Pillsbury Crossing

Pillsbury Crossing

Pillsbury Crossing is a natural limestone slab that was used by pioneers to cross Deep Creek. The ledge terminates in a waterfall in Riley County, Kansas, USA. The waterfall is about convert|40|ft|m wide and has a drop of around convert|5|ft|m. Below Pillsbury Crossing, Deep Creek flows into the Kansas River.

The waterfall is named for Josiah Pillsbury, a Free-State settler in Kansas Territory who homesteaded by the crossing in 1855. Pillsbury was a member of the Free-State Topeka Legislature and the failed Leavenworth Constitutional Convention. In 1863, Pillsbury moved into nearby Manhattan, Kansas, where he established a newspaper named the "Manhattan Independent".

References

*"Manhattan Mercury", March 20, 2005

External links

* [http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Extension/KSplaces/visit18.html Pilsbury Crossing - Kansas Geological Survey]


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