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Title
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A Century in Print: The Newspaper Business in Johnson County, 1860-1960
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Description
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Detailed article about the history of news publishing in Johnson County, Kansas. "In no other state's history has the press played such an active and pervasive role in community life. This is evident in the numbers alone. As of the mid 1930s the state of Kansas had spawned a total of 4638 newspapers, at least one thousand more than any other state." The earliest publication in the state was a religious periodical printed in the Shawnee Indian language by missionary Jotham Meeker. The first issue of "Siwonowe Kesibwi" ("The Shawnee Sun") came off the press in February 1835.
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Date
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2001
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Object Type
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Newsletter Article
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Title
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History of Johnson County, Kansas
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Description
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Recollections of the three Johnson County Indian missions by early resident, J.W. Parker. Locations of the missions are detailed, as is the location of an early church that stood "just at the entrance of Shawnee village" from the east.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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Thomas Johnson
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Description
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Item describing the murder of Thomas Johnson by bushwhackers in 1865. Johnson, a founder of the Shawnee Methodist Mission, was shot through his front door by men attempting to rob his home.
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Date
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1905-03-29
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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History of Johnson County, Kansas
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Description
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Recollections of William Johnson, son of the Rev. Thomas Johnson, founder of the Methodist Episcopal Shawnee Indian Mission in Johnson County. Johnson's recollections describe life at the mission, the laying out of the 2,240 acre mission farm, and the construction of mission buildings.
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Date
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1915
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Object Type
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Book
