Volume I, Number 1 (December, 1946) pp 3-32
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” pp 3-15 (continued
in Vol. I, No. 2).
Tabor, Milton “Oldest House in Kansas” pp 16-18.
Lovewell, Paul A. “100 Years Ago the First Grocery Was Started
in Shawnee County” pp 19-24.
Howes, Cecil “Ghost Towns of Shawnee County” pp 25-32.
Volume I, Number 2 (March 1947) pp 35-64
Cone, William “Shawnee County Townships: William Cone’s Historical
Sketch of Shawnee County, Kansas including An Account of the Important
Events in the Early Settlement of each Township…” (reprint of 1877
Publication) pp 35-45 (continued in Vol. I, No. 4).
“The Founding of Topeka” pp 46.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from
previous bulletin) pp 47-64 (continued in Vol. I, No. 3).
Volume I, Number 3 (June, 1947) pp 67-96
Carruth, Arthur J., Jr. “92 Years of Newspapers in Shawnee” pp 67-73.
Bright, John D. “Topeka’s Year I” pp 74-86.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from
previous bulletin) pp 86-92 (continued in Vol. I, No. 4).
Stone, Robert “Olive Packard Owen” pp 93-96.
Volume I, Number 4 (September-December, 1947) pp 99-128
“Founders of Topeka” pp 99-103 (continued in Vol. II, No. 1).
Howes, Cecil “What About the Name, Topeka?” pp 104-108.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from
Vol. I, No. 2) pp 109-112 (continued in Vol. II, No. 1).
Mrs. Harry Seery “Early Topeka Days” pp 113-115.
Lovewell, Paul “The Smith; A Mighty Man was He” pp 116-120.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County”
(continued from Vol. I, No. 3) pp 121-128 (continued in Vol. II, No. 1).
Volume II, Number 1 (March, 1948) pp 3-32
Carruth, Arthur J., Jr. “Topeka, Transportation” pp 3-7.
Page, Euphemia B. “Flour Mills – Important Industry” pp 8-12.
“Dr. Franklin Loomis Crane” (continued from Vol. I, No. 4,
titled: “Founders of Topeka”) pp 13-15.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from
Vol. I, No. 4) pp 16-18 (continued in Vol. II, No. 2).
Rastall, John E. “Topeka in 1856” pp 19-27.
Root, George A “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued
From Vol. I, No. 4) pp 27-32 (continued in Vol. II, No. 2).
Volume II, Number 2 (June, 1948) pp 35-64
Lovewell, Paul A. “First Dry Goods Store Was Also the First
Public Library” pp 35-38.
Carruth, Arthur J., Jr. “Light and Power in Topeka” pp 39-45.
Howes, Cecil “It Took Work, Money and Some Shenanigans
To Win the Kansas Capitol” pp 46-52.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 1) pp 53-55 (continued in Vol. II, No. 3).
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 1) pp 56-64 (continued in Vol. II, No. 3).
Volume II, Number 3 (September, 1948) pp 67-94
Biby, William A. “History of the Topeka Free Public Library” pp 67-78.
Hickman, Russell K. “Topeka Founded on Wyandott Float” pp 79-84.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 2) pp 85-87 (continued in Vol. II, No. 4).
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 2) pp 88-93 (continued in Vol. II, No. 4).
Volume II, Number 4 (December, 1948) pp 99-128
[Giles, Fry W.] “The First Few Days (Excerpts from Thirty Years in
Topeka…” pp 99-103
Tabor, Milton “Cyrus Kurtz Holliday” pp 104-113.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 3) pp 114-117 (continued in Vol. III, No. 1).
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 3) pp 118-128 (continued in Vol. III, No. 1).
Volume III, Number 1 (March, 1949) pp 2-32
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part I – Founding a Pioneer Church” pp 3-8 (continued in Vol. III, No. 2).
Cone, Lois Johnson “The Ward-Meade House” pp 9-13.
[Galloway, Nancy (Veale)] “Col. Veale’s Mansion: Social Center of Topeka.”
pp 14-17.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 4) pp 18-21 (continued in Vol. III, No. 2).
“Accessions” pp 22.
Adams, Paul “The Old Trail Through Topeka” pp 23-26.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from Vol. II,
No. 4) pp 27-32 (continued in Vol. III, No. 2).
Volume III, Number 2 (December, 1949) pp 35-64
“The 25th Anniversary Edition of the Topeka Mail and Kansas Breeze May 22,
1896, Recorded Shawnee County History” pp 35-40.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from Vol. III,
No. 1) pp 41-43 (continued in No. 11).
“Why Topeka Streets Are Wide (from Topeka Mail and Breeze) pp 43.
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part II – Building a House of Worship” (continued from Vol. III, No. I)
pp 44-47 (continued in No. 11).
“Which are the Oldest Families?” pp 48
“How He Got Logs: Wila Gordon Started the First Saw Mill in Topeka
(From Mail and Breeze)” pp 49
Cochran, C. V. “Indianola” pp 50-52.
“The ‘Smokers Club’ (From Mail and Breeze)” pp 53.
Laurent, Louis Charles “Reminiscences by the Son of a French Pioneer”
pp 54-58 (continued in No.11).
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from Vol. III,
No. 1) pp 59-64 (continued in No. 11).
Number Eleven (June, 1950) pp 3-32
Morrow, Marco & Paul A. Lovewell “In Memoriam: Cecil Howes
1880-1950)” pp 3-4.
“Old Shawnee County Families” pp 5-6.
[Cone, William] “Shawnee County Townships” (continued from Vol. III,
No. 2) pp 7-8 (continued in No. 12).
“That Was Only ‘Granny’” pp 8-9.
Laurent, Louis Charles “Reminiscences by the Son of a French Pioneer”
(continued from Vol. III, No. 2) pp 10-15.
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part II – Building a House of Worship” (continued from Vol. III, No.2)
pp 16-19 (continued in No. 12).
Lovewell, Paul A. “Fifty Years Later: What would Carry Nation think
about Kansas now?’ pp 20-23.
“’Uncle Chet’ Thomas: How He Helped Make Topeka the Capital” pp 24-26.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from Vol. III,
No. 2) pp 27-32 (continued in No. 12).
Number Twelve (December, 1950) pp 35-64
“Washburn University Lends a Hand” pp 35.
“Early Hospitals of Topeka” pp 36-40.
“Old Shawnee County Families” pp 41.
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part III – The First Pastorate Concluded” (continued from No. 11)
pp 42-47 (continued in No. 13).
[Cone, William] “The Cone History” (continued from No 11)
pp 50-53 (continued in No. 13).
“The Husking Bee” pp 53-54.
[Speer, John] “Told by a Pioneer: Old John Speer Writes of the
Early Days at Topeka and Tecumseh.” pp 55-59.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from No. 11)
pp 60-64 (continued in No. 13).
Number Thirteen (March, 1951) pp 3-32
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part IV – The McVicar Pastorate Begun” (continued from No. 12)
pp 3- 6 (continued in No. 14).
[Ritchie, Mrs. E. F.] “Reminiscences of Mrs. E. F. Ritchie” pp 7-9.
“Topeka in 1877” pp 10-11& 31.
“Felitz’ Island” pp 12-15.
Bright, John Daniel “The Generous Ichabod” pp 16-18 (continued in Number 14).
[Cone, William] “The Cone History” (continued from No 12)
pp 19-20 & 32.
Zornow, William Frank “Topeka Fetes Royalty” pp 21-26.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from No. 12)
pp 27-31 (continued in No. 14).
“The First White Children Born in the State” pp 32.
Number Fourteen (September, 1951) pp 2-32
“Do You Remember?” pp 3-6.
“Old Shawnee County Families” pp 7-8.
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part V – The Civil War” (continued from No. 13) pp 9-11 (continued in No. 15).
Bright, John Daniel “The Generous Ichabod” (continued from Number 13) pp 12-15.
Lillard, T. M. “In the Tradition” pp 16-18
“They Came to Kansas” pp 18-20.
“Go East, Young Man” pp 21-22.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from No. 13)
pp 23-31 (continued in No. 15).
“Good Roads – As Of 1858” pp 32.
Number Fifteen (December, 1951) pp 3-32
Ives, Earl “Local History in the Making” pp 3-6.
“Why Shawnee’s Boundaries Changed” pp 7-9.
“Underground Railroad in Topeka” pp 9 & 15.
Magaw, Charles A. “Casper C. Clemens” pp 10-11.
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part VI – Topeka’s First Church Bell” (continued from No. 14)
pp 12-14 (continued in No. 16).
Lovewell, Paul A. “What It Was Like In 1903” pp 16 & 20-23
Carruth, A. J., Jr. “Friday the Thirteenth” pp 17-20.
“A Vanished Local Industry” pp 24-26.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from No. 14)
pp 27-32 (continued in No. 16).
Number Sixteen (March, 1952) pp 3-32
Adams, Paul “Washburn’s Campus: John Ritchie’s Gift” pp 3-7.
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part VII – The McVicar Pastorate Concluded” (continued from No. 15)
pp 8-11 (continued in No. 17).
Frazer, Louis E. “Recollections of Baseball in Topeka” pp 12-14.
“Earthquakes in Topeka “ pp 15-16.
Maze, Iva “My Experiences During the Flood, February 5, 1904” pp 17-18.
“Joseph Groff Waters: Colorful Character” pp 19-20.
Waters, Joseph G. “The History of Topeka (From Radge’s Topeka Directory,
1883-1884, pages, 11-17” pp 21-28.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from No. 15)
pp 29-32 (continued in No. 17).
Number Seventeen (December, 1952) pp 3-32
MacFerran, William, Jr. “James White Frierson Hughes” pp 3-9.
Hickman, Russell K. “First Congregational Church of Topeka, 1854-1869:
Part VIII – The Second Bodwell Pastorate” (continued from No. 16)
pp 10-13.
Cone, Lois Johnson “Joab Mulvane House” pp 14-18.
“Washburn and the Lakin Tract” pp 19-21.
“Topeka House Numbers – Old Style” pp 22-24.
MacFerran, William, Jr. “Col. Hughes and the Legislative War” pp 25-29.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from No. 16)
pp 30-32 (continued in No. 19).
Number Eighteen (March, 1953) pp 3-32
“Fire! Fire! Fire!” pp 3.
Ives, Earl “Local History in the Making” pp 4-6 & 19-25.
Cone, Lois Johnson “The Valentine House and the People Who Lived There”
Pp 7-8 & 25-28.
Page, Euphemia “Topeka Once Had Operas” pp 9-10.
Lovewell, Margaret Sawyer “Nautilus Memories” pp 11-13 & 29-32
Obrecht, R. C. “Burnett’s Mound” pp 14-19.
Number Nineteen (October, 1953) pp 3-32
“In Memoriam (Paul Adams)” pp 3-4.
Adams, Paul “The Topeka Turn Verein” pp 5-10.
Page, Euphemia “Topeka’s Fall Festivals Were Exciting” pp 11-13.
Adams, Paul “Some Early Bridge History” pp 14-16.
Page, Euphemia “Some Topeka Firsts” pp 17-20.
[Landon, John (Jack) Cobb)] “The Dyche Museum” pp 21-26.
“Social Invitations Were Interesting” pp 27.
Root, George A. “Chronology of Shawnee County” (continued from No. 17)
pp 28-32 (continued in No.
Number Twenty (December, 1953) pp 3-96
“The History of Potwin Place: ‘Potwin Place,’ the Suburb, Comes into Being” pp 3-96
