Editing Pleasanton, Kansas (section)

==History==
In 1864, General [[Alfred Pleasonton]] defeated the Confederates in the [[Battle of Mine Creek]] near present-day Pleasanton. This battle, involving 25,000 men, resulted in a Union victory which ended the threat of Confederate invasion in Kansas.

Pleasanton had its start in the year 1869 by the building of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC | title=Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Volume 2 | publisher=Standard Publishing Company | author=Blackmar, Frank Wilson | year=1912 | pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Qi9cXyTWt9EC/page/n472 482]}}</ref> It was named in honor of General Alfred Pleasonton, though the city name is spelled differently.<ref>[http://www.fstribune.com/story/1281629.html General Pleasonton Days set for Oct. 6, 7], ''[[Fort Scott Tribune]]'', 2007-10-03.  Accessed 2008-06-02.</ref>

The first post office in Pleasanton was established in August 1869.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kshs.org/geog/geog_postoffices/search/placename:/county:LN/begyr:/endyr:/submit:SEARCH | title=Kansas Post Offices, 1828-1961 | publisher=Kansas Historical Society | accessdate=10 June 2014}}</ref>

Pleasanton's first church, namely the Fairmount Church, was constructed in 1884. On [[Tornado outbreak of April 27–30, 2014|April 27, 2014]] the church was destroyed by an [[Enhanced Fujita scale|EF2]] [[tornado]] which also severely damaged the town's cemetery.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.weather.gov/eax/april272014bourbonlinncountytornado | title=April 27, 2014 Bourbon and Linn County Tornado | publisher=National Weather Service Kansas City/Pleasant Hill MO | accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kmbc.com/article/tornado-flattens-historic-church-in-southeast-kan/3682121 | title=Tornado flattens historic church in southeast Kan. | publisher=KMBC9 | author=Augustine, Martin | accessdate=2 March 2019}}</ref>

From the 1950s to 1985, Pleasanton was home of Fundcraft, a publisher that specialized in printing fundraiser cookbooks for churches, synagogues, and civic associations across the country.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us {{!}} Fundcraft Publishing |url=https://fundcraft.com/fundraising-cookbooks/1-cookbook-book-publishing.asp |access-date=2025-02-13 |website=fundcraft.com}}</ref>  While many of these [[Community cookbook|community cookbooks]] have proven to be [[Ephemerality|ephemeral]], some have made their way into research libraries as evidence of American popular food culture.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Crossnore Presbyterian Church |title=Butter 'n Love Recipes |publisher=Fundcraft |year=1982 |location=Pleasanton, Kansas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Congregation Or Ve Shalom Sisterhood, Atlanta, Georgia |title=The Sephardic Cooks |publisher=Fundcraft |year=1983 |edition=3rd |location=Pleasanton, Kansas}}</ref>