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  2. Topeka, Kansas - Wikipedia

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    The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage word that means "place where we dig potatoes", [11] or "a good place to dig potatoes". [citation needed] As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose the name in 1855 because it "was novel, of Indian origin, and euphonious ...

  3. Place names considered unusual - Wikipedia

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    In the late 1990s, the town of Granville, North Dakota, agreed to change its name temporarily to McGillicuddy City as part of a promotion for Dr. McGillicuddy's schnapps. [38] In March 2010, Topeka, Kansas, temporarily changed its name to Google, after the technology company, in an attempt to secure the installation of Google Fiber in the city ...

  4. The Topeka Capital-Journal - Wikipedia

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    1879: George W. Reed buys the Blade and changes its name to The Kansas State Journal. 1879: The Topeka Daily Capital is founded by Major J.K. Hudson as an evening paper but changes to morning in 1881. Its press is claimed to be the first electric motor press in the United States [citation needed] 1885: Frank P. MacLennan buys the Journal and ...

  5. List of city nicknames in Kansas - Wikipedia

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    Haysville – Peach Capital of Kansas [4] Jennings – Czech Us Out [12] Kansas City. KCK [13] Heart of America [14] Kirwin – Goose Capital [5] La Crosse – Barbed Wire Capital of the World [15] Lansing – City With a Future [16] Lawrence. River City [17] LFK [18] Lenexa – Spinach Capital [4] Leoti – Pinto Bean Capital [4] Liberal ...

  6. List of counties in Kansas - Wikipedia

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    The first counties were established while Kansas was a Territory from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when Kansas became a state. Many of the counties in the eastern part of the state are named after prominent Americans from the late 18th and early-to-mid-19th centuries, while those in the central and western part of the state are named ...

  7. CoreFirst Bank & Trust - Wikipedia

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    CoreFirst Bank & Trust (formerly Commerce Bank & Trust) is an American community bank headquartered in Topeka, Kansas.Commerce Bank & Trust changed its name to CoreFirst Bank & Trust in order to differentiate itself from other "Commerce Banks", both in Kansas (Commerce Bancshares) and nationwide (such as Commerce Bank & Trust Company). [2]

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