TOPEKA — The Kansas Frontier Military Scenic Byway was re-designated as a historic byway. The 168-mile byway begins in Leavenworth on K-7, goes south through Leavenworth County through the Kansas City metro counties of Wyandotte and Johnson on I-435 and U.S. 69, continuing south on U.S. 69 through Miami, Linn, Bourbon, Crawford and Cherokee counties, ending at the Kansas-Oklahoma border just south of Baxter Ssprings. The byway follows the old military road, established in 1844 by Gen. Winfield Scott to serve as a supply route from Fort Leavenworth to Fort Gibson in Oklahoma. The road also figured prominently in the border war – that time in eastern Kansas and western Missouri before and during the Civil War. For more information about all of the Kansas byways, check the Web site at www.ksbyways.org or check Kansas Scenic Byways on Facebook.
Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2 p.m.
