Atchison

Atchison (HM1H6E)

Location: Atchison, KS 66002 Atchison County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 33.402', W 95° 8.754'

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On July 4, 1804, Lewis and Clark exploring the new Louisiana Purchase, camped near this site. Fifty years later the town was founded by Proslavery men and named for Sen. D. R. Atchison. The Squatter Sovereign, Atchison's first newspaper, was an early advocate of violence against abolition. Here Pardee Butler, Free- State preacher, was set adrift on a river raft and on his return was tarred and feathered. Here Abraham Lincoln in 1859 "auditioned" his famous Cooper Union address ~ unmentioned by local newspapers.


During the heyday of river steamboating in the '50s Atchison became an outfitting depot for emigrant and freighting trains to Utah and the Pacific Coast, a supply base for the Pike's Peak gold rush, and in the early 1850's a starting point for the Pony Express and the Overland Stage lines. In this pioneer center of transportation the Santa Fe railway was organized in 1860, modestly named the Atchison & Topeka.
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HM NumberHM1H6E
Series This marker is part of the Kansas: Kansas Historical Society series
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Marker Number11
Placed ByKansas Historical Society and State Highway Commission.
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Friday, October 17th, 2014 at 1:39am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)15S E 315639 N 4380756
Decimal Degrees39.55670000, -95.14590000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 33.402', W 95° 8.754'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 33' 24.12" N, 95° 8' 45.24" W
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Area Code(s)913, 785
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling West
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1843-1859 US-59, Atchison KS 66002, US
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