The "Delaware Crossing" (or ""Military Crossing""; sometimes ""the Secondine"") was where the old Indian trail met the waters of the Kaw River. "Circa" 1831, Moses Grinter (one of the earliest permanent white settlers in the area) created the Grinter Ferry on the Kansas River here. His house was known as the Grinter Place. The ferry was used by people (such as traders, freighters, and soldiers) traveling between Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott on the military road. Others would cross this area on their way to Santa Fe.