Uniontown and Plowboy– Potawatomi Ghost Towns: Enigmas of the Oregon-California Trail

Description

Located in the Indian territory that subsequently became Kansas, Uniontown and Plowboy are both gone now—ghost towns with little to show but their names in the chronicles of Kansas and western history. This article illuminates the origins and demise of these two places linked by location, trading history, government Indian policies, and westward migration on the Oregon–California Trail. Uniontown is the name that appears most often in references by OregonCalifornia Trail travelers. Plowboy’s origins and existence are less well chronicled but significant to the history of Uniontown.