The Formerly Famous Town of Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas

The community of Tecumseh is located in Shawnee County, Kansas on the fringes of the state capital, Topeka. In the mid 1850s, proslavery settlers from Missouri founded the town. The first post office was established on March 3, 1855. Because of Tecumseh’s close location to Topeka, and the politics of its founders, it was involved in much of the chaos that enveloped Kansas during its bloody territorial years.

Gregory Weber

The Chapman Center of Rural Studies

Fall 2011

The Chapman Center of Rural Studies

Kansas State University, Department of History

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