The boat landing at the Spring River Inn and Country Club. Built in 1902 as a private residence for B. F. Steward. In 1905 it was sold to the Country Club of Joplin and became the Spring River Inn and Country Club. During the depression membership dwindled and it closed. In 1932 the property became a private summer home of the country club president J. W. Grantham. In 1952 it was converted into a restaurant and operated until it closed in 1996. It would later burn to the ground in 1998. It was located on U.S. Route 66 in Riverton, Kansas. Circa 1908.
The Spring River Inn. Built in 1902 as a private residence for B. F. Steward. In 1905 it was sold to the Country Club of Joplin and became the Spring River Inn and Country Club. During the depression membership dwindled and it closed. In 1932 the property became a private summer
home of the country club president J. W. Grantham. In 1952 it was converted into a restaurant and operated until it closed in 1996. It would later burn to the ground in 1998. It was located on The Spring River Inn. Built in 1902 as a private residence for B. F. Steward. In 1905 it was sold to the Country Club of Joplin and became the Spring River Inn and Country Club. During the depression membership dwindled and it closed in 1932. Route 66 in Riverton, Kansas.
home of the country club president J. W. Grantham. In 1952 it was converted into a restaurant and operated until it closed in 1996. It would later burn to the ground in 1998. It was located on The Spring River Inn. Built in 1902 as a private residence for B. F. Steward. In 1905 it was sold to the Country Club of Joplin and became the Spring River Inn and Country Club. During the depression membership dwindled and it closed in 1932. Route 66 in Riverton, Kansas.
Map of Reunion Park, also known as Camp Logan in Baxter Springs, Kansas.
Named for General John Alexander Logan. Started in 1883 by the Grand Army of the Republic as a reunion of survivors of the Baxter Springs Massacre. By 1895, crowds were estimated at 35,000. In 1910, crowds were estimated at 50,000. In 1899 the reunion association purchased 100 acres for the camp. That very year an amphitheater was erected to hold an estimated 2,000 to 7,000 people. The Kansas City, Fort Scott and Memphis Railroad Company built a spur line into the campground in 1899. In 1903, they built a depot and passenger station in the camp.
A Joplin businessman, Samuel Wells Coglizer, of the Coglizer Tent & Awning Company supplied tents for the association beginning in 1902 until the event ceased in 1914. The press was well represented at Camp Logan, with tents being set up for all the newspapers who took part in activities and reported on the event.
The camp was located at the southernmost point of Fairview Avenue where it turns into Oak Crest and E 24th Street. Just off the northeast corner of the Baxter Springs Golf & Country Club in Baxter Springs, Kansas.