From the Trail of Death marker on State Line Road, go west on 215^th Street for 3 ½ miles, turn south (left) on Highway 169. Get off Highway 169 to enter Paola by turning west (right) on Baptiste Drive. Go on Baptiste Drive for about ¾ mile (several blocks). Turn south (left) on N. Pearl Street. Go about 7 blocks on Pearl Street and you will come to the Paola town square with a fountain at your left. Turn east (left) on Peoria Street to park. The Trail of Death marker is located north of the fountain near the sidewalk in the park.

Saturday 3^rd Nov. [Traveled 12 miles from near Stillwell to Paola, Kansas.]

At an early hour we left our encampment at Oak Grove (actually near Stillwell, Kansas) and traveled until 2 o’clock, when we reached a settlement of Wea Indians on Bull Creek and camped adjoining Bulltown (now called Paola), Kansas. Our journey was pleasant and was marked by the anxiety of the Indians to push forward and see their friends. During the evening an attempt was made to enroll the Indians, but not very successfully. They did not seem to (or would not) understand or appreciate the object. Late in the evening several of the chiefs came to Head Quarters and requested to remain in camp tomorrow. But the journey being so nearly completed, and the scarcity of forage and provisions induced the conductor to deny their request and insist upon traveling.

Paola, Kansas - Park Square GPS N-3834342 W-9452693.

Located in the Park Square on Pearl Street near the sidewalk leading to the fountain, northeast of the fountain. Erected 1995 by Miami County Historical Society. Bernice Stephenson headed the project committee. Paola was called Bulltown in the 1838 diary. (Photo by Larry Prichard, Lynn, Indiana, on Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan, 2003.)

To leave Paola, get back on Pearl Street for one block, then turn west on West Street for one block, and turn south on S. Silver Street.