Boston Corbett monument erected by Boy Scouts, Concordia, Kansas, 1958

[RJNorton]

Thanks to Bob Cook for sending a photo of the monument.

[Dave Taylor]

It's on my list of places to visit one of these days.

Steve Miller has told me that, like Boston Corbett's actual pistol he used to shoot Booth, the two pistols in the monument were also stolen long ago.

[LincolnMan]

What's a "dug out?"

[Gene C]

A home dug into the ground.
Usually they are about halfway below the surface. (helps to maintain a more temperate temperature during the extreme summer and winters.)
Usually made of sod or adobe brick type construction.
http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http...AQ&dur=797

[Dave Taylor]

(06-04-2013 04:39 PM)LincolnMan Wrote:  What's a "dug out?"

While many people have played it off as, "crazy Boston Corbett lived in a hole in the ground", a dug out was a fairly common method of shelter for those living on the great plains without a lot of lumber nearby.

More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugout_(shelter)

EDIT: Gene beat me to it.

[LincolnMan]

So Corbett lived there after he escaped?

[L Verge]

No, he actually lived there for a number of years before he got the job with the Kansas State Legislature that led to his crazy outburst and institutionalization. I think it was in the late-1880s when he escaped from the asylum and wandered into oblivion.

[Gene C]

Living in one of those houses on the Kansas prarie could drive you crazy.
Watching a state legislature in action (or inaction) could do that too.