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The History of our Public Schools
Wyandotte County, Kansas
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The Story of Kansas City, Kansas
"Table of Contents"
Nellie
McGuinn was a public school educator in Kansas City, Kansas, who
(in January of 1961) presented this history to USD 500 in answer
to a request from Superintendent of School, Frank L. Schlagle. Her
manuscript takes a look at the settlement and growth of Kansas
City and Wyandotte County, Kansas. We are grateful to Ms.
McGuinn for her contribution to the future . . . "our written
history". (Note: This specific publication would be useful to grades 5-8.)
The picture at the left was taken in Harveysburg, OH in 1915. Nellie McGuinn is on the right, with her aunt, Hannah Gray McGuinn. Nellie McGuinn was born in Kansas in 1894 to Edward and Katherine O'Toole McGuinn. She was a long-time teacher in the KCKs school system. Picture courtesy of Lisa Axt, Centerville, Ohio.
Recommended Reading for Kansas history:
Kansas,
A Land of Contrasts, Robert W. Richmond, 4th Edition,
ISBN 0-88295-949-2
(A copy of this book is located at the KCKs Public Library at 625
Minnesota and is recommended for high school through adults.)
Explorers, Trappers, and Traders
The Conversion/Adopted Members
Prominent
Wyandots
Armstrong / William Walker / The Zanes / Matthew Mudeater
Kansas
Becomes a Territory
Territory, Citizenship, The Catfish Hotel, Treaty of 1855
Bleeding Kansas, Jayhawks and Jayhawking, Underground Railroad
The
New Town
New Town, Town Builds and Grows, New Houses, the Blue Goose Saloon,
City of Wyandotte, A Matter of Spelling
The Lost City (Quindaro)
The
Constitutional Convention
Kansas as a State, John J Ingalls, Mrs. Clarinda Nichols
The
Civil War
The Battle of Westport, The First Colored Regiment, Days of Terror,
The Red Legs
Other Wyandotte Cities, Places and People
Wyandotte Floats / Roads and Bridges / The Coming of the Railroad
Western University University / The John Brown Statue
School for the Blind / The Exodusters / Juniper (News
article on Juniper)
Other Wyandotte Cities, Places and People
Old Kansas City / Armourdale / Riverview and Armstrong / One
City / From Kansas to Manila / Argentine, the Silver City
/ August H. Meyer / Sauer's Castle / Rosedale, City of Roses
/ Dr. Simeon Bell
Huron Place and Huron Cemetery
Huron Cemetery / Attempts to Sell / The Conleys / The Cemetery
in Later Years / Huron Place
Other Wyandotte Cities, Places and People
St. Margaret's, the First Hospital / Carrie Nation / Flood of
1903 / Kansas City University / The Rainbow Division and the
Rosedale Arch / Soldiers and Sailors Memorial / The Ghost at
Big Eleven / Flood of 1951 / Agricultural Hall of Fame / Churches
/ The People of Our City / Strawberry Hill / The Water and
Light Plants / Commission Government / The Million-Dollar Courthouse
Other
Wyandotte Cities, Places and People
The Post Office / Meat Packing / Kansas "Castles" and Flour
Mills / Urban Renewal / Our City, Then and Now
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History Site created on December 02, 2002
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02-Jan-2012
