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The Kansas Children's Discovery Center is a nonprofit children's museum for children and families to explore and discover science, art, engineering, and nature together. [1] The Discovery Center is located in Topeka 's treasured Gage Park at 4400 SW 10th Ave Topeka , Kansas .
Topeka was a bastion for the free-state movement during the problems in Kansas Territory between abolitionist and proslavery settlers (the latter of whom controlled the legal government based out of Lecompton). After southern forces barricaded Topeka in 1856, Topeka's leaders took actions to defend the free-state town from invasion.
Universities and colleges in Topeka, Kansas (2 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Topeka, Kansas" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library is a municipal taxing district authorized by Kansas law. It is governed by a board of trustees consisting of ten members. The library offers many services to the public including senior/homebound delivery, work and home delivery, bookmobile services, curbside pickup, public computers, meeting rooms ...
The Topeka Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the United States Census Bureau, is an area consisting of five counties in northeastern Kansas, anchored by the city of Topeka. In total, it has an area of 3,290.15 square miles.
Topeka events are scheduled to celebrate Star Wars Day and Free Comic Book Day, which will both be Saturday.
The Ward-Meade house is considered the first mansion built in Topeka. Construction began in 1870, the same year as the first wing of the Statehouse. Anthony Ward was a wheelwright who held the sand rights on the Kansas River near his house. He sold sand to the builders of Topeka and made wheels for wagons that carried settlers to California.
That site says free K-TAG stickers will be handed out this week in Topeka beginning at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Equity Bank, 701 S. Kansas Ave.; 3 p.m. Tuesday at Equity Bank, 3825 S.W. 29th; 12:30 p.m ...