Today Significant in Local History

Today Significant in Local History

Franklin County--History

Ottawa Indians--Mission

Byram, Emma Meeker

Keith, Eliza Meeker

Meeker, Jotham, 1804-1855

Simpson, Maria Meeker

Meeker, Eleanor Richardson

Newspaper article by John Mark Lambertson and originally published in The Ottawa Herald June 18, 1987. Lambertson explains that the date is significant because that date in 1837 is when the Rev. Jotham and Eleanor Meeker arrived in Franklin County, thus becoming the first permanent white settlers. Article describes what the country was like and where the mission was likely located on the north bank of the Marais des Cygnes River.
Newspaper article includes five photos: Eleanor and Jotham Meeker and their three daughters Maria Meeker Simpson, Emma Meeker Byram and Eliza Meeker Keith as adults.

Lambertson, John Mark

The Ottawa Herald

06/18/1987

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Document

2011.100.29.02

Franklin County, Kansas

1837-1844