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Along County Road 1057, near K-10 on the Wakarusa River was the site of Blue Jacket's Crossing, a crossing point for the Oregon Trail. A park at 12th & Cedar in Eudora memorializes Blue Jacket. Southwest of Eudora, along Winchester Road, is the Beni Israel Cemetery. A cemetery given to the Jewish community in 1858.
Favoring the Eudora area, they drew up contracts with Shawnee Chief Paschal Fish, the original owner of the town site. [6] The new town was named Eudora in honor of Chief Fish's daughter. [7] [8] The first post office in Eudora was established in September, 1857. [9] Eudora was incorporated in 1859. [10] [11]
The northern part of Greenway was constructed in 1940 as a massive low-income apartment housing project for defense workers. The neighborhood draws its name from this 1940 development. As of the start of the 21st century, residents of Greenway are largely poor, and the neighborhood is characterized by multi-family homes and public housing projects.
Eudora High School, Eudora, USD 491; Lawrence Free State High School, Lawrence, USD 497; ... Kansas City, USD 500; Sumner Academy of Arts and Science, Kansas City ...
Greenwood County is a county located in the southeast portion of the U.S. state of Kansas.Its county seat and most populous city is Eureka. [3] As of the 2020 census, the county population was 6,016. [1]
The bridge runs concurrent with Leavenworth County's County Road 1 and Douglas County's County Road 1061 and the city of Eudora is just south of the bridge. The two lane bridge has a span of 1,360 feet [ 1 ] and was opened in 1965, built at a cost of $746,000.
Copper Beech Farm aka Lauder Greenway Estate: 1896 or 1898 [15] French Renaissance: Greenwich: Originally built by NYC native John Hamilton Gourlie, it was purchased by Andrew Carnegie's niece Harriet Lauder Greenway in 1905. Fully restored and renovated in 2023. For a time, it was the most expensive home in United States history. || [16] [17 ...
The master plan calls for high density housing, major commercial zoning, a "downtown" area for offices, high density commercial and civic uses, and land promised to The University of Kansas, Kansas State University and the City of De Soto, as well as land being reserved for the army reserves, parks and other public spaces. However, the cleanup ...