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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"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

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Shawnee County Historical Society, Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas
About the Society  
Focus on History
Focus on Preservation
Educational Initiative

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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