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February 23, 1972 (Ottawa City Park: Ottawa: In 1857 a German immigrant settled three miles south and two and one-fourth miles west of the present town of Princeton; in 1859, he built this cabin on a hill overlooking the Humboldt trail to replace the original cabin which was destroyed in a prairie fire.
BETO Junction Travel Plaza is a truck stop located at the intersection of Interstate 35 (I-35) and U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) in Coffey County, Kansas, [1] 12 miles (19 km) north of the Wolf Creek Generating Station. [2]
The name derives from the Ottawa tribe of Native Americans, on whose reservation the city was laid out.In the spring of 1864, title to the land was obtained from the tribe through treaty connected to the founding of Ottawa University, the Ottawa having donated 20,000 acres of land to establish and fund a school for the education of Indians and non-Indians alike.
Ottawa Township covers an area of 43.04 square miles (111.5 km 2) and contains one incorporated settlement, Ottawa (the county seat). According to the USGS, it contains five cemeteries: Highland, Hope, Indian, Mount Calvary and Mount Evergreen.
The route continues north, through Princeton, and enters Ottawa near an interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) and US-50. At this interchange, US-59 becomes concurrent with the two routes and becomes a freeway. The highways run east momentarily, then curve to the north and intersect K-68 and a business route of US-50.
Many reasons exist as to why a community becomes abandoned (or nearly so). Transportation: With the development of major highways and interstates, people were willing to travel farther for goods and services causing local businesses in smaller towns to lose custo
Model train display at the Old Depot Museum in Ottawa, Kansas. One room of the museum is dedicated to an HO scale model train, with both steam and diesel trains. [11] [12] The model train shows the railroad and Franklin County as it looked in the 1950s, and includes structures that exist around Franklin County.
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Amelia Park Bridge: 1914 2004-01-21 Antelope: Marion: Concrete Bridge Asylum Bridge: 1905 1990-01-04 Osawatomie