SCHS 2012 Preservation Awards announced—
Sage Inn, Dover
capitol construction
old Topeka Library, capitol grounds
lily pad, Reinich Rose Garden, Gage Park
Governor Arthur Capper
Chief Abraham Burnett
sculpture, Kansas Museum of History

in-quote [graphic]A lot of people grew up
here and are interested in what
went on in the past. The past should be made interesting. There's still plenty of material that hasn't yet been written.out-quote [graphic]
—John W. Ripley

2011 SCHS Bulletin

The 2011 SCHS Bulletin #85 is The Capital's Storied Capitols, 1856-1886. Editors were Douglass W. Wallace, Jeanne Christie Mithen, and Chris Meinhardt. Copies are $29.99 at the Kansas Museum of History Gift Shop or -- soon -- available to purchase here online. 1/19/2012

   

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Civil War Sesquicentennial
1861-1864 | 2011-2014
A Civil War Timeline —NYTimes

"Making Sense of the Civil War," Mar.-May, 2012
Kansas City Public Library, Main Branch, 4108 Main St.
Schedule is available on the KCPL web site.

April 2011 SCHS newsletter in full color

April 2012New
SCHS Newsletter

On-line only:
FULL COLOR issue

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Blue Skyways, Kansas State Library

 

Freedom Seekers
Stories from the Underground Railroad

2012 Shared Stories

 


Shawnee County Historical Society, Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas
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Washburn University Treasure Hunt
April 16-June 16


History Camp for Kids, Super Saturdays!
6 Saturday Sessions Available, 9:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
June 9 - "My Kansas Home" - A Field Study of Topeka's Pioneer Dwellings
June 16 - "Farm Busters" - A Field Study of Early Farming Tools
June 23 - "If Walls Could Talk" A Field Study of the John and Mary Jane Ritchie Home
July 14 - "Dear Diary…" - A Field Study of Samuel Reader's Diary
July 21 - "Making Time for Fun" - A Field Study of Celebrations and Pioneer Toys
July 28 - "Right Under Their Noses!" - Secrets of the Underground Railroad in Topeka

Mail-in registration form-- Copy from here, mail with payment to:
PO Box 2201 Topeka, KS 66601 — or register @ (785) 234-6097
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Topeka and Shawnee
County, Kansas, possess a
fascinating history. It's a story of building a town amid territorial strife...laying out a railroad empire to the American Southwest...fighting the elements of drought and grasshoppers to keep the family homestead...of good times under the Big Tent and the no-so-good times of local boy Bennie Dickson as Public Enemy No. 1.

water fountain, now in Holliday ParkThis is your story, whether you are a native or a newcomer or once lived in this area of Northeast Kansas. Join the Society and share with others who enjoy learning how our community came to be what
it is today.

 

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