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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.
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.
Glory Days (also titled Demontown) is an American mystery drama television series which was broadcast on The WB from January 16 to March 25, 2002. The series was created by Kevin Williamson , and starred Eddie Cahill , Poppy Montgomery , and Jay R. Ferguson .
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.
Glory Days is an American drama television series that aired from July 25 until September 13, 1990 on Fox. Premise. Four people who were friends in high school ...
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The Holton Bath House is a bathhouse in Holton in Jackson County, Kansas which was built in 1938 as a WPA project. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. [1] The listing includes two contributing buildings: the bath house and a filter house.