Article-1861, July 13

Telling the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission Historic Site

These webpages, interpreting and sharing the history of the Shawnee Indian Mission (SIM), endeavor to tell the wide and complex variety of stories of that place and the people who lived them. They are not bound by a single group or experience or perspective and have as their goal to tell those stories fully, including the less attractive truths. A useful History must be honest to the Past in its effort to educate and inspire.

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December 24, 2023

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Article-1861, July 13

Joab Spencer writes of the same occasion:

“I was at a little gathering of citizens July 4th 1861. The meeting was at or near where Turner, Wyandotte Co. now stands. Rev. Thomas Johnson and Col. Johnson were there. When Thomas Johnson was asked to speak, he took occassion to declare himself for the Union He lived up to that declaration till his death.”

[Joab Spencer to Geo. Martin, June 15, 1906, MSS. Dept. K.S.H.S.]

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