1811 KANSAS 1911

50 YEARS BEFORE KANSAS' RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

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1847

- Hays Tavern established, on the Santa Fe Trail, in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas.

1849

- John Baxter established a trading post on the site what should become Baxter Springs in Cherokee County, Kansas.

- The Pioneer Jail established, on the Santa Fe Trail, in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas.

1851

- The Kaw Methodist Mission, a school for Native Americans, built in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas.

1854

- Atchison founded by a group of proslavery setllers, seat of Atchison County in Kansas. Coordinates 39°34'N-95°07'W.

- May, first European-American settlement in what later became Greeley in Anderson County, Kansas.

- May 30, Kansas became a Territory.

- June 29, Andrew Horatio Reeder, appointed governor of Kansas (1854-August 1855).

1855

- Atchison County established in Kansas, seat Atchison.

- Bourbon County established in Kansas, seat Fort Scott.

- Brown County established in Kansas, seat Hiawatha.

- Butler County established in Kansas, seat El Dorado.

- Doniphan County established in Kansas, seat Troy.

- Douglas County established in Kansas, seat Lawrence.

- Military garrison left Fort Scott in Bourbon County, Kansas.

- Geary County established in Kansas, seat Junction City.

- Jefferson County established in Kansas, seat Oskaloosa.

- Johnson County established in Kansas, seat Olathe.

- Leavenworth County established in Kansas, seat Leavenworth.

- Linn County established in Kansas, seat Mound City.

- Marion County established in Kansas, seat Marion.

- Marshall County established in Kansas, seat Marysville.

- Nemaha County established in Kansas, seat Seneca.

- Riley County established in Kansas, seat Manhattan.

- Shawnee County established in Kansas, seat Topeka.

- Woodson County established in Kansas, seat Yates Center.

- August 16, Daniel Woodson appointed acting governor of Kansas (1855-September 7, 1855).

- August 25, Allen County established in Kansas, named for William Allen, Senator and Governor of Ohio. County seat Cofachique (present Iola). Cities & Townships : Carlyle, Cottage Grove, Deer Creek, Elm, Elsmore, Geneva, Humboldt, Iola, La Harpe, Logan, Marmaton, Osage, Salem.

- August 25, Anderson County established in Kansas, county seat Garnett.

- September 7, Wilson Shannon appointed governor of Kansas (1855-August 18, 1856).

1856

- The Battle of Black Jack, recorded as the first skirmish between anti and pro-slavery forces, took place in Baldwin City, Kansas.

- Miami County established in Kansas, seat Paola.

- Pottawatomie County established in Kansas, seat Westmoreland.

- January 7, Anderson County organized in Kansas.

- March, Charles L. Robinson appointed governor of Kansas (May 10, 1856).

- May, Kansas City laid out on Iantha Creek, first town in Anderson County, Kansas. Town name changed to Iantha.

- May 7, Allen County organized in Kansas.

- August 18, Daniel Woodson appointed second-term acting governor of Kansas (1856-September 9, 1856).

- September 9, John White Geary appointed governor of Kansas (1856-March 12, 1857).

1857

- Dickinson County founded in Kansas, county seat Abilene. Named after New York State Senator Daniel S. Dickinson. Area 852 sq.mi.(329 km²).

- Emporia established, seat of Lyon County, Kansas. Coordinates 38°24'N-96°11'W.

- Franklin County established in Kansas, seat Ottawa.

- Jackson County established in Kansas, seat Holton.

- March 12, Daniel Woodson appointed third-term acting governor of Kansas (1857-April 16, 1857).

- April 16, Frederick Perry Stanton appointed acting governor of Kansas (1857-May 27, 1857).

- May 27, Robert James Walker appointed governor of Kansas (1857-November 16, 1857).

- November 16, Frederick Perry Stanton appointed second-term acting governor of Kansas (1857-December 21, 1857).

- December 21, James William Denver appointed acting governor and governor of Kansas (1857-October 10, 1858).

1858

- Allen County in Kansas, county seat Cofachique moved to Humboldt.

- Atchison incorporated in Atchison County, Maine.

- Council Grove incorporated, seat of Morris County, Kansas. Coordinates 38°40'N-96°29'W. Attractions & Recreation : Custer's Elm, The Council Grove Reservoir.

- St. Benedict's College for men, established in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas.

- Lyon County established in Kansas, seat Emporia.

- Morris County established in Kansas, seat Council Grove.

- October 10, Hugh Sleight Walsh appointed acting governor of Kansas (1858-December 18, 1858).

- December 18, Samuel Medary appointed governor of Kansas (1858-December 17, 1860).

1859

- Coffey County established in Kansas, seat Burlington.

- Osage County established in Kansas, seat Lyndon.

- Saline County established in Kansas, seat Salina.

- Wabaunsee County established in Kansas, seat Alma.

- Wyandotte County established in Kansas, seat Kansas City.

- February 11, Chase County, established in Kansas, seat Cottonwood Falls. Created out of Butler and Wise counties. Named for Salmon P. Chase, Ohio Governor, U.S. Senator, Secretary of the Treasury, and U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice. Area 776 sq.mi. (2.010km²).

- March 15, Chase County in Kansas, organized.

1860

- Kansas population, 107,206 residents.

- Fort Scott, incorporated in Bourbon County, Kansas. Coordinates 37°50'N-94°42'W.

- Washington County established in Kansas, seat Washington.

- January 25, Charles Curtis, born in North Topeka in Kansas. Vice-president of the United States (1929-1933).

- December 17, George Monroe Beebe appointed acting governor of Kansas (1860-February 9, 1861).

January 29, Kansas KS, 34th state admitted to the Union

Kansas Today : nickname 'Heart Of America's West', capital Topeka, area 82,282 sq.mi.(213.110km²). Counties 105 : Allen, Andersen, Atchison, Barber Barton, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley, Crawford, Decatur, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Edwards, Ellis, Elk, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford, Franklin, Geary, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Greenwood, Hamilton, Harper, Harvey, Haskell, Hodgeman, Jackson, Jefferson, Jewell, Johnson, Kearny, Kingman, Kiowa, Labette, Lane, Leavenworth, Lincoln, Linn, Logan, Lyon, McPherson, Marion, Marshall, Meade, Miami, Mitchell, Montgomery, Morris, Morton, Nemaha, Neosho, Ness, Norton, Osage, Osborn, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Pottawatomie, Pratt, Rawlins, Reno, Republic, Rice, Riley, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, Scott, Sedgwick, Seward, Shawnee, Sheridan, Sherman, Smith, Stafford, Stanton, Stevens, Sumner, Thomas, Trego, Wabaunsee, Wallace, Washington, Wichita, Wilson, Woodson, Wyandotte. Attractions & Recreation : Brown V Board of Education National Historic Site, Cedar Bluff Reservoir, Cheney Reservoir, Clinton Lake, Council Grove, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library & Museum, El Dorado Lake, Elk City Lake, Fall River Lake, Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge, Fort Larned National Historic Site,

- February 9, Charles Lawrence Robinson, elected first governor of Kansas (1861-January 1863).

APRIL - BEGINNING OF THE CIVIL WAR

- December 14, Albert E. Mead, born in Manhattan, Kansas. Governor of Washington state (1905-1909).

Civil War period

- Greenwood County established in Kansas, seat Eureka.

Civil War period

- Kansas State Teachers College established in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas.

- Mount St. Scholastica College for women, established in Atchison, Atchison County, Kansas.

- January 12, Thomas Carney, sworn in as governor of Kansas (1863-January 9, 1865).

- October 6, Confederates under William Clark Quantrill, attacked and killed Federal troops, under General James G. Blunt, at Fort Blair near Baxter Springs in Cherokee County, Kansas.

Civil War period

- Fort Dodge established on the Arkansas River in Ford County, Kansas.

- Neosho County established in Kansas, seat Erie.

1866

- Cherokee County established in Kansas, seat Columbus.

- Clay County established in Kansas, seat Clay Center.

- Cloud County established in Kansas, seat Concordia.

- Ottawa County established in Kansas, seat Minneapolis

1867

- The Chisholm Trail probably named for trader Jesse Chisholm, a cattle-shipping depot established by Joseph G. McCoy on the Kansas Pacific Railroad in Abilene, Kansas.

- Crawford County established in Kansas, seat Girard.

- Ellis County established in Kansas, seat Hays.

- Ellsworth County established in Kansas, seat Ellsworth.

- Labette County established in Kansas, seat Oswego.

1868

- Augusta settled on the Walnut River in Butler County, Kansas. Coordinates 37°41'N-81°57'W. Attractions & Recreation : Augusta Historical Museum.

- Baxter Springs, incorporated in Cherokee County, Kansas.

- Republic County established in Kansas, seat Belleville.

- November 4, Nehemia Green, elected fourth governor of Kansas (1868-January 1869).

1869

- Coffeyville founded in Montgomery County, Kansas. Named after pioneer settler James A. Coffey. Coordinates 37°02'N-95°37'W. Attractions & Recreation : Dalton Museum

- Enterprise founded on the Smoky Hill River in Dickison County, Kansas.

- Railroad arrived in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas.

- Montgomery County established in Kansas, seat Independence.

- January 11, James Madison Harvey, sworn in as governor of Kansas (1869-January 13, 1873).

1870

- Kansas population, 364,399 residents.

- Chanute settled on the Neosho River in Neosho County, Kansas. Named after French born aviation pioneer Octave Chanute. Coordinates 37°41'N-95°27'W. Attractions & Recreation : Safari Museum

- Concordia, settled in Cloud County, Kansas. Coordinates 39°34'N-97°39'W.

- Cowley County established in Kansas, seat Winfield.

- El Dorado incorporated in Butler County, Kansas. Coordinates 37°49'N-96°52'W. Attractions & Recreation : Bluestem Lake, El Dorado Lake

- Emporia incorporated in Lyon County, Kansas.

- Jewell County established in Kansas, seat Mankato.

- Lincoln County established in Kansas, seat Lincoln.

- McPherson County established in Kansas, seat McPherson.

- Mitchell County established in Kansas, seat Beloit.

- Sedgwick County established in Kansas, seat Wichita.

1871

- Augusta incorporated in Butler County, Kansas.

- Great Bend founded, seat of Barton County in Kansas. Coordinates 38°22'N-98°46'W.

- Osborne County established in Kansas, seat Osborne.

- Rice County established in Kansas, seat Lyons.

- Sumner County established in Kansas, seat Wellington.

1872

- Barton County established in Kansas, seat Great Bend.

- Coffeyville incorporated in Montgomery County, Kansas.

- Concordia incorporated, seat of Cloud County in Kansas.

- Dodge City, settled in Ford County, Kansas. Coordinates 37°45'N-100°01'W. Attractions & Recreation : Beeson Museum, Front Street

- Great Bend, incorporated in Barton County, Kansas.

- Harvey County established in Kansas, seat Newton.

- Norton County established in Kansas, seat Norton.

- Pawnee County established in Kansas, seat Larned.

- Phillips County established in Kansas, seat Phillipsburg.

- Reno County established in Kansas, seat Hutchinson.

- Rooks County established in Kansas, seat Stockton.

- Russell County established in Kansas, seat Russell.

- Santa Fe Railway reachecd Great Bend in Barton County, Kansas.

- Smith County established in Kansas, seat Smith Center.

1873

- Barber County established in Kansas, saet Medicine Lodge.

- Chanute incorporated, in Neosho County, Kansas.

- Enterprise city, first newspaper launched, Dickinson County, Kansas.

- Ford County established in Kansas, seat Dodge City.

- Harper County established in Kansas, seat Anthony.

- Kingman County established in Kansas, seat Kingman.

- January 13, Thomas Andrew Osborn elected governor of Kansas (1873-January 8, 1877).

1874

- Edwards County established in Kansas, seat Kinsley.

- Rush County established in Kansas, seat La Crosse.

1875

- Chautauqua County established in Kansas, seat Sedan.

- Dodge City incorporated in Ford County, Illinois.

- Elk County established in Kansas, seat Howard.

- April 2, Walter Percy Chrysler, born in Wamego, Kansas. Founder of the Chrysler Corporation.

1876

- Derby (first El Paso) settled on the Arkansas River in Sedgwick County, Kansas. Coordinates 37°33'N-97°16'W.

1877

- Arlington, founded in Reno County, Kansas. Coordinates 37°53'N-98°10'W.

- January 8, George Tobey Anthony elected governor of Kansas (1877-January 13, 1879).

1878

- Anthony established in Harper County, Kansas.

- The City of Enterprise platted and organized, Dickinson County, Kansas.

1879

- Hodgeman County established in Kansas, seat Jetlmore.

- Pratt County established in Kansas, seat Pratt.

- Stafford County established in Kansas, seat Saint John.

- Trego County established in Kansas, seat WaKeeney.

- January 13, John Pierce St. John elected governor of Kansas (1879-January 8, 1883).

1880

- Kansas population, 996,096 residents.

- Decatur County established in Kansas, seat Oberlin.

- Graham County established in Kansas, seat Hill City.

- Ness County established in Kansas, seat Ness City.

- Sheridan County established in Kansas, seat Hoxie.

1881

- Rawlins County established in Kansas, seat Atwood.

1882

- College of Emporia established in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas.

1883

- Railroad arrived in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas.

- January 8, George Washington Glick elected governor of Kansas (1883-January 12, 1885).

1884

- Finney County established in Kansas, seat Garden City.

- Santa Fe depot built in Alden, Rice County, Kansas.

1885

- Clark County established in Kansas, seat Ashland.

- Comanche County established in Kansas, seat Coldwater.

- Meade County established in Kansas, seat Meade.

- Thomas County established in Kansas, seat Colby.

- January 12, John Alexander Martin elected governor of Kansas (1885-January 14, 1889).

1886

- Cheyenne County established in Kansas, seat Saint Francis.

- Gove County established in Kansas, seat Gove.

- Hamilton County established in Kansas, seat Syracuse.

- Kiowa County established in Kansas, seat Greensburg.

- Lane County established in Kansas, seat Dighton.

- Morton County established in Kansas, seat Elkhart.

- Scott County established in Kansas, seat Scott City.

- Seward County established in Kansas, seat Liberal.

- Sherman County established in Kansas, seat Goodland.

- Stevens County established in Kansas, seat Hugoton.

- Wichita County established in Kansas, seat Leoti.

1887

- Gray County established in Kansas, seat Cimarron.

- Haskell County established in Kansas, seat Sublette.

- Stanton County established in Kansas, seat Johnson City.

- Herington founded in Dickinson County, Kansas. Named after his founder Monroe Davis Herington.

- January 16, Leason Heberling Adams born in Cherryvale, Kansas. Geophysicist and geochemist.

1888

- Grant County established in Kansas, seat Ulysses.

- Greeley County established in Kansas, seat Tribune.

- Kearny County established in Kansas, seat Lakin

- Logan County established in Kansas, seat Oakley.

- Wallace County established in Kansas, seat Sharon Springs.

- July 28, Thomas Carney, died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas. Governor of Kansas (1863-1865).

1889

- January 14, Lyman Underwood Humphrey elected governor of Kansas ((1889-January 3, 1893).

1890

- Kansas population, 1,428,108 residents.

- January 12, Nehemiah Green, died and buried in Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. Governor of Kansas (1868-1869).

- January 28, Prudence Crandall, died in Elk Falls, Kansas. Schoolteacher who attempted to educate Negro girls in a Connecticut school.

1891

- May 20, Earl Russell Browder, born in Wichita, Kansas. U.S. Communist Party leader.

- September 18, Pennsylvania born William Ferrel, died in Maywood, Kansas. Meteorologist, researcher.

1892

- Natural gas discovered near Coffeyville in Montgomery County, Kansas.

- October, four desperadoes of the famous Dalton family lost their lives during a gunfight in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kansas.

1893

- January 9, Lorenzo Dow Lewelling elected governor of Kansas (1893-January 14, 1895).

1894

- April 15, James Madison Harvey, died and buried in Junction City, Kansas. Governor of Kansas (1869-1879).

- August 17, Charles Lawrence Robinson, died in Lawrence, Kansas. First governor Kansas (1861-1863).

1895

- Edmund Needham Morrill elected governor of Kansas (1895-January 11, 1897).

- Allen White bought 'The Emporia Gazette' the local newspaper from Emporia in Lyon County, Kansas.

1897

- January 11, John Weedham Leedy elected governor of Kansas (1897-January 9, 1899).

- July 24, aviatrix Amelia Earhart, born in Atchison, Kansas.

- November 14, John S. Curry, born near Dunavant in Kansas. Illustrator and painter.

1898

- July 24, Amelia Earhart, born in Atchison, Kansas. Aviator, first women to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean, disappeared in the South Pacific Ocean.

1899

- January 9, William Eugene Stanley elected governor of Kansas (1899-January 12, 1903).

1900

- Kansas population, 1,470,495 residents.

1901

- November 8, Mary Ann Bickerdyke, died in Bunker Hill, Kansas. Chief of nursing and welfare services for armies during the Civil War.

1903

- January 12, Willis Joshua Bailey elected governor of Kansas (1903-January 9, 1905).

- August 3, the city of Bassett incorporated in Allen County, Kansas.

1905

- January 9, Edward Wallis Hoch elected governor of Kansas (1905-January 11, 1909).

1907

- Franklin, established in Crawford County, Kansas. Attractions & Recreation : The Franklin Sidewalk

1909

- January 11, Walter Roscoe Stubbs elected governor of Kansas (1909-January 13, 1913).

1910

- Kansas population, 1,690,949 residents.

50 YEARS AFTER KANSAS' RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION

- August 25, Allen County established in Kansas, named for William Allen, Senator and Governor of Ohio. County seat Cofachique. Cities & Townships : Carlyle, Cottage Grove, Deer Creek, Elm, Elsmore, Geneva, Humboldt, Iola, La Harpe, Logan, Marmaton, Osage, Salem.

- The Battle of Black Jack, recorded as the first skirmish between anti and pro-slavery forces, took place in Baldwin City, Kansas.

- May 7, Allen County organized in Kansas.

- Allen County in Kansas, county seat Humboldt moved to Iola.

- Treaty concluded in Council Grove, Morriris County, Kansas,, between federal government and the Osage Native Americans, to permit the survey of the Santa Fe Trail.

- Hays Tavern established, on the Santa Fe Trail, in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas.

- The Pioneer Jail established, on the Santa Fe Trail, in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas.