Timeline of Topeka, Kansas

The following is a timeline of the history of Topeka, Kansas, USA.

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19th century

• 1854 - Topeka Association organized.
• 1855
  • Constitution Hall built.
  • Topeka Constitutional Convention held.
• 1857
  • Topeka incorporated.
  • State Library of Kansas established.
• 1859 - Kansas State Record newspaper begins publication.^[1]
• 1860
  • Grace Church incorporated.
  • Drought.
• 1861
  • Topeka designated state capitol.^[2]
  • Kansas legislature convenes.^[3]
  • Episcopal Female Seminary of Topeka chartered.
• 1863 - Kansas Farmer begins publication.^[1]
• 1864 - Fort Simple built.
• 1865
  • Lincoln College founded.
  • Harrison School built.^[4]
  • Union Pacific railway begins operating in Eugene.^[2]
• 1868 - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad construction begins.^[2]
• 1872 - Topeka State Hospital opens.
• 1873 - Kansas Academy of Science incorporated.
• 1875 - Kansas Historical Society founded.
• 1878 - Topeka Harvey House opens.
• 1879 - Daily Capital newspaper begins publication.^[1]
• 1883 - Public Library building constructed.
• 1887
  • Governor's Mansion built.
  • Topeka Golden Giants baseball team formed.
• 1890 - Population: 31,007.^[5]
• 1894 - Christ's Hospital established.^[2]
• 1895 - Topeka Industrial and Educational Institute^[2] and Stormont Hospital and Training School established.^[2]
• 1897 - Topeka Tent and Awning Company established.^[6]
• 1899 - Gage Park established.

20th century

• 1900
  • Bethel Bible College founded.
  • Population: 33,608.^[2]
• 1902 - Smith Automobile Company founded.
• 1903 - Kansas State Capitol building constructed.
• 1906 - Bethesda Hospital established.^[2]
• 1909 - St. Francis Hospital established.^[2]
• 1910 - Population: 43,684.^[2]
• 1911 - Hayden High School established.
• 1914 - G.A.R. Memorial Hall built.
• 1917 - Grace Episcopal Cathedral built.
• 1920 - Menninger Clinic opens.^[7]
• 1926 - Jayhawk Theatre opens.^[8]
• 1933 - Topeka Zoo opens.
• 1936 - Sumner Elementary School built.
• 1941 - Topeka Army Air Field established.
• 1950
  • Population: 78,791.
  • Railroad station built.
• 1952 - Topeka Lutheran School opens.
• 1954 - Brown v. Board of Education decided.^[9]
• 1955 - Westboro Baptist Church opens.
• 1962 - Cedar Crest (mansion) becomes state governor's official residence.
• 1965 - Topeka Genealogical Society founded.^[10]
• 1966 - Tornado.
• 1976 - Forbes Field (airport) in operation.
• 1980 - Cair Paravel-Latin School founded.
• 1984 - Kansas Museum of History opens.
• 1987 - Sunflower State Expo arena opens.
• 1988 - West Ridge Mall opens.
• 1989 - Heartland Park Topeka motorsports facility opens.
• 1991 - Topeka Performing Arts Center opens.
• 1997 - City website online (approximate date).^[11]
• 1998 - Topeka ScareCrows ice hockey team founded.

21st century

2000s

• 2003 - Kansas Koyotes football team formed.
• 2004
  • Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site opens.
  • Topeka RoadRunners ice hockey team founded.
• 2005
  • Bill Bunten becomes mayor.^[12][13]
  • Topeka Golden Giants baseball team formed.
• 2006 - Railroad station built.
• 2008 - North Topeka Arts District formed.^[14]
• 2009 - Topeka Mudcats women's football team founded.

2010s

• 2010
  • Kaw River State Park opens.
  • Population: 127,473.

See also

• List of mayors of Topeka
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Shawnee County, Kansas
• Timeline of Kansas

other cities in Kansas

• Timeline of Wichita, Kansas

References

1. "U.S. Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
2. Britannica 1910.
3. Kansas State Historical Society; Kansas Collection of the University of Kansas. "Territorial Kansas Timeline, 1854-1861". Territorial Kansas Online. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
4. Topeka (Kan.). Board of Education (1886), "Historical Notes", Manual of the public schools of Topeka Kansas, Topeka, Kan: G. W. Crane & co., printers
5. Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
6. Topeka Tent & Awning Co., Catalog no. 23. 1923.
7. Wishart 2004.
8. "Theatre History". Jayhawk Theatre. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
9. "On This Day", New York Times, retrieved November 2014
10. "About Us". Topeka Genealogical Society. Retrieved September 13, 2012.
11. "City of Topeka". Archived from the original on March 1997 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
12. "Mayor of Topeka". City of Topeka. Archived from the original on September 6, 2009.
13. "Meet the Mayors". Washington, DC: United States Conference of Mayors. Retrieved March 31, 2013.
14. J. Barone (August 5, 2012). "A Turnaround in Topeka". New York Times.

Bibliography

• F. W. Giles (1886), Thirty years in Topeka: a historical sketch, Topeka, Kansas: G. W. Crane & Co.
• Mary E. Jackson (1890), Topeka pen and camera sketches, Topeka, Kan: G. W. Crane & co., printers, OCLC 2305406
• James Levi King (1905), History of Shawnee County, Kansas, and representative citizens, Chicago, Ill: Richmond & Arnold
• "Topeka", Encyclopaedia Britannica (11th ed.), New York, 1910, OCLC 14782424 – via Internet Archive
• Federal Writers’ Project (1939). "Topeka". Kansas: a Guide to the Sunflower State. American Guide Series. New York: Viking Press – via Hathi Trust.
• Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Topeka, KS", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
• David J. Wishart, ed. (2004). "Cities and Towns: Topeka, Kansas". Encyclopedia of the Great Plains. University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 0-8032-4787-7.

External links

• "Links". Topeka Genealogical Society.
• Items related to Topeka, Kansas, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America).