Wild Prairie Land Began as Osage Mission History
A history by E. W. Johnson recounts the Osage Nation’s early presence in Wilson County area near Shaw and Canville trading post. Missions led by Pixley and van Quickenborn, Boudinot Station, and Dan Ville traders shaped 19th century settlement before Chanute and Neosho County towns emerged.
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Chanute
France
United States
Neosho
Osages
Benson Pixley
Pixley
Boudinot
St. Paul
John Schoenmakers
Osage Mission
Loretto
Kentucky
Kansas
A. B. Dan Ville
Canville
Canville Creek
Neosho County
Shaw
Danville
Octave Chanute City Honors Its Father of Aviation
Article recounts why Chanute, named for Octave Chanute, became a city in Kansas state. It notes his role building the L L and G railroad, his modest leadership, a depot dispute among Tioga New Chicago and allied towns, and his brief visit in Chanute with two daughters. Chanute died in 1919 at 78. his aviation legacy overshadows early rail feats.
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John W. Berkebile
New Chicago
Tioga
Alliance
United
Octave Chanute
Chanute
Octave
U. & G. Railroad
Railroad
Chicago
Hetrick Theater
Octave Chanute Ili
L.L and G
Santa Fe
Prairies
Aviation
Missouri River
Kansas City
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Wilson Colln'sionary
Napoleon
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Louisiana Purchase
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Charles van Quickenborn
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