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1811 KANSAS
1911
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Updated
August 13, 2008
- 225 TOPICS |
1811 |
50 YEARS
BEFORE KANSAS' RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION |
1812 |
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December 7,
Kansas became part of Missouri Territory.
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1821 |
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Great Bend,
in Barton County, Kansas, became a stopping point for
the Santa Fe Trail.
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August 10,
Kansas became an Unorganized Territory.
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1825 |
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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.
|
1839 |
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Fairway settled
in Johnson County, Kansas.
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The Indian
Manual Labor School moved to Fairway in Johnson County,
Kansas.
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The Shawnee
Methodist Mission moved to Fairway in Johnson County,
Kansas.
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1842 |
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Fox, a Algonkian-speaking
Native American tribe, moved from Illinois and Iowa
into Kansas.
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Military outpost
Fort Scott built on the Marmaton River in Bourbon County,
Kansas.
|
1847 |
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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 |
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The Kaw Methodist Mission, a school for Native Americans,
built in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas. |
1854 |
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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).
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1858 |
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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).
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| 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). |
| 1862 |
Civil War period
- Greenwood County established
in Kansas, seat Eureka.
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| 1863 |
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. |
| 1864 |
Civil War period
- Fort Dodge established on the
Arkansas River in Ford County, Kansas.
- Neosho County established in
Kansas, seat Erie.
|
| 1865 |
- Wilson County
established in Kansas, seat Fredonia.
- January 9, Samuel
Johnson Crawford, elected governor of Kansas (1865-November
4, 1868).
MAY - ENDING OF THE CIVIL WAR
- Allen County
in Kansas, county seat Humboldt moved to Iola.
|
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).
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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
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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.
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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 |
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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).
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1878 |
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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).
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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 |
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Rawlins County established in Kansas, seat Atwood. |
1882 |
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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).
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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 |
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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.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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January 9, William Eugene Stanley elected governor of Kansas
(1899-January 12, 1903). |
1900 |
- Kansas
population, 1,470,495 residents. |
1901 |
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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 |
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January 9, Edward Wallis Hoch elected governor of Kansas
(1905-January 11, 1909). |
1907 |
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Franklin,
established in Crawford County, Kansas. Attractions
& Recreation : The Franklin Sidewalk |
1909 |
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January 11, Walter Roscoe Stubbs elected governor of Kansas
(1909-January 13, 1913). |
1910 |
- Kansas
population, 1,690,949 residents. |
1911 |
50 YEARS
AFTER KANSAS' RATIFICATION OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION |
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1811-1911
ALLEN COUNTY Timeline
4 Topics
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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. |
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- 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.
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Allen County in Kansas, county seat
Humboldt moved to Iola. |
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1811-1911
MORRIS COUNTY Timeline
6 Topics
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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. |
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Hays Tavern established, on the Santa Fe Trail, in Council
Grove, Morris County, Kansas. |
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The Pioneer Jail established, on the Santa Fe Trail, in
Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas. |
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The Kaw Methodist Mission, a school for Native Americans,
built in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas. |
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Council Grove incorporated, seat of Morris County, Kansas.
Coordinates 38°40'N-96°29'W. Attractions
& Recreation : Custer's Elm, The Council
Grove Reservoir. |
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Railroad arrived in Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas. |
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