Shawnee Indian Cemetery 10905 59th Terrace Shawnee, Shawnee Twp, Johnson, KS Latitude, Longitude:   Map 39° 01' 16" N, 94° 42' 54" W 39.021000, -94.715000 Driving Directions: From Kansas City MO, take I-35 S to Shawnee Mission Parkway. Take Shawnee Mission Parkway west to Nieman Rd. Turn north on Nieman Rd to 59th Terrace. There is a Kansas Historical Marker sign just before 59th Terrace on Nieman Rd. Turn right and continue 2 blocks. Street dead-ends at the cemetery. About this Cemetery: The cemetery land is believed to be owned by the Kansas State Historical Society. A plaque was added to the cemetery that states 'In Memory of our Pioneers by the Shawnee Mission Indian Historical Society 1934.' Many pieces of head and foot stones are set into a concrete slab near this marker. According to research provided by Gail Chamberlin,'Approximately 14 pieces of headstones are embedded in a concrete slab. They are (supposedly) from the Shawnee Quaker Mission Cemetery which was located about 1 1/2 miles to the east on 61st & Hadley (near the current day DAR marker.) The headstones (no bodies) were moved because they were disappearing.' Cemetery Contact: Kansas State Historical Society 6425 SW Sixth Avenue Topeka, KS 66615 785.272.8682 http://www.kshs.org/ Transcription by Maureen Reed, 29 Jul 2005 Original transcription earlier. Visited for updated conditions and photos in 2005.