During the Great Depression some of the land that had been used for the resort became home to a Civilian Conservation Camp for Veterans. The CCC built additional structures on the Pertle Springs landscape and some of their remnants can still be seen…

The park that today is known as Blind Boone Park once served as the park for African American residents of Warrensburg up until the Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, KS Supreme Court ruling that mandated the integration of public…

J. H. Christopher purchased the land just one and half miles south of Warrensburg in 1884 that came to be known as Pertle Springs. The faith leaders of the community approached Christopher in 1886 and asked if he would support bringing Sam Jones and…

J. H. Christopher has been credited with founding Pertle Springs. In reality he was a business entrepreneur who dabbled in real estate and owned a chain of dry goods stores. He was born in Jessamine County Kentucky on September 11, 1848, and he came…

James H. Christopher, developer of Pertle Springs, acquired some unoccupied housing lots on the north side of the park in 1885 that he sold to several individuals, who built their own cottages near Pertle Springs and then rented them out to…

After 1900 Christopher turned to hosting County Fairs and Sunday School Conventions and focused on improving Pertle Springs. In 1902 Christopher funded the construction of a new depot at the Dummy terminal, a new boat house, and a merry-go-round.…