The City of Topeka KS was incorporated on 14th february, 1857, with Cyrus K. Holday as Mayor. On 5th December, 1854, 9 men met on the bank of the kansas river which is now known as Kansas Avenue and Crane Street. Mutually everyone came up with an agreement which later on become the basis of Topeka Association, the organisation was responcible for the growth of Topeka KS in early stage. Those 9 members of Topeka Association were Cyrus K. Holiday, aniel H. Horne, George Davis, Enoch Chase, J.B. Chase, M.C. Dickey, Charles Robinson and L.G. Cleveland. Geographical Location has always worked to a decided advantage for the area,Topeka KS has been through very critical weather conditions , both natural and man made storms. Topeka KS lies on rich sandy loam river bottomland where Indians lived for many years using the excellent fords on the Kansas (Kaw) River. Among the first permanent settlers in this area were three French-Canadian (Pappan) brothers. They married three Kanza (Kansas) Indian sisters and established a ferry over the river in 1842. A grandson from one of the marriages was Charles Curtis, the only Vice-President of the United States to be of Indian descent. (Charles Curtis served with President Herbert C. Hoover from 1929 to 1933.)
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