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Wed February 1, 2012
Kansas History On The Highway
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Asa Smith's grave sits on the shoulder of K7 South.
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Bertha Cameron, founder of the Monticello Historical Society and a lifelong Johnson County resident, stands next to the grave of Asa Smith.
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Asa Smith was buried on family property. He was eight months old when he died.
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From K-7 S, it really doesn’t look like much—just four poles and some kind of stone.
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