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Oldest 1857 stone structure in the county where Pottawatomie Indians received government payments. From 1847 to about 1857, St. Marys was the "Cape Canaveral" of western migration along this leg of the Oregon-California Trail. Once a person left St. Marys in those years - there was not another settlement until one reached Salt Lake, the California Gold Fields or the Willamette Valley in Oregon Territory, journeys of thousands of miles. The only intervening vestiges of "civilization" were two small sparsely manned army posts at Fort Kearney and Fort Laramie. |
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Jeffrey Energy Center has 7,000 acres available for public use. People can hunt, fish, and watch wildlife in two designated wildlife management areas (WMAs). WMA #1 is outside the actual energy plant grounds. WMA #2 can only be accessed by entering through the Center's main gate. Kiosks outside the energy center have brochures available for you to take and there are directional signs to assist you. The wildlife areas display some spectacular prairie flowers and attract many species of birds throughout the seasons. Along with the prairie there are two lakes, as well as several ponds and streams to explore. |
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Potawatomi and French ancestry who was an early resident. Vieux, his wife, and 7 children built a toll bridge that took covered wagons over the Vermillion River. A grave site stands atop the hill near the homestead. Just a few hundred feet farther west is the National Historic Oregon Trail Cholera Cemetery, where a number of people who died during the Oregon Trail days are buried.
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St. Marys Academy and College, located in St. Marys, Kansas, is owned and operated by the Society of St. Pius X, an international priestly society founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre to maintain the traditional Catholic priesthood and all the works related to it. The property is located on 465 rolling acres, 25 miles west of Topeka, the state capitol, and 75 miles west of Kansas City. |
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A very scenic, nine-hole course located on the hills overlooking the Kansas River valley. |
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