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Captain William Mitchell Farm

Wabaunsee, Kansas288831 Mt. Mitchell Road1 min readFile amended Directions

A historic site in Wabaunsee, Kansas, a National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing, Captain William Mitchell Farm is filed here for what the record attaches to it. NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad. The archive files it under dark history, Underground Railroad history and the Underground Railroad. The dossier holds 2 documented facts — a documented spine with no haunting reports attached. Access is restricted, and the file says so plainly.

Archive note: 4 conflicting records
Status
Operating
Designation
National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing
Coordinates
39.144, -96.342 · Approximate (city centroid)
County
Wabuansee

NPS public listing access field: No. This is a listing snapshot; current arrangements still require confirmation.

Is Captain William Mitchell Farm haunted?

No claims are filed here — the record keeps this place for its documented history, not for a haunting on file.

The record — long form

Mitchell's farm is the westernmost — the 'route's end' that's the Kansas edge, the 'Beecher Bibles' that's the rifles shipped. The 'attic eight' is the hid — the 'Aunt Agnes told' that's the days concealed, the 'log cabin' that's the '56 still stands. The 'ruts visible' is the walked — the 'Oregon Trail' that's the same path, the 'prairie swales' that's the tracks kept.

The 'Prairie Guards' is the named — the 'Free-state militia' that's the Bleeding Kansas, the 'son's gift' that's the '53 park. The 'private still' is the lived — the 'farmhouse now' that's the residence kept, the 'NTF authenticated' that's the site confirmed. Mitchell's is the frontier — the 'Kansas bleeding' that's the stakes high, the 'loft's eight' that's the freedom's count.

The file keeps the farm: the attic's eight, the Beecher rifles, the visible ruts, and the Guards' name.

Mitchell Farm is the archive's Kansas file — the Underground Railroad's western end.

Why this file matters

Mitchell Farm is the archive's Kansas file — where the Underground Railroad ended west.

A prairie keeps its ruts — the file's suggestion being that the farm's hold is the edged: the 'westernmost' that's the route's limit, the 'attic's eight' that's the hiding real, and the 'Beecher Bibles' that's the rifles' faith.

Two accounts on file

Short Description
On file

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Also reported

The Mitchell farm—the captain’s station.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Public Access
On file

RESTRICTED

Also reported

PUBLIC

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Historic Designation
On file

National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom listing

Also reported

NPS Network to Freedom

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Research Notes
On file

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 04KS01, source row 89. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

Also reported

UGRR enrichment wave 4; VERIFY task auto-queued.

Preserve both source-backed variants; no automatic overwrite.

Documented history

  • NPS includes this site in the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. A documented site gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that record. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The record appears in 'Public NPS Network to Freedom listings, row 2, ID 01GA01'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

    Verified historyNational Park Service
  • Captain William Mitchell Farm is documented on the National Park Service Network to Freedom for its role in the Underground Railroad. The site's documented history is the record the rest of the file stands on. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. 'NPS Network to Freedom listing' documents the entry. The entry's timeline holds it; the lore holds the rest.

    Verified historyNational Park Service

Sources on file

Field notes & open questions

Government-registry discovery record, unique ID 04KS01, source row 89. Inclusion concerns slavery, freedom-seeking and resistance history; no haunting is inferred. City, coordinates and detailed history are not inferred from the name. The source Year Established field is not treated as year built/opened.

"Captain William Mitchell Farm." HauntHunt dossier 0681, https://haunthunt.com/place/captain-william-mitchell-farm-kansas/ (file amended October 2, 2026).

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