Elvira and Kate Bender also planted a 2-acre (0.81 ha) vegetable garden and apple orchard north of the cabin. The front section also contained the kitchen and dining table, where travelers could stop for a meal or even spend the night. The Benders used the smaller room at the rear for living quarters, while the front room was converted into a " general store" where a few dry goods were sold. After a cabin, a barn with a corral, and a well were built, in the fall of 1871, Elvira Bender and daughter Kate arrived, and the cabin was divided into two rooms by a canvas wagon-cover. and John Bender Jr., who registered 160 acres (65 ha) of land located adjacent to the Great Osage Trail, which was then the only open road for traveling farther west. In October 1870, five families of spiritualists homesteaded in and around the township of Osage in northwestern Labette County, approximately 7 mi (11 km) northeast of where Cherryvale was established seven months later. 10 Connection to Little House on the Prairie.
Much folklore and legend surrounds the Benders, making it difficult to separate fact from fiction. The fate of the family remains unknown, with theories ranging from a lynching of the family to a successful escape. While there is no definitive number, estimates report that the Benders killed at least a dozen travelers before their crimes were discovered.
and Kate were siblings, contemporary newspapers reported that several of the Benders' neighbors had stated that they claimed to be married, possibly in a common law marriage. While popular retelling of the story holds that John Jr. The family consisted of John Bender, his wife Elvira and their son John Jr. The Bender family, more well known as the Bloody Benders, were a family of serial killers who lived and operated in Labette County, Kansas, United States, from May 1871 to December 1872.
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