Shawnee County Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas

You're invited to 2008 Annual Meeting, 12-7-08, 2 PM, 117 W. 6th Av
  • PowerPoint tour of Sumner School
  • David Fisher Jr., Burnett's Mound plan
  • William Beteta, Visioning & Commemoration
  • Chris Mienhart, Constitution Hall
  • Bill Wagnon, Ritchie House
  • Committee Annual Reports
  • Voting on proposed By-laws changes
  • Reception

One more!
Ritchie
  House
  Open
   House
    1116 SE Madison
    Sat., Nov. 29,
    10AM-2PM

A lot of people grew up
here and are interested in what
went on in the past. The past should be made interesting. There's still plenty of material that hasn't yet been written.

—John W. Ripley

Topeka and Shawnee
County, Kansas, possess a
fascinating history. It's a story of building a town amid territorial strife...laying out a railroad empire to the American Southwest...fighting the elements of drought and grasshoppers to keep the family homestead...of good times under the Big Tent and the no-so-good times of local boy Bennie Dickson as Public Enemy No. 1.

This is your story, whether you are a native or a newcomer or once lived in this area of Northeast Kansas. Join the Society and share with others who enjoy learning how our community came to be what it is today.