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Etta Semple. Etta Semple (née Martha Etta Donaldson September 21, 1854 - April 11, 1914) was an American atheist and feminist activist, editor, publisher and community leader in Ottawa, Kansas. She was the president of the Kansas Freethought Association and, in later life, founded a "Natural Cure" sanitorium for 31 patients. [1]
The Tauy Jones House (ca. 1863–1867) was a hotel and home in Ottawa, Kansas. The stone house was built on the site of his earlier homes and trading post, which were burned by pro-slavers Tauy Jones Hall (ca. 1866–1869) at Ottawa University in Kansas. John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones (1800-1873, Chippewa) was a leading businessman and Baptist ...
Ottawa, Kansas. Ottawa (pronounced / ˈɒtəwɑː /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Franklin County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located on both banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 12,625. [5][6] It is the home of Ottawa University.
March 17, 1972. The Franklin County Courthouse, located in Courthouse Square on Main Street in Ottawa, is the seat of government of Franklin County, Kansas. The courthouse was built in 1892. Although Ottawa had been the county seat since 1864, it lacked a permanent courthouse prior to then.
1941-1945. Battles/wars. World War II. Vernon "Vern" Chesbro (1925 - 2010) was an American politician from Kansas who was an active member of the State's local Republican Party. Running for the State Senate and being elected as the state's party chairman from 1985 to 1987. He was the leader of the state's moderate wing and support bi-partisan ...
Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (1977) Richard Peters (April 7, 1920 – May 26, 1973) was an American football player and coach He was the 16th head football coach Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, serving for two stints, from 1949 to 1952 and from 1957 to 1971, compiling a record 129–42–3 (.741). His teams with eight Kansas Collegiate ...
8–1 (junior college football) Paul J. Andree (January 2, 1924 – November 2, 2014) [2] was an American football and track coach and college athletics administrator. He was the 17th head coach at Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, serving from 1953 to 1955, and compiling a record at Ottawa of 12–14–1. [3] [4] Andree also coached track ...
The Ottawa Herald was not the first daily newspaper to be published in Ottawa, Kansas. That honor belongs to The Republican, which was created in 1879, which competed with The Herald until Ralph A. Harris bought and consolidated The Republican into The Herald in 1915.