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These annals are a compilation of events concerning the Shawnee Methodist Mission year by year. The information was culled from a variety of sources. Most entries include a citation to the source. Thomas Johnson established the mission in 1830 near Turner in present Wyandotte County, Kansas. He also founded the Indian Manual Labor School, which operated in conjunction with the mission. It was moved to the Johnson County area in 1839 and the school operated until 1862. The Santa Fe and Oregon trails passed near the Johnson County location so travelers frequently stopped at the mission. The site housed the executive offices of the first territorial governor and the first territorial legislature met there. In addition to the Methodist mission, the Baptist and Quaker churches also operated missions for the Shawnee. These annals are the complete manuscript from which a condensed version was published by the Kansas State Historical Society in 1939.
Creator: Caldwell, Martha B. (Martha Belle)
Date: 1939
Item Number: 212520
Call Number: History Indians, Box 4, Shawnee
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212520
Collections - Manuscript - History
Date - 1930s - 1939
Education - Primary
Education - Secondary
Government and Politics - Territorial Government
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
People - American Indians - Indian removal
People - American Indians - Missions - Shawnee Methodist Mission
People - Notable Kansans - Johnson, Thomas, 1802-1865
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Historic sites - Shawnee Indian Mission
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Indian Territory, 1820 - 1854
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
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