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Herbert Franklin Sheldon (c. 1831–1917) was an American politician and real estate businessman in Ottawa, Kansas. He served as Ottawa's mayor and was a state senator. [1] Sheldon arrived in Ottawa in 1864. He was elected mayor of Ottawa in 1872. [2] He also served as county clerk and register of deeds. [3] Panoramic map of Ottawa, Kansas from ...
Ottawa was governed by a Mayor-Council system until 1913 when the City became a Commission form of government. In 1970 voters established the City Manager form of government with a five-member Commission that annually selects a Mayor from its ranks. [2] [3] The citizens of Ottawa elect commissioners at-large. Three seats on the Commission are ...
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1860, Ottawa County was established.
Lake Hillier, Western Australia Pink Lake, Victoria, Australia Pink lake in Namibia. A pink lake is a lake that has a red or pink colour. This is often caused by the presence of salt-tolerant algae that produces carotenoids, such as Dunaliella salina, usually in conjunction with specific bacteria and archaea, which may vary from lake to lake.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has designated more than 1,000 statistical areas for the United States and Puerto Rico. [2] These statistical areas are important geographic delineations of population clusters used by the OMB, the United States Census Bureau, planning organizations, and federal, state, and local government entities.
Leavenworth State Fishing Lake: K-16: 1936: 1997 [15] Returned to county ownership K-92: 44.061: 70.909 K-4 near Rock Creek: Route 92 at the Missouri state line at Leavenworth: 1926: current K-93 — — US-81 near Minneapolis: Ottawa State Fishing Lake 1936: 1994 Replaced by K-106 K-94: 10.780: 17.349 Clark County State Lake
Saline County was a prohibition, or "dry", county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986 and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement.
Buildings and structures in Ottawa County, Kansas (1 C, 2 P) G. Geography of Ottawa County, Kansas (3 C) P. People from Ottawa County, Kansas (1 C, 7 P) T.