The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-11-22

town. It was on the verdigris river
about four miles from the present
thriving tcwnsite Of Madison in Green
wood county.
Superior was in Usage county near
Willow Springs. It was quite a trad
| ing post and early Kansas history tells
of the loyalty of the Superior mer-
chants in sending their wares to points
on the Kaw river for shipment in order
to encourage navigation on the stretch
OF r1pples and sandbars. Superior il
no more, II the maps of Kansas today
are to be believed.
Early history tells little Of Junction
Junction received only one vote. The
failure to land the capital probably
robbed the little community Of its am
b1tfon to become Kansas center. 1t
was located in Leavenworth county on
the Missouri river.
Named After Indian Tribe.
About 1860 A. M. Campbell. who still
resides in Salina, went to Lawrence
hunting for work. Finding nothing
that satisfied him, he went down the
river few miles and locating on n
good trail he started a ferry across the
kaw 1t was one Of the best operated
ferries IN Kansas at the time and at
tracted traders from all over Douglas
county. Soon the ferry was made into
trading post and not long after that
Uncle Sam located a postoffice there.
Campbell, greatly beloved by the Della
ware Indians and himself an admirer
Of their actions at that time, named
the town after them. Delaware" soon
became a thriving point on the Kaw
and when the call was sent out for
received two votes. The town survived
only few years.
Apparently early settlers knew lit
tie Of s. G. Rodgers who settled in
Washington county about 1860. The
town, Rodgersville, was named after
MIN and received one vote for the To-
cation OF the executive offices of the
state. 1t passed out Of existence
short time later.
Indianapolis is another hamlet that
was sighted by historians. It was To-
Gated in Miami county and for many
settled in 1859 and unsettled five years
after.
BENEFITS Station in Marshall county
was given a postoffice in 1S59-the year
when hundreds of towns sprang up
like mushrooms in all parts Of eastern
Kansas. 1t was given one vote for
the capital-then dried up and blew
away.
Merrimac. another Marshall county
town with one vote to it's credit was
located in May, 1858. and vacated in
the fall of 1864. Hendricks Creek lived
only a few years and Potosi in Linn
county was sacked.
Fame was neeting to these Kansas
trading posts.
Douglas the Banner County,
Douglas county had more candi-
dates in the field for state capital
than any other Kansas county. Doug
las was a thickly settled county of
those days. Lawrence, receiving 1894
votes. second to Topeka, was the lead
ing Douglas county contestant. Bald
win City. LecOmpton, Clinton, Big
Springs and Delaware all received
town in Douglas county that was I'M
able to survive the following years
of trials and tribulations-
Shawnee county had two candi-
and Tecumseh. Both
towns are alive-and well, thank you.
Leavenworth county was represent
ed by Leavenworth, Kickapoo and
Junction. Junction died. The vaude-
Vile jokers say Leavenworth is
Three towns in Miami county bid
for the honors-Stanton. Paola. Osa-
watomie and Indianapolis. Indiana
polls il no more.
Marshall county with Marysville.
BENEFITS Station and Merrimac; John |
son county with Olathe, Spring Hill
anu 0uAWuces usage COuuty Win BUR-
lingame. Sac and Fox Agency and
Superior; Lyon county with Neosho
Rapids, Plymouth and Emporia-i
each county mad three contestants.
Several counties, including Riley with
Ogden and Manhattan Geary with
bon county with Mapleton and Fort
Scott. Linn county with Mound City
and Potosi. Clark county with Min
nicola and Ashland. had two candi- |
dates.
History Of Capital Location.
Many towns in Kansas have har-
bored the controlling administrations
sas became an organized territory in
1854 the seat of government has been
located at Fort Leavenworth, Shaw |
nee Methodist Indian mission. Paw
nee, Lecompton. Lawrence, Minneola
and Topeka
Governor Reeder, the first territor-
ial executive. conducted offices at
Fort Leavenworth.
Reeder didn't like his Leavenworth
quarters, however, and q short time
after going into ONCE he moved to
the Shawnee Methodist Mission. This
was only one mile from the Missouri
line.
The first territorial legislature was
called for Pawnee, near Fort Riley.
In 1855 this move was made and Gov
ernor Reeder made his headquarters
there. Pawnee did not satisfy the Of
hcials of that time and in q few
months they were back in the build
ings at the Shawnee Mission
In August OF that year, the legisla-
ture voted on a permanent capital
Leavenw0rth, Lawrence, Tecumseh,
ST. Bernard. Lecompton. Kickapoo.
White Head, One Hundred and Ten
and Douglass all competed. Lecomp-
ton won over St. Bernard and To-