[3] The first printing press in Kansas was used in Prairie City by Prouty to publish The Freeman's Champion which ran for 40 weeks.

[3] Prairie City was the rendezvous point for John Brown and his men the night before initiating the Battle of Black Jack.

[5] When the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Fort Gibson railroad laid tracks through the area, there was a depot at Baldwin and two miles southwest at Prairie City.

[6] The Media library was used as a tool shed in the Prairie City Cemetery for years until being torn down in 2012.

The Midland Railway from Baldwin passes by a sign pointing out where the depot, newspaper, post office and store used to be.