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The Flint Hills Community Band will celebrate the naming of Council Grove 200 years ago with a 6:30 p.m. concert on August 10 under the festival tent at Council Oak Park, 200 E. Main. Attendees are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs.
At Council Grove’s bicentennial celebration, young ones can experience the fun and challenge of gunny sack races, along with other yesteryear games. Games are scheduled for 3:30-5:30 p.m. on Sunday, August 10, at Council Oak Park.

Council Grove to celebrate 200 years of history on Sunday, August 10

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 1:09pm

Two hundred years ago, on August 10, 1825, a significant meeting took place near the banks of the Neosho River—one that would permanently shape the identity of a small settlement on the Santa Fe Trail. That day, representatives of the U.S. government and the Osage Nation met beneath a grove of hardwood trees to sign a treaty granting safe passage for traders and travelers venturing west along the Santa Fe Trail. The site of that meeting was given a name that has endured through the centuries: Council Grove.

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Council Grove, KS 66846

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