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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.
The Tauy Jones House in Ottawa, Kansas is a historic building that was the home of John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones, who was of half Chippewa heritage and served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie, a leader and minister for the Ottawa tribe, a friend of John Brown, and a co-founder of Ottawa University.
Tauy Jones Hall is the oldest surviving building on the Ottawa University campus at 10th and Cedar Streets in Ottawa, Kansas and has a copper roofed cupola at its peak. The building was named after John Tecumseh “Tauy” Jones, who was of half Chippewa heritage and served as an interpreter for the Pottawatomie.
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.
Fairchild Hall: Kansas State University: 1894 [8] [18] Spooner Hall: University of Kansas: 1894: Oldest free-standing building on the University of Kansas campus. [8] [19] Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Kedzie Hall: Kansas State University: 1897 [8] [9] [20] Hiawatha Hall: Haskell Indian Nations University: 1898 [21 ...
The Dietrich Cabin is a log cabin located in Ottawa City Park in Ottawa, Kansas. Jacob Dietrich, a German immigrant, built the cabin in 1859. The cabin replaced the family's original home, which was built in 1857, and burned down the following year. After Dietrich died in 1863, his wife Catherine maintained the cabin while raising their three sons.
Herbert Franklin Sheldon (c. 1831–1917) was an American politician and real estate businessman in Ottawa, Kansas. He served as Ottawa's mayor and was a state senator. [1] Sheldon arrived in Ottawa in 1864. He was elected mayor of Ottawa in 1872. [2] He also served as county clerk and register of deeds. [3]
Plaza 1907 (formerly known as The Plaza Grill and Cinema and Crystal Plaza and The Bijou) is located in Ottawa, Kansas, United States and has been named the "oldest purpose-built cinema in operation in the world", [1] [2] having applied to Guinness World Records in June 2017 and beaten out a theatre in Denmark by two days.