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Mulvane Old Settlers - one of the longest-running community events in Kansas, having started in 1873 (ten years before the town was officially incorporated). Doc Sunback Film Festival - annual film festival held in Mulvane, with a focus on independent films and filmmakers from Kansas. [25] Kansas Star Casino
Old Prairie Town at Ward-Meade Historic Site is a 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) open-air museum, park and historic site located in Topeka, Kansas. [3] Old Prairie Town is a county entity, operated by the Shawnee County, Kansas Parks and Recreation Department with a Recreation Program Supervisor and additional staff plus volunteers.
There are over 1,600 buildings, sites, districts, and objects in Kansas listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas. NRHP listings appear in 101 of the state's 105 counties . Contents: Counties in Kansas (links in italic lead to a new page)
In the western three-fourths of present-day Kansas the Indians were hostile to whites. The Indians in the eastern portion of the territory were usually more receptive to the settlers. Thus virtually all the settlers and forts existed in eastern Kansas. [5] The advent of settlement radically changed the Army's role in Kansas.
If it’s early September, it’s time for the Old Settlers celebration in downtown Olathe. The festival — featuring carnival rides, a parade, entertainment and even a gab fest — starts on ...
Shawnee, Kansas: c. 1854 Residence Home of Gov. Andrew Horatio Reeder [6] First Territorial Capitol of Kansas: Pawnee, Kansas: 1855 Government First territorial capitol of the state; only used for five days Hartford House: Manhattan, Kansas: 1855 Residence Prefabricated house brought from Cincinnati to Kansas Pottawatomie Indian Pay Station: St ...
Politics – In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided. Towns were either pro-slavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, pro-slavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on if it won the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically saw most, if not all, of their ...
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