After Missouri Cavalry burned Humboldt Oct 14, 1861, Camp Hunter was built to protect against further Confederate attack. 9th Kansas Cavalry based here. Notorious Ks Jayhawks sent here to cool heels after burning numerous Missouri border towns. Jayhawk  Pvt. Driscoll court-martialed and executed for dessertion.  In 1862, 1,000 survivors of Creek Leader Opothleyahola's 5,000 Indians & Black slaves' Great Escape from Confederate Indian Terr. marched 4 abreast to Camp Hunter. Served in Union Army on Ks.southern border. Camp Hunter provides RV hook-ups and veuue for Triennial Humboldt's Civil War Days reenactments.