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| '''Indianola''', also known as Indianola townsite, was a settlement in ], ] |
'''Indianola''', also known as Indianola townsite, was a settlement in ], ]<ref name="Tanner">{{cite book|author=Henry Tanner|title=Directory and shippers' guide of Kansas & Nebraska: containing full and complete descriptions of the cities, towns and villages, with the names and address of the merchants, manufacturers, professional men, etc|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pXJUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA115|year=1866|publisher=T.A. Holland & Co.|page=115}}</ref> north of ]. It was established in 1854 along the government and stage road between ] and ], and received more visitors than the nearby town of Topeka.<ref name="SocietyAdams">{{cite book|author1=Kansas State Historical Society|author2=Franklin George Adams|author3=George Washington Martin|title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA427|year=1912|page=427}}</ref> | ||
| Prior to the ], the town was primarily ] and its residents were often at odds with Topeka residents who |
Prior to the ], the town was primarily ] and its residents were often at odds with Topeka residents who wanted Kansas to be a ]. Once the war began, however, many Indianola residents joined the ].<ref name="SocietyAdams" /> Company F of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry was recruited in the town to fight for the Union Army during the war.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QJJFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA427|title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society|first1=Kansas State Historical|last1=Society|first2=Franklin George|last2=Adams|first3=George Washington|last3=Martin|date=27 May 2018|publisher=|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
| Town residents began to move away from Indianola after the ] built their railroad line through Topeka in or after 1865.<ref name="SocietyAdams" /> | Town residents began to move away from Indianola after the ] built their railroad line through Topeka in or after 1865.<ref name="SocietyAdams" /> | ||
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Indianola, also known as Indianola townsite, was a settlement in Shawnee County, Kansas north of Topeka. It was established in 1854 along the government and stage road between Fort Riley and Fort Leavenworth, and received more visitors than the nearby town of Topeka.
Prior to the American Civil War, the town was primarily proslavery and its residents were often at odds with Topeka residents who wanted Kansas to be a free state. Once the war began, however, many Indianola residents joined the Union Army. Company F of the Fifteenth Kansas Cavalry was recruited in the town to fight for the Union Army during the war.
Town residents began to move away from Indianola after the Kansas Pacific Railway built their railroad line through Topeka in or after 1865.
References
- Henry Tanner (1866). Directory and shippers' guide of Kansas & Nebraska: containing full and complete descriptions of the cities, towns and villages, with the names and address of the merchants, manufacturers, professional men, etc. T.A. Holland & Co. p. 115.
- ^ Kansas State Historical Society; Franklin George Adams; George Washington Martin (1912). Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society. p. 427.
- Society, Kansas State Historical; Adams, Franklin George; Martin, George Washington (27 May 2018). "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society" – via Google Books.
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