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The Clarice Osborne Memorial Chapel on the Baker University Campus, is a Gothic chapel, originally built in 1864, and brought over from Sproxton, England stone by stone and rebuilt in 1996 at Baker University. The surrounding church yard has been landscaped similar to an English church yard.
The Midland Railway operates excursion trains on a line originally constructed in 1867. Trains make a 11 mile round trip from Baldwin City to Norwood, traveling through scenic Eastern Kansas farmland and woods using vintage railway equipment.
Be sure to take a drive out in the country following the trail Quantrill used when he raided the area between Lawrence and Baldwin City. New trail signs have been placed and a map is available.
Built in the early 1960s and managed by the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Douglas State Fishing Lake is located one mile north and three miles east of Baldwin City. 538 acres of land surround the 180 acre lake. Altogether there is over a square mile of varied habitats for fish, wildlife and recreation. Fish species in the population include bluegill, white and black crappie, largemouth bass, channel catfish, flathead catfish, carp and white amur. Fish habitats provided include brush piles, tire and rock reefs, and old bridges and foundations submerged by the dam.
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