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Ottawa (pronounced / ˈ ɒ t ə w ɑː /) is a city in, and the county seat of, Franklin County, Kansas, United States. [1] It is located on both banks of the Marais des Cygnes River near the center of Franklin County. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 12,625. [5] [6] It is the home of Ottawa University.
A list of people who were born in, or strongly associated with, Ottawa, Kansas Pages in category "People from Ottawa, Kansas" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of 35 total.
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.
Richard Peters (April 7, 1920 – May 26, 1973) was an American college football player and coach He served two stints as the head football coach Ottawa University in Ottawa, Kansas, from 1949 to 1952 and 1957 to 1971, compiling a record 129–42–3 (.741).
In 1803, most of the land for modern day Kansas was acquired by the United States from France as part of the 828,000 square mile Louisiana Purchase for 2.83 cents per acre. In 1854, the Kansas Territory was organized, then in 1861 Kansas became the 34th U.S. state. In 1860, Ottawa County was established.
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The Tauy Jones House (ca. 1863–1867) was a hotel and home in Ottawa, Kansas. The stone house was built on the site of his earlier homes and trading post, which were burned by pro-slavers Tauy Jones Hall (ca. 1866–1869) at Ottawa University in Kansas. John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones (1800-1873, Chippewa) was a leading businessman and Baptist ...
The building is located at 1901 Olathe Bouelevard and was established in the mid-1890s by Horatio W. and Mary Gates. [2] That Gates family was among the first licensed embalmers in the state, and they built this Neoclassical-style funeral home in 1922 to house their growing business.