Big Spring, Civil War campsite part of latest donation to land trust

The land is the location of Big Spring, which is the source of Flint Creek. Flint Creek runs through western Benton County and into Oklahoma as part of the Illinois River watershed, yielding approximately 3 million gallons of water per day. The land was also the site of Camp Moonlight, where the 6th Kansas Regiment set camp in March 1863 during the Civil War.