History of Johnson County, Kansas +bonus

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History of
Johnson County, Kansas
By Ed Blair 1913
469 pages, Illustrated, indexed, Searchable
Bonus Book -
History and Government
Of Kansas
By E. H. Butler, 1894
174 pages, Searchable
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Johnson was one of the first counties established in the Kansas Territory in 1855. The Oregon-California and Santa Fe Trails, passing through nearby Independence, Missouri, also passed through the county. The renowned gunfighter Wild Bill Hickok settled for a time in the county, becoming constable of Monticello Township in 1858. Johnson County was the site of many battles between Abolitionists and pro-slavery advocates during Bleeding Kansas. In 1862 Confederate Guerrillas from nearby Missouri led by William Quantrill raided the Johnson County communities of Olathe and Spring Hill, killing half a dozen men and destroying numerous homes and businesses.
The county was largely rural until the early 20th century, when communities such as Overland Park and Mission Hills were developed as suburbs of Kansas City, Missouri. Developer J.C. Nichols spurred the boom in 1914 when he built the Mission Hills Country Club to lure upscale residents who previously had been reluctant to move from Missouri to Kansas.
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I— PRIMITIVE PERIOD 17
Indian Tribes — Early Explorers — Indian Treaties — Black Bob
Reservation — Shawnee Tradition — Bread Dance — Corn Dance-
Journey of The Soul — Chief Bluejacket — Early Trappers and
Traders.
CHAPTER II— INDIAN MISSIONS 25
Establishment of Methodist Mission — Founding of Manuel Train-
ing School — Location and Opening of School — Influence of
School — Rev. Thomas Johnson and Other Missionaries — Charles
Bluejacket — Capt. Joseph Park — Mission Abandoned — Murder of
Thomas Johnson — Col. Alexander Soule Johnson— William John-
son and His Recollections — Baptist Mission — Quaker Mission-
Memories of Missions.
CHAPTER III— THE SANTA FE TRAIL 54
Its Course — When First Traveled — Established By The Govern-
ment — Santa Fe Trail Markers— Dedication of Monument at
Olathe— Santa Fe Marker at Lone Elm— Pioneers' Experiences on
the Old Trail— "The Santa Fe Trail"— Recollections of a "Bull-
whacker."
CHAPTER IV— DESCRIPTIVE AND POLITICAL 71
Topography — Organization of County — First Election— County
Officers— Members of the First Territorial Legislature— Border
Trouble— Members of the Legislature— County Statistics.
CHAPTER V— EARLY EVENTS AND INSTITUTIONS 81
First Business Concerns— First Marriage— Horace Greeley Visits
Johnson County— Old Settlers— The Mehaffie House— The First
Twenty Years.
CHAPTER VI— OLATHE 102
Olathe and Its Institutions — Merchants' Association — First Hotel
— Voters in 1859 — Old Landmarks and Border Day Experiences —
Churches — State Institute for the Deaf — Banks — Fifty Years of
Olathe— A "County Seat Town."
CHAPTER VII— SPRING HILL 121
Location and Enterprises — Banks — Churches — Reminiscences oi
Spring Hill— The Old Hotel— The Pioneer Store— Early Days at
Spring Hill — Stage Line and Early Business Ventures — Locating
the Town and Organization of Town Company — Spring Hill Be-
ginnings — War Times.
CHAPTER VIII— GARDNER 139
Settlement and Townsite Company — Business Firms — Gardner
Raided Three Times — The Last Raid — Churches — Gardner of To-
day — Gardner's Early Days.
CHAPTER IX— EDGERTON 149
Location — Churches — Commercial Enterprises — Cemetery — The
Press.
CHAPTER X— OVERLAND PARK 152
Strang Line — Business Houses — Additions — Aviation Park — Ex-
position Club — Bank.
CHAPTER XI— DE SOTO 155
Location and Business Firms — Organization of Town Company
and First Building — Churches — De Soto During the Civil War — A
Pioneer's Experience — Introduction to the Shawnee Indians.
CHAPTER XII— OTHER TOWNS AND VILLAGES 159
Shawnee — Ouantrill Visits Shawnee — Lenexa — Aubry — Stilwell —
Stanley — Merriam — Bonita — Morse — Ocheltree — Monticello —
Wilder — Kenneth — Choteau — Switzer — Lackman — Craig — Zarah
— Holliday — Oxford.
CHAPTER XVIII— CIVIL WAR AND BORDER WAR 185
Free State and Pro-Slavery Conflict — Johnson County in the Civil
War— Maj. J. T. Hadley Promoted— Lieutenant Pellett Recruits
a Company — Colonel Hayes Wounded General Order Mo. u
Battle of Westport- — Beginning of Quantrill's Band When Quan
trill Raided Olathe — Quantrill Passed through Johnson < ount) on
Way to Lawrence — Spring Mill Looted The Red Legs Battli
Bull Creek- — Battle of "I'.lowliard"- War time ( lippings from the
Olathe "Mirror"— Grand Arm} of the Republic.
CHAPTER XIV— PUBLIC SCHOOLS 210
Organization — Growth and Development of the Schools.
CHAPTER XV— RAILROADS 212
Promoting Early Railroads and Voting Bonds — Pioneer Railroad
Builders.
CHAPTER XVI— THE GRANGE 219
The Organization and Progress of the Grange in Johnson county-
The Grange Insurance Company.
CHAPTER XVII— WHAT THE FIRST WOMAN SAW 1 1 ERE . . .
What The First Woman Saw Here— An Interview with Jonathan
Millikan — Henry Wedd— Some Early Day Events in Johnson
County and Kansas — A Pioneer's Recollections — A Story of Earl)
Days— Fifty Years After — Reminiscences — A Retrospective View
— Yeager Raid Incidents
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