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Ottawa straddles the Marais des Cygnes River and is located 58 miles (93 km) southwest of Kansas City at the junction of U.S. Route 59 and K-68. U.S. Route 50 and Interstate 35 bypass Ottawa to the south and east, while business US-50 passes through the city.
February 23, 1972 (Ottawa City Park: Ottawa: In 1857 a German immigrant settled three miles south and two and one-fourth miles west of the present town of Princeton; in 1859, he built this cabin on a hill overlooking the Humboldt trail to replace the original cabin which was destroyed in a prairie fire.
The Tauy Jones House in Ottawa, Kansas is a historic building that was the home of John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones, who was of half Chippewa heritage and served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie, a leader and minister for the Ottawa tribe, a friend of John Brown, and a co-founder of Ottawa University.
These tribes included: Ottawa, Chippewa, Sac and Fox, Peoria, and Potawatomi. [3] [4] In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized under the provisions of the Kansas-Nebraska Act. In 1855, Franklin County was established as one of the 33 original Kansas Territory counties created by the first Territorial Legislature of 1855. [5]
At that time K-33 was also truncated to end at K-68 east of Ottawa. Sometime between April 1933 and April 1936 US-73W was renumbered to US-59 and US-73E was renumbered to US-69. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] In a May 26, 1937 resolution K-68 was extended further east from US-69 to the Missouri border, which was first approved in a March 29, 1937 meeting. [ 12 ]
Interactive map showing the location of Franklin County Courthouse. Location: Main St., Ottawa, Kansas: Coordinates Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built: 1892–93 ...
Here are the remaining McDonald’s locations in Wichita, according to Google Maps: 11989 E. Kellogg, Wichita, KS 67207. 1645 S. Webb Road, Wichita, KS 67207. 1219 S. Rock Road, Wichita, KS 67207 ...
Ottawa Township covers an area of 43.04 square miles (111.5 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Ottawa (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Highland, Hope, Indian, Mount Calvary and Mount Evergreen.