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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.

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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

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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.

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April 2011
SCHS Newsletter

On-line only:
FULL COLOR issue

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2012
History Day Camp
4 week-long camps in June!
Details will be posted as they become available.

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Civil War
Shared Stories
MARK YOUR CALENDAR & attend our final reading!

• Feb. 26
  "Quantrill's Raid and Order Number 11"

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2012
Shared Stories

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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.

This 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.

Topeka & Shawnee County, Kansas