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unusual facts about Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory


Arapahoe County

Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory, a large county that included the entire western portion of the territory.


Arapahoe, Jefferson County, Colorado

The town, which was the fourth founded in northern Colorado, was then within western Kansas Territory.

Bishop Miege High School

Bishop Miege High School was established in 1958 by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and was named after Bishop John Baptiste Miege, the first bishop of the Kansas Territory, which eventually became the current Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

Buckskin Joe, Park County, Colorado

At the time of its first settlement, the town was in the western part of Kansas Territory.

Commerce City, Colorado

In 1859, John D. "Colonel Jack" Henderson built a ranch, trading post, and hotel on Henderson Island in the South Platte River in Arapahoe County, Kansas Territory.

Frederick Perry Stanton

Stanton served as the governor of Kansas Territory from 1858 to 1861, according to the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

John D. Henderson

In 1859, Henderson built a ranch, trading post, and hotel on Henderson Island in the South Platte River in Arapaho County, Kansas Territory.


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