There is a sign along 75 highway telling the location of the "Battle of the Spurs". This location was 5 1/2 miles north of Holton, Ks where the Jim Lane road crossed Sraight Creek. The abolitionist John Brown was going north with some slaves on January 29, 1859 when came to Staight Creek. It swollen with flood waters so he and the slaves stayed at Albert Fuller's cabin. Fuller's cabin was a regular stop on the underground railroad. Governor Samuel Medary of the Kansas Territory asked the commander at Fort Leavenworth to assist in capturing John Brown. Brown sent a local farmer to get some help. By January 31, 1859 Brown had 21 men ready to fight and the posse arrived with 30 men. Brown told the posse "I have set out on the Jim Lane road and I intend to travel it straight through, and there is no use to talk of turning aside. Those who are afraid may turn back, but I will cross at the Fuller Crossing. The Lord marked out a path for me and I intend to follow it. We are ready to move" When the posse saw the size of John Brown's group and their apparent determination and, as John Brown advanced, the posse fled one by one, putting spurs to their horses so speedily that the incident was called the "The Battle of the Spurs." Not a shot was fire by either side.
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