. The Orange blossom . ointed the Rev. Abraham Still, a missionary to the Shawnee Indians, to lookafter the white settlers along the Wakarusa and a little later, the Rev. Thos. B. Markhamof the Missouri Conference to take charge of the white work around Ft. Leavenworth. All the work in both Nebraska and Kansas was attached to either the Missouri orthe Iowa Conference, and for one or two years the minutes of both conferences carried aKansas-Nebraska district. In the report which Dr. Goodde made to the bishops, he recommended that two cir-cuits be formed and that a superintendent be appointed wi
. The Orange blossom . ointed the Rev. Abraham Still, a missionary to the Shawnee Indians, to lookafter the white settlers along the Wakarusa and a little later, the Rev. Thos. B. Markhamof the Missouri Conference to take charge of the white work around Ft. Leavenworth. All the work in both Nebraska and Kansas was attached to either the Missouri orthe Iowa Conference, and for one or two years the minutes of both conferences carried aKansas-Nebraska district. In the report which Dr. Goodde made to the bishops, he recommended that two cir-cuits be formed and that a superintendent be appointed with discretionary powers as tofuture appointments and the sub-division of the work. This report so pleased the au-thorities that they settled upon him as the man to lead in the venture, and the following-spring Dr. Goodde was transferred to the Missouri Conference, and was appointed su-perintendent of the work in Kansas and Nebraska, with almost episcopal powers. After 23 KANSAS CITY DISTRICTPresiding Elder, J. S. TOPEKA DISTRICTPresiding Elder, Edwin Locke.
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