Retreat Log Cabin at Marshview - 10 Acres at Marshview
In 1999 Jim and Lynn persuaded the owners (and now among their
closest Courtland area friends) to sell them a portion of the
pasture and farmland adjacent to Sportsman Lake salt marsh and the
Jamestown Wildlife Refuge.
The Elliotts, who had been long-time residents of McPherson, a city a hundred miles to the south, have had many detractors and naysayers — even among family and friends. But they continued to hold a resolute vision for this retirement place, a bed-and-breakfast home. This is a home place which they have built in which to retire. To obtain needed funds to develop Marshview, they rented out their McPherson home where they had raised their children, and they gradually liquidated many of their business assets in McPherson County.
Marshview is their labor of love, their new home, and they wish
to share the uniqueness of this place.
Marshview has its own characteristics and attractions — with nearby
deep draws and small hills, magnificent overlooks. But also it is a
place from which to venture out to nearby communities, historic
places. It can be a locus from which to explore!
It is situated in the far southwest corner of Republic County of
Kansas, just north of the county line with Cloud County. Historians
enjoy digging into the past of this area, which figured prominently
in Native American history and the travels and encounters of early
U.S. military Great Plains explorers of the region. The Pawnee
Village restorations north of here are owned and administered by the
Kansas State Historical Society. Today the nearby settlements
established by immigrant pioneers, mostly farmers, are still alive
and active — some more so than others. They appreciate your visits.
Several have unique museums.