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Excerpt from Historical Sketch of Shawnee County, Kansas: Prepared for the Occasion of the Centennial Celebration, July 4, 1876 The author of the following historical sketch would say, as an apology to the community and as a justification of himself, that the time allowed for its preparation - about ten days - was not sufficient, after attending to the usual calls of business, to do more than is here presented. A recollection of this fact is also urged in mitigation for errors or omissions that may be noticed. Thoughts were entertained of preparing a synoptical sketch, extending through the period of the county's existence, but it was concluded that a consecutive narrative, reasonably full of details, would be more satisfactory - especially to the older settlers of the county - and be more valuable as a basis for future historical work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.