Pawnee, Kansas Territory
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Pawnee, Kansas Territory was a short-lived mid-19th-century frontier town that briefly served as the first capital of the Kansas Territory before being abandoned.
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former populated place
ⓘ
frontier town ⓘ ghost town ⓘ |
| capitalOf | Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capitalStatus | first territorial capital of Kansas ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUseOfSite | part of Fort Riley military reservation ⓘ |
| foundedInCentury | 19th century ⓘ |
| foundedInPeriod | mid-19th century ⓘ |
| governmentType | territorial capital town ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Former state and territorial capitals of the United States
ⓘ
Ghost towns in Kansas ⓘ Pre-statehood history of Kansas ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | historic site ⓘ |
| historicalEra |
American Old West
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bleeding Kansas era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kansas Territory NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
Geary County, Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fort Riley
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republican River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Kansas River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Pawnee people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | American frontier NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForAbandonment | loss of capital status ⓘ |
| reasonForDecline | relocation of Kansas territorial capital ⓘ |
| servedAs | first capital of Kansas Territory ⓘ |
| status |
abandoned
ⓘ
short-lived ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Kansas Territory