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Six photographs of the graves of the Rev. Jotham Meeker and his wife, Eleanor D. Meeker. The graves are in the Ottawa Indian Burial Grounds near Ottawa, Kansas. The Rev. J. Meeker was a printer and missionary who established the Ottawa Baptist Mission in 1836/37. He is reputed to have printed the first book in Kansas, a textbook for Indians.
Date: 1952
Item Number: 215402
Call Number: FK2.F3 .61 *6-11
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 215402
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Community services - Cemeteries and funeral services
Date - 1800-1819
Date - 1950s - 1952
Date - 1970s - 1976
Home and Family - Death and funerals
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Meeker, Jotham, 1804-1855
Places - Cities and towns - Ottawa
Places - Counties - Franklin
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Photographs
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