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Jim Lane's Fort, sometimes called Fort Jim Lane, was built in August 1856, in Holton, Kansas, United States. It was named to honor free-state leader James H. Lane, who helped organize the settlement of several towns in northeast Kansas Territory, including Holton. Holton was settled by about fifty free-state settlers at the time the fort was built.
In 1859, Holton had seven dwellings, one store, a blacksmith shop and a steam saw mill. The census taken in April, 1857, gave Holton 291 people; in 1860 the population was 1,936. In 1859 the city was incorporated. [6] In 1879, the residents of Jackson County, Kansas decided to form a university in Holton.
Holton USD 336 is a public unified school district headquartered in Holton, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Holton , Denison , and nearby rural areas. [ 2 ]
Jackson County is a county in the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Holton. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 13,232. [1] The county, first named Calhoun County for pro-slavery South Carolina Senator John C. Calhoun, was renamed in 1859 for President Andrew Jackson. [4]
North Jackson USD 335 is a unified school district headquartered about four miles north of Holton, Kansas, United States. [1] The district includes the communities of Circleville, Netawaka, Soldier, Whiting, and nearby rural areas. [2] The high school is notable for having previously been an Atlas nuclear missile site.
The so-called Battle of the Spurs took place about 7 miles (11 km) north of Holton, Kansas, near Netawaka, Kansas, on January 31, 1859.Abolitionist John Brown, together with J. H. Kagi and Aaron Dwight Stevens, was escorting a group of 11 escaped slaves from the slave state of Missouri to freedom in Iowa.
The first Biking Across Kansas took place in June 1975 and has been held annually each year since. The route varies and has traversed all 105 counties of the state. More than 800 bicyclists from Kansas and other states participate each year. The event was founded and organized by Larry and Norma Christie from 1975 through 2001.
A medieval manuscript fragment of Finnish origin, c. 1340 –1360, utilized by the Dominican convent at Turku, showing the liturgical calendar for the month of June. The calendar of saints is the traditional Christian method of organizing a liturgical year by associating each day with one or more saints and referring to the day as the feast day or feast of said saint.