought in the battle,
started a family in the Kansas Territory....
