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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDRZ_shawnee-friends-mission_Merriam-KS.html
In 1825 the Federal government began moving Eastern Indians to new lands west of the Mississippi. This sign is on a 2,500 square mile tract assigned to the Shawnees.
With this tribe came Methodist, Baptist and Quaker missionaries. One mile east…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDKP_esther-e-brown_Merriam-KS.html
Esther E. Brown organized citizen support in South Park for litigation leading to the 1949 Kansas Supreme Court order admitting black children to the South Park School and to nearby high schools. Her actions encouraged similar litigation resulting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDID_quantrills-raid-on-shawneetown_Shawnee-KS.html
A band of Confederate guerrillas led by William Quantrill corraled the residents of Shawneetown into the square at this site. A majority of the town's buildings and homes were looted and set on fire nearly destroying the town. Thirteen persons wer…