Timeline of Topeka, Kansas
The following is a timeline of the history of Topeka, Kansas, USA.
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19th century
- 1854 - Topeka Association organized.
- 1855
- Constitution Hall built.
- Topeka Constitutional Convention held.
- 1856
- Free-state government installed in Topeka, March 1856.[1]
- 1857
- Topeka incorporated.
- State Library of Kansas established.
- 1859 - Kansas State Record newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1860
- Grace Church incorporated.
- Drought.
- 1861
- Topeka designated state capitol.[3]
- Kansas legislature convenes.[4]
- Episcopal Female Seminary of Topeka chartered.
- 1863 - Kansas Farmer begins publication.[2]
- 1864
- Topeka threatened during Price's Raid.
- Fort Simple built in the fall in to defend against Confederate troops during Price's Raid.[5]
- 1865
- Lincoln College founded.
- Harrison School built.[6]
- Union Pacific railway begins operating in Eugene.[3]
- 1867 - Fort Simple torn down in April.[7]
- 1868 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad construction begins.[3]
- 1872 - Topeka State Hospital opens.
- 1873 - Kansas Academy of Science incorporated.
- 1875 - Kansas Historical Society founded.
- 1878 - Topeka Harvey House opens.
- 1879 - Daily Capital newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1883 - Public Library building constructed.
- 1887
- Governor's Mansion built.
- Topeka Golden Giants baseball team formed.
- 1890 - Population: 31,007.[8]
- 1894 - Christ's Hospital established.[3]
- 1895 - Topeka Industrial and Educational Institute[3] and Stormont Hospital and Training School established.[3]
- 1897 - Topeka Tent and Awning Company established.[9]
- 1899 - Gage Park established.
20th century
- 1900
- Bethel Bible College founded.
- Population: 33,608.[3]
- 1902 - Smith Automobile Company founded.
- 1903 - Kansas State Capitol building constructed.
- 1906 - Bethesda Hospital established.[3]
- 1909 - St. Francis Hospital established.[3]
- 1910 - Population: 43,684.[3]
- 1911 - Hayden High School established.
- 1914 - G.A.R. Memorial Hall built.
- 1917 - Grace Episcopal Cathedral built.
- 1920 - Menninger Clinic opens.[10]
- 1926 - Jayhawk Theatre opens.[11]
- 1933 - Topeka Zoo opens.
- 1936 - Sumner Elementary School built.
- 1941 - Topeka Army Air Field established.
- 1950
- Population: 78,791.
- Railroad station built.
- 1952 - Topeka Lutheran School opens.
- 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education decided.[12]
- 1955 - Westboro Baptist Church opens.
- 1962 - Cedar Crest (mansion) becomes state governor's official residence.
- 1965 - Topeka Genealogical Society founded.[13]
- 1966 - Tornado.
- 1976 - Forbes Field (airport) in operation.
- 1980 - Cair Paravel-Latin School founded.
- 1984 - Kansas Museum of History opens.
- 1987 - Sunflower State Expo arena opens.
- 1988 - West Ridge Mall opens.
- 1989 - Heartland Park Topeka motorsports facility opens.
- 1991 - Topeka Performing Arts Center opens.
- 1997 - City website online (approximate date).[14]
- 1998 - Topeka ScareCrows ice hockey team founded.
21st century
2000s
- 2003 - Kansas Koyotes football team formed.
- 2004
- Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site opens.
- Topeka RoadRunners ice hockey team founded.
- 2005
- Bill Bunten becomes mayor.[15][16]
- Topeka Golden Giants baseball team formed.
- 2006 - Railroad station built.
- 2008 - North Topeka Arts District formed.[17]
- 2009 - Topeka Mudcats women's football team founded.
2010s
- 2010
- Kaw River State Park opens.
- Population: 127,473.
See also
- List of mayors of Topeka
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas
- Timeline of Kansas
- other cities in Kansas
References
- ↑ Topeka’s 100 Years of Inspired Leadership, p. 4 (N.p.: 1954), p. 4 (from the archives of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kans.).
- 1 2 3 "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Britannica 1910.
- ↑ Kansas State Historical Society; Kansas Collection of the University of Kansas. "Territorial Kansas Timeline, 1854-1861". Territorial Kansas Online. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ↑ William C. Pollard, Jr., Forts and Posts in Kansas During the Civil War: 1861-1865 (Charleston, S.C.: CreateSpace, June 12, 2015), pp. 117-9.
- ↑ Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education (1886), "Historical Notes", Manual of the public schools of Topeka Kansas, Topeka, Kan: G. W. Crane & co., printers
- ↑ Untitled story, The Topeka Weekly Leader, April 18, 1867, p. 3.
- ↑ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ↑ Topeka Tent & Awning Co., Catalog no. 23. 1923.
- ↑ Wishart 2004.
- ↑ "Theatre History". Jayhawk Theatre. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ↑ "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 30, 2014
- ↑ "About Us". Topeka Genealogical Society. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
- ↑ "City of Topeka". Archived from the original on March 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "Mayor of Topeka". City of Topeka. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009.
- ↑ "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
- ↑ J. Barone (August 5, 2012). "A Turnaround in Topeka". New York Times.
Bibliography
- Samuel Radges, ed. (1870), Biennial Directory of the City of Topeka, State Record Book and Job Printing House – via HathiTrust
- Topeka City Directory, 1874 – via Internet Archive
- Biennial Directory to...the City of Topeka, Samuel Radges, 1880 – via Internet Archive
- F. W. Giles (1886), Thirty years in Topeka: a historical sketch, Topeka, Kansas: G. W. Crane & Co.
- Mary E. Jackson (1890), Topeka Pen and Camera Sketches, Topeka, Kan: G. W. Crane & Co., printers, OCLC 2305406
- "Topeka". Kansas State Gazetteer and Business Directory. Chicago: R.L. Polk & Co. 1904 – via Google Books.
- James Levi King (1905), History of Shawnee County, Kansas, and representative citizens, Chicago, Ill: Richmond & Arnold
- "Topeka", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
- Topeka City Directory, Polk-Radges Directory Co., 1912 – via HathiTrust
- Pocket Guide to City of Topeka. 1913.
- Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Topeka". Kansas: a Guide to the Sunflower State. American Guide Series. New York: Viking Press – via Hathi Trust.
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Topeka, KS", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Topeka, Kansas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.
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