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The Fall 2017 Edition Newsletter of the
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The history of Jails in Miami County
In this issue, Miami County Festivals
Blocktoberfest Paola, Kansas
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Contents
Gift Corner Pg 3Letter from the President Pg 4Library Pg 4Mini
Minutes, Pg 5 Volunteers report Pg 6Cliff Wright Obit Pg 7 New
Directors Pg 8Jail story Pg 9 - 10 Stone jail art Pg 11Festival
photos Pg 12 - 13Brick jail art Pg 14Jail story cont. Pg 15 - 16
Flu story Pg 17Mother Baptiste Pg 18 Naming of Osawatomie Pg
19Lloyd’s Letters Pg 20 - 21Publications for sale Pg 22Heritage
Walk Bricks Pg 23Roots stage photos Back cover
Officers and Directors 2017 Officers
President- Colleen Ewan 913-294-5051Vice President- Larry
Lybarger 913-294-9769Secretary- LeAnne Shields
913-710-1767Treasurer- LuAnne Debrick 913-259-5027
Board of DirectorsLouisburg - Jack Burcham
913-837-8220Marysville Township - Mildred Haley 913-294-4113Member
at Large -LuAnne Debrick 913-259-5027Miami Township - Nina Gerken
913-849-3366Middle Creek Township - VacantMound Township - Donna
Darner 785-869-3246Osage Township - Ann Davis
913-731-7869Osawatomie City- Wes Cole 913-731-3193 Osawatomie
Township - Ben Maimer 913-755-3504Paola City - Ann Roark
913-294-3312Paola Township - Elsie Cordle 913-294-2779Richland
Township - LeAnne Shields 913-710-1767Stanton Township - Lloyd
Peckman 913-849-3278Sugar Creek Township - Ann Benton
913-259-9837Ten Mile Township - Patsy Bortner 913-244-4587Valley
Township - Colleen Ewan 913-294-5051Wea Township - Larry Lybarger
913-294-9769
Genealogy Society Coordinator- Betty Bendorf 913-557-2485
Newsletter - Roger Shipman 913-259-9219
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A Newsletter of the Miami County Historical Museum &
Genealogy Society
Fall 2017 Volume 32 - No.3Miami County Historical Museum
12 E. Peoria, Paola, Kansas 66071
Phone: 913-294-4940 E-Mail: [email protected]
Web address; www.thinkmiamicountyhistory.com
Museum Hours: Monday through Friday 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Notice To The Membership The Miami County Historical Museum
mem-bership dues are $25.00 Make checks out to: Miami County
Historical Museum 12 East Peoria, Paola, Kansas 66071-0123
Financial
The Miami County Historical Museum is a Non-Profit Organi-zation
with a tax exempt status allowed by the Internal Revenue Dept. Gift
and donations received by the Societies are deductible for Income
Tax purposes. For additional information or questions regarding
Endowments, Trusts, etc., Please contact us at 913-294-4940
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Visit our gift cornerWe have books, out of print museum books
on
DVD, brochures of local attractions, numerous historical Paola
photos suitable for framing, tee-shirts, hats and some free
stuff
Call 913-294-4940
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Colleen Ewan
Library ResearchThe following are walk-in researchers to the
library recent-ly and surnames or information being researched.
Virginia Minden (William Walters)Debra Valenti (Dageforde,
England, Dziadura, Monthely)Patricia Dziadura (Dageforde, England,
Dziadura, Mon-thely)Floyd Grimes (obits)Donna Daves & Bonnie
Theison (copies)Carla Evert (Caroline & George Chambers,
Florence Chambers Ensle, John Chandler)Larry Keown (obits)Doug
& Jean Higbie ( copies from Family History book)David Liegen
(obits)Shari & Ken Knight (Chambers, Hodges, Ensle, Middle-mas,
Thompson, Collins, Chandler)Steven Bell (obits and Probate
records)
These researchers came from the states of Kansas,and Utah
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER TOWNThe Anatomy of a Circus
An autobiography by James R. PattersonA history of the Great
Patterson Shows when the
circus maintained winter quarters in Paola.Tax included price is
$28.00
A great gift.How to purchase on page 22
President’s LetterWe have been able to acquire an extensive
Indian Artifact Collection from Jerry Emberlin made possible with a
very generous gift from David Schwartz. These are Miami County
artifacts from various Indian sites in the county. It is a great
addition to our Indian Room.
We now have a display of art work from our local Heartland Art
Guild art-ists, both on display and for sale.
We have had many interesting visitors from all over the country,
as well as several foreign countries. Can you imagine people coming
from Paris France - when lots of us want to go to Paris! Come see
our great museum. Bring your children and grandchildren for a great
history lesson.
LIBRARYStill going through the mountains of clippings.This is a
forever job. Mildred Haley is still working on scanning and
enter-ing the obits on the computer. She is working on the letter
K, so you see it will take a while longer.
We did get some requests for some of the Joyce Lang books so it
did help on our stack of books.
Betty Bendorf , Librarian
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SNACKS AND DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED. COME SHARE HOLIDAY
CHEER.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Front Desk (1/2 or full day),
Computer input, Arranging displays,
Moving help, Grant writers,
Interviewers, History researchers
Newsletter Accessions Manager
Call the Museum at 913-294-4940
Our e-mail address is: [email protected]
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MINI MINUTES The following are highlights of Director meetings,
for your information, and a way to let you (a member) in on the
workings of the museum.
JUNELarry reported on repairs needed on the roof flashing
damaged in the earlier storm. The roof has been checked and will
need attention at a later date.LuAnne passed a sign up sheet for
Directors to work in July on Saturdays. Colleen discussed the
Chamber of Com-merce coffee to honor the WWI exhibit on Friday June
23.The Art Guild is sponsoring the Miniature Art Show again in
July. New phones are needed so LuAnne and Coleen are in charge of
purchasing them. The air conditioner in the upstairs rental is
needing to be replaced. Larry will take care of this.Paul Davis,
our upstairs renter, is wanting to televise inter-views of MIAMI
County people. JULYLarry is getting a bid proposal on the roof
flashing hope-fully by July 10. A new window conditioner has been
pur-chased and installed upstairs. Remaining open on Satur-days is
in question as there is a lack of visitors coming in on Saturday.
It was decided to discontinue to be open as the phone number is on
the door for anyone to call for an appointment.Jim is checking and
accessioning all the Emberlin indian artifacts received for the
Indian Display Room.Nina made a motion to accept Ann Roark as a
Director, Carried.Betty reported that the family of Joyce Lang has
donated some of her research books to the Museum. As most are for
other states and we can’t use them, they are available to
anyone.Paul Davis of MC TV, our renter upstairs is converting the
space into a studio to produce a Miami County TV series. He intends
to copy these to DVDs with proceeds coming to the museum. He is
asking to be able to install a securi-ty system with no expense to
the museum. An agreement document needs to be drawn up.
Con’t on Pg. 6
QueriesSharon ???????? is looking for Sarah Good born 1855 and
later a patient at Osawatomie State HospitalDavid Keal wants a list
of teachers and students of the Bucyrus school in 1899. Brian
Wagner wants informa-tion on the family of Jacob and Susan
Wagner.Carrie McCrea needs information on history of her property
at 702 W. Amity in Louisburg.Helena Hurst hopes for information on
Elizabeth F. Moore Ball, a patient at the State Hospital in the
1890s. Gary Bartlett hopes to find information on Lucina and George
W. Covell that are buried in the Spring Grove Quaker Cemetery in
Lane, Ks.Carol Seck Grubb wants family information of grand-parents
Anthony J. and Mary L. Dauwe Seck.Cliff Herod wants Dist. Court
records on Elizabeth and Frank HurdDave Conklin wants information
on family of Josiah Conklin that lived in Osawatomie in the
1870s.Betty Francis is hoping to find information to Francis
Willaver who was at the state hospital.Megan Shrub from Finding
Your Roots PBS, wanted information on August Knecht for a TV
program.Laura Miller wanted to know about abandoned rail-road
roundhouse and directed her to the Osawatomie Railway
Museum.Cynthia Clugston wanted picture of oil well Lykin #1 from
the 1860s Craig Bobby is interested in the building of Henry M
McLachlin house. Connie Johnson wanted information on the Hudson
murders in 1912.Linda Simons wants obit for David E. Maddox and his
parents and sister Elizabeth Glassock.Christine Hiller wants obits
for David Heenan and Emaline Heiskell (nee Peery
These Queries have been researched by Iris Kluber
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:Front Desk (1/2 or full day), computer input,
arrang-ing displays, moving help, grant writers, interviewers,
history researchers
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VOLUNTEER and VISITOR REPORT
June through October 2017
Volunteers – 18 Hours – 2,215
Betty Bendorf, Ann Benton, Patsy Bortner, Jim Bous-man Vera
Dakin, Luanne Debrick, Ed Dennerline, Pat Erickson, Colleen Ewan,
Nina Gerken, Mildred Ha-ley, Iris Kluber, Larry Lybarger, Lloyd
Peckman, Teresa Read, Ann Roark, Leanne Shields and Roger
Shipman
4 Board Meetings – Average 12 at each meeting
Visitors - 272
States Represented – 20
Missouri, Wisconsin, Oregon, Maryland, Wyoming, Ohio. South
Dakota, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Indiana, Oklahoma, New
York, Washing-ton, Nevada, California, Kentucky, Arizona and North
Carolina
Countries Represented - 6
Moldovia, Taiwan, Slovenia, Germany, England, France
AUGUSTThe new phones for the museum have been purchased . Nancy
Hart Kline has resigned as Director. Anne Benton has agreed to fill
the position.
Art Guild members have discussed the possibility of dis-playing
their art work year round at the museum and they would be for sale.
Discussion on how to display them and where.
Larry reported he will get a bid to repair the flashing on the
roof. A request has been made from the Mound City Catholic Church
asking for some of the artifacts to show at a cele-bration honoring
St Rose Philippine Duchesne. They are to be borrowed and returned
the next day.
SEPTEMBERLarry said there is a need for more display cases for
the Emberlin indian artifacts.
Work is scheduled next week to repair the roof flashing.Lloyd
reported that the highway signs for the Trail of Death need to be
changed out and updated by Sept 2018 when the caravan is
scheduled.
Wes Cole was nominated and voted to represent Osawat-omie City
on the Board of Directors. Ann Benton is the new Director for Sugar
Creek Township.
Patsy Bortner reported that the Art Guild will be display-ing
local artists work in the museum in a corner next to the
Library.
DAR members requested use of the Library for a genea-logical
workshop. Roger is asking for articles for the next Quarterly
Mini Minutes cont.
ARE YOU WORKING ON YOUR GENEALOGY?ARE YOU HUNTING FOR
ANCESTORS?
We have people here at the museum that will be glad to help you
in your search. You can give us a call (913/294-4940), send us an
e-mail ([email protected]) or drop by and chat. We
are open 10:a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday.
The Museum has reprints of past Newsletters for sale at #2.00 an
issue.
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PAOLA, Kan. — Clifford Charles Wright Jr., age 96, of Paola,
passed away July 10, 2017, at Vintage Park Assisted Liv-ing,
Paola.Cliff was born January 24, 1921, at ‘Fontana, Kansas. He was
the third of four children born to Clifford C. Sr, and Lauretta
(Barnes) Wright.He graduated from Fontana High
School with the class of 1938.Cliff served his country in the
United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He was honorably’
discharged in 1945. He then attended college at the University of
Kansas, graduat-ing in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Busi¬ness Management.He was united in marriage to Jes-sie Laughlin
on December 2, 1945, at Kansas City, Kansas. They made their home
in Kansas City, Missouri, and later moved to Lawrence, Kan-sas.
They became the proud parents of five chil-dren: Anita, Libby,
Carol, Chuck and Brian. The family moved to Paola in 1949.He worked
as a mechanical engineer for Fluor and Taylor Forge in Califor-nia
and Kansas, Rocketdyne in Neo-sho, Missouri, as well., as BEHM in
Osawatomie. Cliff continued working well into his 70s.Cliff
published three books titled “Kansas Folklore”, “World War II
For
One”, and “Roper Goes West”. Besides writing, he enjoyed
baseball, golfing, gardening, dancing, traveling, and playing cards
and board games. Being a huge Royals fan, he frequented their games
and attended many of the Roy-als spring, training sessions. His
most cherished pastime was the. time he spent with his fam-ily and
friends.He was preceded in death by: his wife of 54 years; two
sisters, Irma Player and Evelyn Barlow; one broth¬er, Carl E.
Wright; and son-in-law, Paul Sand-burg.He is survived by: three
daughters, Ani-ta Gilmore, of Overland Park, Kansas, Libby Wright
and Carol Sandburg, both of Paola; two sons, Chuck Wright (Eva), of
Paola, and Brian Wright (Valerie), of La Crosse, Kansas; nine
grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and one
great-great-grandson.Memorial contributions may be made to Miami
County Historical Society or Paola United Methodist Church.
Clifford C. Wright Jr.1921.2017
Margaret E. Smith1918-2017
OSAWATOMIE, Kan. — Margaret Eva Smith, age 98, of Osawatomie,
died August 24, 2017.She was ,born August 29,1918, to Irl R.and
Celina E.Shively, on the family farm in Osawat-omie. She attended
Indianapolis Grade School and Osawatomie High School, where she
played cello in the high school orchestra and accompanied the high
school glee club on piano.She attended Ottawa University for one
year, before teaching at Fairview, Osage Valley and Meek Grade
Schools. She then went to Kansas Uni-versity, where she graduated
June 29,
1944, with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. She taught
music at Miltonvale, Kansas, and later in Michigan.She married Leon
Ray (Mac) Mc-Neven on June 26, 1946, in Califor-nia, and they were
the parents of two children, Maureen Lee and Mor-gan Irl
McNeven.Mac was in the Army and- was trans-ferred numerous times
during the course of their marriage. Upon his retirement from the
service, they moved to Michigan where Margaret once again took up
her career as a music teacher. Margaret and Mac di-vorced on
November 27, 1961.Margaret married Raymond Earl Smith, Septem-ber
5, 1966, but, sad-ly Raymond died just two months lat-er, on
November 22, 1966.Margaret was a long¬time member of her college
music sorority, Order of the Eastern Star, local historical
society, Daughters of the Ameri-can Revolution and the First
Baptist Church of Osawatomie.
She loved music and shared it often as accompa-nist. She also
had a real passion for genealogy, and collabo-rated with her
sister, Helen, to write several family histories. They dis-covered
they had 15 patriots in the American Revolution. She became a
source of information for distant cousins from all over the United
States, and enjoyed an active corre-spondence with many of
them.Margaret is preceded in death by: her parents; her husband;
and her two children.She is survived by: her sister, Helen Marie
Satzler and husband, Robert, of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, former-ly
of Topeka, Kansas; niece, Kyra Gail Hamilton and husband, Wayne, of
Sand Springs, Oklahoma; niece, Jill Satzler Silbiger, of Marietta,
Georgia; nephew, Timothy R. Satzler and wife, Nancy, of Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma; three great-nieces.; five great-neph-ews; three
great-great-nieces; two great-great-nephews; and cousins of several
generations.
The Museum has lost two long time members this last summer
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Meet Ann Benton our new director for Sugar Creek Township.
Ann was raised in central Nebraska and moved from New Jersey to
Miami County about 10 years ago. Af-ter retiring three years ago
she was able to devote more time to her many interests, including
history.. History buffs run deep in her family (her brother was a
history major and continues an avid reader of histori-cal
documents) and contributing to the Miami County Museum continues
the family tradition.
The museum is pleased to announce that Grady Atwa-ter has
consented to contribute his “historic” writing talent to the
newsletter.
Grady is the Site Administrator, at the John Brown Mu-seum State
Historic Site in Osawatomie. He has been contributing articals
about John Brown history to the Miami County Republic, for many
years
We want to introduce you to Ann Roark, our next sec-retary. Ann
lives in Paola and has been a volunteer at the museum for 3 years.
She says, “I’ve been re-searching my family history for almost 30
years and enjoy learning about the history of the locations and
time periods of my ancestors”.
Wes Cole is also a new director representing Osawatomie City. We
wish to send a big thank you to these volunteers for stepping up to
fill these positions on the board.
Ann Roark
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Miami County JailsOn May 26, 1854 the Kansas – Nebraska Bill
passed the United States Senate and was signed into law on May 30,
1854 by President Franklin Pierce. This bill opened to white
settlement the Territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
On August 16, 1855, the First Territorial Legislature passed an
Act incorporating the Paola Town Company. On August 25, 1855 Lykins
County Kansas Territory was established and Paola was named the
permanent Seat of Justice. In August 1858 the people of Osawatomie
presented a petition for a vote to establish the permeant location
of the County Seat by vote of the majority of county residents.
Paola won the election by a majority of 48 votes.
The need for a County Jail was recognized by the Board of County
Supervisors (today – Commissioners) as early as 1857 when a
committee of E. W. Robinson, W. R. Wagstaff and A. T. Ward was
appointed to advertise for sealed bids for building a jail, letting
the contract and superintending its construction. W. B. Nichols, T.
A. Granter and E. W. Robinson were ap-pointed to select a site for
the new jail.
The Rock JailIt wasn’t until 1859 that Lykins (Miami) County had
its first jail. The journal of the County Board of Supervisors
dated Jan-uary 11, 1859 reads:
The motion to appropriate Two Thousand six hundred and fifty
dollars ($2650) [$75,714]* for building a jail being in order, was
taken up and discussed. J. M. Ellis offered the following
substitute which was adopted. That Fifteen Hundred dollars ($1500)
[$42,857] be appropriated for the purpose of Building a jail. The
ayes and nays being called the vote stands as follows: - Ayes –
Shannon, Nichols, J.M. Ellis, Sweeting, & Konig Nays – A.
Ellis, Stokes, Granter, Walthall On motion the plan already adopted
for the jail was rejected except so much thereof as represents the
ground plans of the wall and Cells – the height to be one
story.
The jail was a stone structure that cost about $2,600 ($74,286*
in todays money) which was situated on West Wea Street behind the
building on the Northwest corner of Silver and Wea Streets.
On March 25, 1861 William Clark Quantrill was arrested at
Stanton. He was brought to Paola and confined in the jail. Based on
a Writ of Habeas Corpus issued by Judge Thomas Roberts on April 2,
1861, Quantrill was released from jail. He quickly fled to
Missouri.
On September 29, 1866 a $100.00 ($1,515 today) reward was posted
for the “apprehension of MATT BERGE who broke jail at Paola,
Kansas.” On July 6, 1867 the Miami County Republican reported on
July 3rd a “case knife, made into a fine saw had been given one of
the prisoners, with which they sawed off the hinge of the door and
two made their escape.” One was charged with horse stealing and the
other was “serving a term of imprisonment.”
On September 30, 1869 an auger was passed to a prisoner from the
outside and by morn-ing three prisoners had made their escape.The
Western Spirit dated June 5, 1885 reported “A prisoner, named
Elijah Blackmore, slipped out of jail last Wednesday night. He was
sentenced for larceny. Sheriff Shoemaker is looking for the culprit
but hasn’t found him yet.”
The Miami Republican reported on Sunday night October 25, 1885
“about 7 o’clock four prisoners escaped from the Miami County jail.
All of them had been sentenced by Judge Wagstaff and were to have
been taken up to the penitentiary this week. Joseph Williams was
convicted for burglary and larceny and sentenced to 8 years. Ed
Prather, convicted for burglary and larceny, sentenced to 6 years;
Dan McCuish, convicted for larceny, sentenced 1 year and (Harry)
Raven, a colored man, convicted for embezzlement, sentenced 2
years.”
The Miami Republican article continued:
Page 9Jim Bousman
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They got out through the privy, adjoining the main cell,
climbing the chute that connects the upper and lower privies and
jumping from the north window of the up-stairs to the ground.
Search was immediately started but no clue was found on the gang.
On Monday, Constable John B. Lyon captured Raven, the colored man,
near Hillsdale and brought him back and put him in jail. On the
road to Paola Raven grabbed a revolver from one of the guards and
leaping from the wagon ran some distance, but a few shots halted
him and he was docile from then on.
On October 8, 1886 the Western Spirit reported over $250
($6,410) was paid to Sheriff Shoemaker to travel to New York and
return an escaped prisoner.
The Brick JailBy 1871 the County Commissioners realized there
was a need for a new jail. On April 4, 1871 a proposal was
submitted to the people of Miami County which would authorize the
County Commissioners “to borrow on the credit of the county,
represented by bonds, the sum of seventeen Thousand Dollars
($333,333) for the purpose of building a new County Jail. “ This
proposal was defeated.
On January 5, 1877 the Paola Board of Education sold the land to
Miami County Kansas for a sum of $8,000 ($181,818) upon which a new
(brick) jail would be built.
On October 5, 1885 the Board of County Commissioners “Ordered
that the petitions of citizens of Miami County, Kansas that the
Board of Commissioners submit the proposition to the qualified
electors of said county to autho-rize the appropriation of funds of
Miami to build a jail building … “. The commissioners also “Ordered
that Chas. Winters, confined in the county jail, is hereby released
and C. T. Shoemaker, sheriff of Miami county authorized to
discharge him from custody.”
On October 30, 1885 the Miami Republican urged the citizens of
Miami County to vote for the new jail:
A new jail is badly needed in Miami County, the old structure
being dilapidated and dangerous and a death – breeding trap that
should be abated by the health authorities. It is condemned by the
Commissioners and the proposition for a new building should receive
the support of the taxpayer. If a new one is not constructed we
will be compelled in a few years to take our prisoners to Wyandotte
County or some place else for safe keeping. Vote for it and work
for it.
In the November 13th 1885 issue of the Western Spirit, it was
announced that “Miami County will have a new $12,000 ($300,000)
jail built next year in the court house square.”
On October 8, 1886 the Western Spirit reported there would be an
estimated cost overrun of between $500 ($12,821) or $700 ($17,949)
on a contract for building the jail.
An entry in the Miami County Commissioners Journal on October
23, 1886 states the new jail was inspected and found
satisfactory.
On October 29, 1886 the Western Spirit reported “A portion of
the outside west wall in the old jail fell last Satur-day, which
necessitated the moving of the prisoners to the new jail. The new
jail is being completed in time, as the old one is surely tumbling
down.”
The April 25th 1887 issue of the Western Spirit reported the
following County Business: Doctor Medicine and attendance at jail
$35.30 ($910) Mitchler Mdse Co Jail 2.25 ( 58) Claudon plumber’s
work at jail 21.25 ( 545) Cook repair jail vault .50 ( 13)
Shoemaker Jail 18.20 ( 467) Board at jail 25.00 ( 641)
A Linn County prisoner confined to the Miami County jail escaped
the afternoon of May 20th 1896. A large group of Paola citizens
corralled him in the Bull Creek bottoms and returned him to
jail.
Cont. on pg. 15
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Page 11This is the only known photo of the Rock Jail.
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Bloctober Fest photos were taken on the Block Lutheran church
grounds
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Photos above are from the cider mill festival The photos below
were taken at tthe Roots Festival
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A rendering of the brick jail when it was new in 1886. It was
located south of the alley north-west of the court house where
there is a parkingt lot now. Notice that Silver street was then a
dirt road.
This floor plan was drawn from memory by Rex Hollinger, Son of
Sheriff Boyd Hollinger. In those years the Sheriff and his family
lived in the jail with his wife doing the cooking for the
inmates.
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On November 21, 1898 three prisoners escaped by sawing an
opening through the bars of a south window of the jail.
In-vestigation revealed the work preparing for the escape had been
going on for weeks before the escape. One prisoner was captured
soon after the break, but the others remain at large.
The County Commissioners met on March 21, 1899 and voted to
“give the city of Paola $2,100 ($53,846) to put in and maintain for
all time a sewer for the Miami county court house and jail ….”
Appearing in the Numbers Insurance Agency’s Map of Paola is a
drawing of the floor plan of the Sheriff’s residence and Jail -
which shows improvements. Research did not find any reference to
the 1918 date of the rebuild or the cost. On January 21, 1919 three
prisoners escaped sometime between 8 and 9 o’clock. They escaped by
prying the top bars apart and crawled out into a space between the
ceiling and the roof. They then dug a hole through the brick wall.
Sheriff Lamm went to investigate when it was unusually quite in the
jail. He found one prisoner in the jail and one dropping back into
the cell from the hole that had been cut above the cell. The alarm
was given, but the prisoners made a clean get away.On the evening
of Sunday March 23, 1919 three prisoners sawed their way to freedom
by sawing a bolt off an iron bar in the ceiling on the inner part
of the jail, which allowed them to squeeze into a narrow attic-way
above the cells and to move to the east wall where bricks were
taken apart. With the use of blankets tied together they were able
to lower themselves to the ground. One of the prisoners J. B. Dean
a member of the I.W.W. (Industrial Workers of the World with ties
to both socialist and anarchist labor movements) confessed his
intentions to kill the Kansas Attorney General. On March 31, 1919
Dean was captured at Sheldon, Iowa after being shot four times by
Chickasaw County Sheriff John Tietjen.On or about 2:00 am on
December 31, 1919 six prisoners escaped by, once again, using the
steel springs from their shoes to saw their way out. This time they
sawed their way out of a north window (which had a cross bar
shutter) and jumped over the iron fence and made a clean get
way.
On April 28, 1920 when Sheriff George Lamm went to feed the
prisoners, he was assaulted by a prisoner and locked in a cell.
Mrs. Lamm came to his rescue with a revolver in her hand and was
attacked by the fleeing prisoner. She was disarmed and struck
across the face. Freedom didn’t last long when he was recognized by
Paola City Marshall Sam Brown. After a one block foot pursuit, the
prisoner was apprehended by Marshall Brown and returned to jail.On
or about 12:43 PM July 25, 1921 three male prisoners in the county
jail jumped Sheriff George Lamm and brutally beat him as he was
pouring good water he had obtained from across the street (the city
water was muddy) into a drinking bucket setting just inside the
door of the cell block. Mrs. Lamm heard the disturbance, picked up
a revolver and ran to the north door of the jail corridor where
four prisoners were trying to get out. She fired once through the
door’s iron grating which caused the prisoners to return to the
cell block. Sheriff Lamm having recovered from the beating pulled
his revolver and put the four prisoners into separate cell.
December 3rd 1921 was the date eight prisoners escaped from the
county jail. (Three of the escaped prisoners were the same ones who
had on July 21, severally beaten Sheriff Lamm as he poured water
into a drinking bucket.) Investigation disclosed the three
prisoners had planned to kill Sheriff Lamm as they escaped. The
break out was made by sawing bars (over a period of three weeks) in
the holding cell and making a hole to crawl through. Once out of
the “cage” they went through an upper window: letting themselves
down with blankets. Sheriff Lamm sensed something was wrong and
went to investigate. As he entered the jail section from the
Sheriff’s quarters, he saw the last man drop from the upper window.
He returned to his quarters and before he could arm himself and get
outside, the prisoners had fled. The prisoners made their way to
the Washington School where they built a fire in the stove. The
stove fire was too hot and the school house burned down. One of the
prisoners was captured in Sugar Creek Township. Three prisoners
were known to have made their way to Drexel, where they caught a
north bound train.
At about midnight April 6, 1946 two prisoners tunneled their way
through the south wall of the jail. The prisoners tore a steel
plate from the inside of the jail and used a bar from one of the
cells to break through the brick wall. The wife of one of the
prisoners was charged with being an accessory after the fact after
admitting she accompanied her husband to Union Station in Kansas
City where she left him there about noon on Sunday April 7th.
Monday, April 10th 1950, three prisoners sawed their way to
freedom; but by noon Tuesday, two had been returned to Jail.
Apprehended with the two was a 17 year old girl who accompanied
them on their flight and was later charged with aiding in the jail
break. The three used a hack saw to cut window bars on the alley
side of the jail. After cutting a 12 by 14 inch hole, soap was
applied to the bars and they squeezed through dropping to the
ground below the open hole. Investigation revealed the saw blades
were purchased at a local store and passed to a prisoner from the
outside.
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The Present JailAs the years passed, the old brick jail began to
deteriorate with an increased cost of operation. As the population
of Miami County and surrounding counties increased; so did the old
brick jails population. By the late 1950’s and early 1960’s the
planning process began for the building of new modern jail.
On February 12th 1965 representative of the State Civil Defense
Department met with the County Commissioners to dis-cuss Federal
Aid which could be used to assist in the building of the basement
for the new jail building.
On March 22, 1965 the County Commissioners met with architects
and planners to begin the process of drawing plans for the
construction of a new jail. On June 14th 1965 the County
Commissioners were presented a feasibility study which rec-ommended
the Commissioners levy a tax of not more than one (1) mill for the
financing of a new jail. The estimated cost of a proposed 13,460
square foot building was set at $214,717 ($1,639,062) or $15.96 per
sq ft ($121.77). After numerous meeting, the County Commissioners
gave notice to proceed with the drawing of the final plans for the
jail on September 3, 1965. The final plans were approved on January
7th 1966.
On September 9, 1966 the County Commissioners opened sealed bids
for general obligation bonds in the amount of $190,000. The bonds
were sold to a combined bid of Miami County banks with a net
interest of $30, 352.50.
On April 4, 1967 the County Commissioners authorized the removal
of the old brick jail as soon as the new jail was com-pleted and
occupied. May 26th 1967 was the day of the open house for the new
jail. Final inspection was made on June 1 and the Commissioners met
in their new Commissioner’s room in the jail building on June 30,
1967.
The present jail has served Miami County for the past fifty
years. During that period there has been two jail escapes. Janu-ary
12, 1989, is the date of the first attempted or actual escape from
the present Miami County Jail. I was unable to locate any newspaper
account of this event
The Miami County Republic reported on the evening of January 13,
1994 Jailer Ed Koon was supervising two inmates on clean-up detail
when at approximately 7:20 p.m., “one of the inmates took a
cast-iron skillet and hit Koon on the head.” After being hit on the
head, “Koon was then handcuffed and left in the kitchen.” “The
inmates, “Craig A. Walker, 18, Osawatomie, and Clarence H.
Brockert, 26, Warsaw, Mo., fled the jail through the back door,
using a set of keys they took from Koon.” In order to further their
escape both stole cars in Paola and fled the immediate area.
The Miami County Sheriff’s Office implemented their protocol in
the event of a jail break. Local and area law enforcement were
notified, the railroads were called and requested to speed up their
trains going through Paola and area residents were notified by
breaking in on local television programing. News of the escape
spread quickly throughout Miami County and adjacent counties.
Clarence Brockert was captured in the area of the Paola Cemetery
at approximately 9:08 p.m. and Craig Walker was cap-tured shortly
after 11:00 p.m. in the vicinity of the Miami County Sanitary
Landfill after he drove through a road block south of Paola and
lost control of the stolen car.
A new modern jail is under construction at this writing. There
was a grand opening ceremony during the first week of No-vember
2017.
* http://www.davemanuel.com/inflation-calculator.php (Converts
to 2015 $)
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Worst Epidemic May Have Begun In KansasOne Hundred years ago
soldiers from Miami County joined or were called to arms for WW I.
Of those that were in the service from our county 40 died. Those
who were killed in action or dying of wounds totaled only 38%,
while those dying of disease was 62% (25) . 1917-1919 were the
years of an influenza epidemic that killed world wide more than all
the losses of World War I and II combined.
The first soldier from Miami County to succumb would be Harold
Boice, age 20, who died October 27, 1917 while at Ft. Sill,
Oklahoma. He was a member of Com-pany K infantry. His parents lived
near Chiles. The in-fluenza would eventually account for 50% of all
WWI soldier deaths. As the wave of flu spread through the United
States and then to Europe because of the war, the whole world would
become infected. Some have estimated that 50-100 million deaths
resulted in less than two years; more deaths than AIDS, or the
Black Plague in a century. 670,000 Americans died during this
time.
Some scientists now suggest the “Spanish Flu”, so named because
of the illness of the king of Spain, should really be called the
“Kansas Flu”. In southwest Kansas, near Garden City, a possible
source of the virus might have developed from a mutant gene
combina-tion of bird and swine flu that then spread to humans. From
Haskell County soldiers were sent to Camp Fun-
ston Kansas for military training. Over 1,000 soldiers there
became ill in just two weeks, resulting in 38 deaths. Soon
outbreaks of the virus went on to other camps as soldiers were
moved in the process of pre-paring for WW I. Then Europe and the
World became open territory for its expansion.
Pneumonia became the fear of all, changing the life style of
citizens in their work, play and lives. Physicians had few drugs or
knowledge on how to fight the virus. Philadelphia had over 12,000
deaths, while Camp Pike in Arkansas had over 8,000 hospitalized at
one time. Victor Vaughan, head of the Army Communicable Dis-ease
Division said “If the epidemic continues its math-ematical
rate…civilization could easily disappear in a matter of a few more
weeks.” But by late 1919, as the war ended and the disease had
spread world wide, it seemed to lose its sting and the human immune
sys-tems recognized the attack resulting in an almost mi-raculous
reduction in its presence. The flu still returns each year, but
with vaccines and antibiotics the world has so far held the next
attack in check. But pandemic viruses like Ebola and Zika may yet
remain on the horizon.
HAVE YOU HAD YOUR FLUE SHOT LATELY?
By Larry Lybarger. Material in this article was taken in large
part form the Smithsonian, Nov. 2017 by John M. Barry.
For a short video about Camp Funston and the flu go to this web
sitehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzcVrm2VNXs
A ward at Camp Funston, Kan. showing the many ill patients who
caught the 1918 Spanish influenza.
The grave marker of 19 year old Ralph R Chambers who died at
Camp Funston OCT 12 1918.
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Mother Baptiste---A Grand LadyMary Ann Isaacs, early Miami
County benefactor was born in 1800 near Buffalo, New York. She was
referred to as a Brotherton Indian from a mother of the Mohegan
nation and a European white father. At an early age her family
moved to Indiana from New York.
She was well educated by Christian Missionaries. In 1819, she
was married to Christmas(Noel) Dashney(Dagenette), Wea chief, by
Isaac McCoy, a Baptist Missionary. They lived in Parke County
Indiana and were parents to 10 children of which only half lived to
adulthood. All the children were educated at missions until they
were forced to move to Kansas Indian Territory in the 1840’s.
Upon moving to what was to become Miami County Kan-sas, they
settled on part of Christmas’s headright land near Coldwater Creek
south of present day Louisburg. After only a few years in Kansas,
Christmas died (1848) and Mary Ann soon moved to live with other
Wea Indians near what would become Paola.
Then in 1856 she married Baptiste Peoria who would be-come chief
of the Confederated Tribes in Miami County. She held great
influence with her new husband who had helped form the Town Company
of Paola on land he had owned. They gave development lots to County
leaders with the purpose of selling them to help fund Paola as the
county seat. Later they donated lots and land for the Cath-olic
Church and Cemetery. Land was also given for a park in the business
square, and lots were sold for other churches and schools.
She was well educated, but her second husband was un-able to
read or write. He did have great business ability and was
successful in many ventures. They soon disagreed on several matters
however and they each filed in court for divorce in 1858. The case
was dismissed due to their being Indians and not recognized
citizens at this time. They had no children together and soon
parted. He then went to Oklahoma with the Miami and Confederated
Tribes, while she remained a resident of Paola. She built a new
home in Paola and lived there and was very active in Paola social
circles until her death. She had vowed not to be moved by the
government to Oklahoma Indian Territory.
She was far ahead of her time as a woman and American Indian.
When she died in 1883, her funeral was held in the Paola Catholic
Church. She was buried along side her first husband in the
Dagenette ( Wea ) Cemetery near Louis-burg. She had selected that
site for her first husband on land they had owned. Her influence
has had a lasting con-tribution on Paola and Miami County.
Mary Ann’s home in Indiana with her first husband Christmas
Dagenette
This photo is of Mary Ann Isaacs was newly discov-ered and is
now owned by the museum. It was taken by an early Paola
photographer in 1871.
On the right is a photo is of her home she had built in Paola.
She lived in it until her death in 1883. (This home is still a
Paola residence)
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This is an o-bit of the photographer that took the photo of Mary
Ann . According to the o-bit, Mr. Mangrum was taking pictures in
Paola in 1871
Charles W. Mangrum, aged 78 years, was found dead in a tub of a
public bath house, in Los Angeles, California, March 2nd, 1920.-He
had been making his home with his daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. Ruby
Mangrum. He leaves two sons, Richard L., in El Centra; Arthur
Mangrum, in San Francisco, and one daughter, Jennie, of Fresno,
Calif. He was 78 years old and wealthy. The deceased was well known
in Paola where he was a photographer in 1871, and later lived on
the Geiseke farm, north of Somerset.
Above is the back of the Mary Ann photo naming C.W. Mangrum as
the photographer who was in Paola in1871
How Osawatomie got its nameby Grady Atwater
Ely Moore named Osawatomie and his son, Ely Moore, Ju-nior
witnessed the naming of the town and reported why the town was
named Osawatomie, and recounted how the town was named in an
article in the Collections of the Kan-sas State Historical Society
1911-1912. The older Moore was the special agent of the Five
Confederated Tribes of In-dians, and Eli Moore Senior gave his son
the duty of protect-ing the Native American lands in Miami County
from white incursions. Ely Moore, Junior met with O.C. Brown, one
of the founders of Osawatomie in September of 1854, and was
immediately impressed by Brown’s demeanor, stating “I rec-ognized
by his tone and manner that he was a gentleman, so upon
dismounting, I extended the hand of friendship.” However, Ely
Moore, Junior informed Brown that he was trespassing on reservation
land. Brown indicated that he had been misled, and after visiting
with Eli Moore, Junior, Brown accompanied him to meet with Baptiste
Peoria, who was the “Interpreter of the Five Tribes.”
Brown and Peoria met, and negotiated an agreement by which a
town would be founded, and a meeting was called to determine the
name of the new town. Ely Moore Junior stated, “Among those
present, I noted Capt. Louis Chouteau of Saint Louis, A.G. Boone of
Westport, William Scott, Judge J.W. Clymer, and J.W. McHenry of
West Point, Missouri., all licensed traders; also, many Indians.”
The only real business was the selection of a name for the city.
Ely Moore, Junior stated that a battle of wills ensued between O.C.
Brown and Baptiste Peoria, which led to Ely Moore, Senior final-ly
naming the town. Ely Moore, Junior stated “Mr. Brown advocated
either the name of Brooklyn or Brownsville. To these names Baptiste
was unalterably opposed, and in turn
proposed the names of Peoria and City of Kansas. To these Brown
objected. A deadlock was on, and in this dilemma my father was
called on for his selection of a name.”
Ely Moore, Junior reported that his father sought to salve the
egos of both O.C. Brown and Baptiste Peoria by creat-ing a neutral
name for the town that was not named after either of them, and
stated that Eli Moore, Senior advocated blending the names of the
streams close at hand, Osage and Pottawatomie to form “Osawatomie.”
There being no ob-jection, Osawatomie it was, and Osawatomie it
remains. A few years after the naming of the city some persons
holding interest in the town strove to have the name changed, but
their efforts failed.
Osawatomie was technically named for the Osage River, which was
later renamed the Marais Des Cygnes in Kansas and Pottawatomie
Creek. Realistically, though, the town was named Osawatomie to
resolve a conflict between O.C. Brown and Baptiste Peoria. Ely
Moore, Senior wisely stepped in and offered a compromise that both
men could accept, and gave Osawatomie its unique name.
Moore shaped Osawato-mie’s history by resolving the conflict
over the name of the town between two of Mi-ami County’s pioneers,
and, therefore we owe him a debt of gratitude and respect. He gave
the town a name that sets it apart from every oth-er town in the
nation and the world, for there is only one Osawatomie, thanks to
Ely Moore, Senior. Grady Atwater
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Lloyd’s Letters
Recently the museum received more than 40 containers of Indian
Artifacts that were lost or discarded more than 150 years ago in
Miami County. Jerry Emberlin of Shawnee, Kansas brought us his
lifetime, over 50 years, collection. He admits that it was a fun
passionate hobby. But this required a great deal of very hard work;
including preliminary re-search of old maps and history; and
permission of property owners, sometimes taking 10 years. Mapping
out and cir-cling the wand over large areas can get very
monotonous. Then the digging, cleaning and electrolyzing for rust
and documenting are a part of the process. He told me that he made
over 60 trips to Miami Village Sites, each of about 70 miles.
My definition of metal detection is as follows. It is a stick
like wand held by the forearm with a battery controlled box at the
top that has several setting and sends an electrical signal to a
round open centered coil of copper wire. When electrical waves find
metal below, it sends backs a signal that the detector can
interpolate. The detector process-es the signal and can determine
what type of metal has found. Some models can tell the difference
between coins and pop bottle caps. High-powered Italian models can
cost more than $3,000 and cheap models now sell for under $100.
As background, I first met Jack York, Jerry’s partner, back in
the winter of 2010. He played a large role in this proj-ect. He
showed me his extensive collection in his home at Louisburg,
Kansas. It included many old bullets, coins, and buttons, household
item and hard to ID items. His collec-tion overwhelmed me. The area
covered varied from Ft. Leavenworth to Ft. Scott and Clinton, Mo.
to Pomona, Ks. Then Jack told me I should see Jerry Emberlin’s
collection as it was larger and more extensive. I spent five hours
with Jack and learned much about metal detection collection. He
started his collection in the late 70’s right out of school.
Early on Jack explored the Coldwater Springs site as it was a
Military Road site just south of Louisburg. A Nov. 17th 1999
Louisburg Herald report shows a picture of Jack standing in front
of his metal detector. Because of family connec-tions, he also
explored the Wea Trading Post and Village just south of 319 and
Ridgeview Rd., south of the junction of Bull and Wea Creek. Jack
and Jerry can more precisely pinpoint site because of the old
bullets they find concen-trated around these sites.
Jerry first got permission from Maxine Slyter Brandt about 1983
to explore the Miami Mission Village west. She lived
just east of that site. Jack and Jerry did not meet until about
1990 when Jack spotted Jerry in a restaurant with a Metal Detection
hat on. They worked together after that and Jack is still working
new sites.
The hobby is quite common. The KC Star of August 5, 2012 reports
about the Mid-West Artifact Society of Kansas City. It meets
monthly for a picnic, socializing and comparing finds. The 20 plus
members on that date went fishing (met-al detecting) at a Boys
Scout encampment at the south end of the old Swope Park. At that
time the Vice President was John Irby of Osawatomie, Kansas. In the
report He tells the story of a couple losing a $4,000 wedding ring
out a car window on 69 Highway near Drexel, Mo. and it being found
by metal detection. He also reports that they explored the
Osawatomie State Hospital grounds, Mine Creek Site and old homes
and an old school.
Forward, to last winter. Jack called me and reported that Jerry
because of age and medical problems wanted to disperse his
collection, possibly on E- Bay. Jack suggested to him he needed to
connect with me and the new Miami Co. Hist. Museum Indian Room
people as a good place for his collection.
It took awhile due to winter weather and sickness, but we made
connections and in his basement I got to view and photograph some
of his boxes. I showed these pictures to the Museum Board Members
in hope of convincing them that this was a very worth while
collection. I told them that because we had no Miami Tribal
artifact, getting this was strictly a dream, but, I was not very
optimistic. But we needed to physically see more of the
collection.
After many back and forth phone calls Larry Lybarger got to talk
to Jerry, we finally suggested that an accession loan agreement
might work. He would bring us 15 or 20 boxes for us to evaluate and
to be viewed. If we didn’t want them or Jerry was not happy with
our proposed treatment, he could pick them up any time. Jerry said
he was very ac-quainted with the accession process. He and Jack had
pre-viously had an exhibit at our Museum and had removed it prior
to 2009. Jerry soon brought 24 more boxes for us to evaluate. He
placed a value on a number of these boxes which seemed reasonable.
Jack thinks during their collec-tions they made several thousand
trips.
The next bump in the road I knew was coming as our financ-es are
strictly day to day. Jerry had voiced concern about how earnest we
were to properly and safely display the col-
METAL DETECTION ARTIFACT COLLECTION
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lection into the future for public viewing. Because he had
donated a collection to the Lecompton Museum and then had it
disappear, he wanted an earnest assurance that we were sincere by
an exchange donation. This we knew could only occur through a
sincere donor.
Thanks to Colleen Ewan, Museum President, and the Council, a
very willing Donor, David Schwartz came through and the exchange
was made. Jerry brought to us this summer over 40 boxes. It
represents many different areas in and around Miami County.
We still need better lighting and possibly some nicer display
cases. We invite the public to come and view the new collection. We
are proud of it.
On September 13th three members of the Miami Tribe from
Okla-homa viewed the exhibit just prior to their Pow-Wow at
Louisburg Timbercreek Restaurant. They were Jarrid Baldwin, Doug
Peconage and Meghan Dorey. Doug was from Ft. Wayne, Indiana.
RespectfullyLloyd L. Peckman
Jerry Emberlin
Jack York on the hunt for treasure
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Miami County Publications--Inventory Clearance Sale
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER TOWNThe Anatomy of a Circus
An autobiography by James R. PattersonA history of the Great
Patterson Shows when the circus maintained winter quarters in
Paola
All the following publications will have sales tax, postage
& handling added to the listed price
Family Histories and Stories of Miami County, Kansas, 1987 VOL I
DVD now available Reduced Now only $20.00
Family Histories and Stories of Miami County, Kansas, 1998 VOL
II Hardback Excess Inventory Sale $20.00 plus
Cemeteries of Miami County, Vol. I (rural south 2/3 of
county)-CD ONLY Beagle, Block, Cashman, Daganett, Debrick, Fontana;
Frank, Greenvalley, Herman, Highland, Hodges, Indianapolis,
Jingo, Lessenden, Mannen, Miami, County Poor Farm, Mound
Creek/Mount Nebo, New Hope, New Lancaster, Rock ville, Settle,
Spring Grove, Stanton, Whiteford and Wilson-Raymer Hardback
(Reprint) $15.00
Cemeteries of Miami County, Vol. II (north 1/3 of county) 1 copy
Antioch, Ayers, Bucyrus, Old Marysville, Hillsdale (old & new),
Louisburg (old & new), Pleasant Valley, Rock Creek, Scott’s
Valley, Somerset, St. Mary’s, Wagstaff, Wea, Holy Rosary, (Lane
& Shively in Franklin Co.) $20.00
Cemeteries of Miami County, Vol. III 1 copy Paola City,
Osawatomie City, Holy Trinity, Memorial Gardens and 1990 updates
for all cemeteries Hardback $30.00 (Glenwild & Sharen in Cass
Co.)
All cemetery books are available on a CD that must be read with
a computer. The contents are in the PDF format that is search-able
with Adobe reader. You can find a grave location in just a second.
All CDs are $15.00 each
Illustrated Historical Atlas of Miami County, 1901 or 1927
Photocopies of the original Atlas includes many pictures and
ownership maps of the county Softback $15.00 Index of Taxpayers of
Miami County, 1878 Lists of land owners or residents $3.00
The Story of Paola, 1857-1950 by McLachlin Softback Part 1 and
Hardback Part 2 with Index to both parts Sold as a set $19.50
Softback Part 1 $5.00 index only for original book owners $5.00
Barns of Miami County, Kansas 457 old barns in full color 136
pages $20.00
WW I Letters Home by Jim Bousman $25.00
Paola in 2nd. Half of the 20th Century by Ross, $5.00 -Great
Book! Good Buy!!
Cliff Wright’s, World War II For One, $18.51 and Kansas Folklore
$21.80 And So It Began by Bettie Garrison Ore The Miami County
Historical Society 1965-1980 price $2.00
Lest We Forget (List of Osawatomie Alumni) $5.00 Paola High
School Alumni 1888-1988 $5.00 e-mail: info@
thinkmiamicountyhistory.com
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Paving the Way to Heritage WalkA feeling of community spirit and
support is growing in Paola . Paola's historic district, the
downtown square and the park, is the focal point of Paola. The
Heritage Walk is located in the center of the park near the gazebo;
it provides a unique opportunity for you to memorialize a relative
or a former/current resident of our community with a brick engraved
with their name added to the hundreds already placed in the Walk
.
The Park was given to the City of Paola by Baptiste Peoria when
the town was founded . He specified that the Park must be used as a
park forever. Over the years the Gazebo, the fountain, the
sidewalks, and landscaping has been added to the park. Children's
play equipment and benches were added so that families could enjoy
spend-ing time in the park.
Engraved bricks may be placed individually, or may be grouped
for family members,school classes, etc . Each brick may have two
lines engraved with 14 letters and spaces on each line. Holidays
and birthdays are the perfect times to order a brick for that 'hard
to suit' person on your list or a way to assure that relative or
friend will never be forgotten in Paola.
You may request an application at: [email protected] or you
may download the application at www.paola-chamber .org or you may
pick up an application at Miami County Historical Museum at 12 East
Peoria Street (913) 294-4940 or at the Paola Chamber of Commerce at
6 W. Peoria Street (913) 294-4335.
Please mail your completed application(s) along with a check for
$30 for each brick requested to Miami County Historical Museum at
12 East Peoria Street Paola, KS 66071.
We will notify you when your application(s) has been received,
and the brick(s) will be installed as soon as possi-ble .
Each brick may have 2 lines with 14 letters and spaces.
Brick 1 Brick __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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Name _____________________________ E-mail
______________________________
Address__________________________________________________________
City_________________________________ State____ Zip _________
Phone_____________ Number of bricks ordered ______ @ $30 each Check
enclosed $_______________
Mi. Co. History Museum12 East PeoriaPaola, Kansas 66071
Phone 913-294-4940Web site
www.thinkmiamicountyhistory.comE-mail
[email protected]
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