Shawnee Indian Mission Monument Dedication

Description:

Photograph of the dedication of a monument at the site of the first Shawnee Indian Mission, located near the former town of Turner in Kansas City, Kansas. Miss Sue Wornall, the great-great-granddaughter of mission founder Thomas Johnson, poses in front of the monument itself, with Bishop Eugene R. Hendrix at the left of the image and Judge Nelson Case at the right. The text of the marker reads "This monument marks the site of the mission house erected for the benefit of the Shawnee Indians by Reverend Thomas Johnson, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in 1830. The mission was removed to the site southwest of Westport, Missouri, in 1939. Methodism in Kansas began on this spot. Erected by the Kansas Methodist Historical Society, 1916." The later location of the mission was in Johnson County, Kansas.

Genre:

Photographs

Date:

June 26th 1917

Subject:

Dedications

Historic sites

Historical markers

Owning Organization:

Kansas Historical Society

Modern Location:

Kansas City, KS

Neighborhood:

Turner

Organization:

Shawnee Indian Mission

Finding Aid URL:

https://www.kshs.org/archives/447254

Rights Statement:

Publication, commercial use, or reproduction of this image or the accompanying data requires prior written permission from the Kansas Historical Society. Use of this image also requires that credit be given to the Kansas Historical Society.

Collection Title, Call or Box Number:

FK2.W7 K.64 *2, *4, *8

Digital Object Identifier:

KHS-447254-0002