. A history of Republic County, Kansas : embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01 ... Also the topography of the County ... and other valuable information never before published . torical Society holds its reg-ular annual meetings at the Pawnee school house near thevillage site, on the 29th of September, this being the anniver-sary of the hoistingof the American flag in Republic county,and special meetings whenever deemed necessary, butthe annual celebrations and flag raisings are held on thetown site, one of
. A history of Republic County, Kansas : embracing a full and complete account of all the leading events in its history, from its first settlement down to June 1, '01 ... Also the topography of the County ... and other valuable information never before published . torical Society holds its reg-ular annual meetings at the Pawnee school house near thevillage site, on the 29th of September, this being the anniver-sary of the hoistingof the American flag in Republic county,and special meetings whenever deemed necessary, butthe annual celebrations and flag raisings are held on thetown site, one of the most beautiful and picturesque spotsin the great state of Kansas. The present officers of thesociety are: J. C. Price, president; Mrs. John Moore, sec-retary, and George Johnson, treasurer The site of the village, embracing eleven acres wasdeeded by Mrs. Johnson to the state, conditioned that anappropriation be made by the legislature for the purposeof suitably marking this place as one of the leading his-toric spots of Kansas. The importance of doing this wasstrongly presented to the legislature by the Pawnee Re-public Historical Society in which it was ably assisted bythe Daughters of the Revolution. Accordingly Senator R. B. Ward introduced the fol-. View near the Pawnee Indiaa Village. Road leaving theGrove at foot of the hill. History of Republic County. 19 lowing bill January 14, 1901, and ably championed it tofinal passage February Uth; yeas 28, nays none, absent ornot voting 12. Hon. W. H. Woodward, representing Repub-lic county, introduced the same bill in the House, where itmet with some opposition, being at one time stricken fromthe calendar, but it finally passed that body without a dis-senting vote and was approved by the gov^ernor FebruaryU, 1901: SESSION LAWS OF KANSAS, 1901. CHAPTER 40. PIKES PAWNEE INDIAN VILLAGE. An act accepting title to the site of Pikes Pawnee Indianvillage, in Republic county, Kansas, making appropri-ation for fencing and suitably mark
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