Osage Catholic Mission

Osage Catholic Mission (HMV45)

Location: St Paul, KS 66771 Neosho County
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N 37° 30.864', W 95° 9.813'

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The mission was founded in 1847 for Osage Indians living along the Neosho and Verdigris rivers. A manual labor school for boys was established by the Jesuits and a department for girls by the Sisters of Loretto. Highest recorded enrollment was 239. In 1848 the first Catholic church in southern Kansas was built. During the Civil War when property was laid waste throughout the border, the mission was always spared and school was never suspended. When the Osages moved to Indian territory in 1870, white children gradually replaced the Indians. The school became St. Francis Institution for boys and St. Ann's Academy for girls. St. Francis closed in 1891 and St. Ann's was destroyed by fire in 1895. Notable in service here were Mother Bridget Hayden and Fathers John Schoenmakers, John Bax and Paul Mary Ponziglione, the latter an Italian nobleman. A town, Osage Mission, organized in 1867, became St. Paul in 1895.
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HM NumberHMV45
Series This marker is part of the Kansas: Kansas Historical Society series
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Marker Number51
Placed ByKansas Historical Society and State Highway Commission
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Date Added Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 9:23pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 308788 N 4154137
Decimal Degrees37.51440000, -95.16355000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 37° 30.864', W 95° 9.813'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds37° 30' 51.84" N, 95° 9' 48.78" W
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Area Code(s)620
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 243 100th Rd, St Paul KS 66771, US
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