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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWTD_sioux-quartzite-boulder_Topeka-KS.html
This large boulder was carried to Kansas by a glacier several thousand feet thick about 700,000 years ago during the Pleistocene (Ice) Age. The boulder was plucked from a bedrock source, the nearest located in southeastern South Dakota or northwes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWT9_mission-kitchen-garden_Topeka-KS.html
In the 1850s most Americans were farmers. They relied heavily on kitchen gardens to feed their families. These plots contained herbs and vegetables used for food, medicine, and dying cloth. Yarrow was used to treat colds and oregano to season meal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWT7_potawatomie-baptist-manual-labor-training-school_Topeka-KS.html
Student farm labor was intended to make this boarding school self-supporting. The building, completed in the spring of 1850, housed approximately ninety Indian children. Eleven years later, the school was closed due to funding failures and the Civ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWT4_trails-across-kansas_Topeka-KS.html
Kansas is a land of trails. Even before Kansas became a state in 1861, many people and animals traveled through the area. It is the north-south route for migratory birds. Elk and bison cut paths looking for rivers and other water sources. Native A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWOS_mariachi-divina_Topeka-KS.html
In 1977, seven women from Kansas banded together to share with America, the traditions, culture and music of Mexico - and Mariachi Estrella de Topeka was born. Originally a choir of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, the group rose to become regional p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWO2_shawnee-county-world-war-memorial_Topeka-KS.html
Dedicated to those fromShawnee Countywho served their country inthe World War, and to thememory of these who "Gave thelast full measure of devotion"
[Roll of Honored Dead]
November 11, 1923
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWO1_kansas-army-and-air-national-guard_Topeka-KS.html
Just as the Minute Men of Concord were America's first defenders of freedom, the Kansas Army and Air National Guard team always stands ready to protect us during natural disasters or when foreign aggression threatens America. Their contribution to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWNV_topeka-chapter-the-military-order-of-the-world-wars_Topeka-KS.html
Is hereby organized and instituted as a chapter of the Order to be known as the Topeka Chapter of the Military Order of the World War. Chartered this 30th day of August in the Year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-Three
"S" adde…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWNS_v-f-w-lawn_Topeka-KS.html
Dedicated toPhillip Billard Post No. 1650in memory of our Comradeswho made the supreme sacrificeduring the World War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVWK_crawford-capper-burial-site_Topeka-KS.html
Samuel Crawford, publisher, attorney,farmer, and financial agent, servedas Third Governor of Kansas, 1856-1868,and as head of the 19th Kansas VolunteerCavalry, 1868-1869. His wife, Isabel,the daughter of Enoch Chase, a founderof Topeka, at age 18 …