St. Marys

St. Marys (HMN9D)

Location: St Marys, KS 66536 Pottawatomie County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 11.4', W 96° 3.617'

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This city and college take their name from St. Mary's Catholic Mission founded here by the Jesuits in 1848 for the Pottawatomie Indians. These missionaries, who had lived with the tribe in eastern Kansas from 1838, accompanied the removal to this area. A manual labor school was operated at the mission until 1871. From it developed St. Mary's College, chartered in 1869. In 1931 the college became a Jesuit seminary. A boulder on the campus marks the site of the first cathedral between the Missouri river and the Rocky Mountains. Built of logs in 1849, it became the See of Bishop Miege "Bishop of the Indians." Vice President Charles Curtis, part Kaw Indian, was baptized in this parish on April 15, 1860.

The mission was an important stopping point on the Oregon trail. Here also was the U.S. Pottawatomie agency. This building still stands 600 feet northwest of this marker.
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HM NumberHMN9D
Series This marker is part of the Kansas: Kansas Historical Society series, and the Potawatomi - Trail of Death series.
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Marker Number18
Placed ByKansas Historical Society and State Highway Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 6th, 2014 at 11:04pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14S E 753895 N 4341979
Decimal Degrees39.19000000, -96.06028333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 11.4', W 96° 3.617'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 11' 24.00" N, 96° 3' 37.02" W
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Area Code(s)785
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 305 E Bertrand St, St Marys KS 66536, US
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