Descendant of a town founder
Owner Kathy Paslay is a descendant of Albert G. Boone, one of the founders of Lecompton in 1854. In fact, Boone Street in Lecompton is named for him.
Albert G. Boone was not only a frontiersman, but also a shop-keeper in Westport, Missouri in the late 1850s. He provided goods for pioneers to outfit their wagon trains. Amazingly, over 150 years later, his descendant, Kathy Paslay, is a shop-keeper in a town that he founded!
The name “Bald Eagle”
When Albert G. Boone and another fellow, Dr. Aristides Roderique, chose the site for what eventually became the town of Lecompton, they noticed a bald eagle fly overhead. At the suggestion of Dr. Roderique, they named the town “Bald Eagle.” It went by that name for a short time before the name “Lecompton” was chosen, in honor of the chief justice of the territorial supreme court, Samuel D. Lecompte. Bald eagles can still be seen flying over Lecompton!
