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For your Kansas City area trip, come stay in Shawnee - I-435 at Midland: Courtyard by Marriott 17250 Midland Dr, just west of I-435 on-line reservations Hampton Inn 16555 Midland Dr, off I-435 on-line reservations Make on-line room reservations just east of Shawnee along I-35, in Merriam, or south in Lenexa - along I-435 in Kansas City area - north Village West (KC K), or Overland Park, Johnson Co KS

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Overlooking I-435 at Midland Drive, north of Shawnee Mission Park and south of I-435 and Shawnee Mission Parkway 8 Miles south of Cabela's, Kansas Speedway, T-Bones, Legends for dining, entertainment, shopping, lodging

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LOCAL MOTELS near Shawnee Mission Park and Tomahawk Hills Golf Course, 8 Miles/12.8km from Cabela's, Kansas Speedway, & more in Village West Courtyard by Marriott - reservations 17250 Midland Dr, just west of I-435 Businessmen: Large work desk, refrigerator, microwave in every room. Free wireless Internet. 3 king suites with attached conference rooms. 4 Jacuzzi suites. Valet dry cleaning, guest laundry, fitness room, indoor heated pool and hot tub, hot breakfast buffet with made to order menu, USA Today delivered to your room. Meeting space of 1700 sq feet. Catering provided by hotel. Hampton Inn - reservations 16555 Midland Dr, southeast of I-435Located within walking distance of a variety of restaurants and the Westglen 18 Movie Theater. Hampton Inn includes an on-site fitness center, hot tub, and indoor pool, with truck parking, meeting facilities, laundry and valet service. Area MOTELS Kansas City, KS - Village West shopping, dining, sports, entertainment center * Lenexa * Kansas City KS * Kansas City MO * Merriam * Overland Park SHAWNEE MISSION PARK Shawnee Mission Park, Natural Kansas | Johnson Co Park and Recreation District LOCAL INFO * Johnson Co Election Info * Johnson County history, below * Kansas political parties: Democrat, Independent, Libertarian, Reform, Republican * Pictures: Johnson County KS * Pictures: Hampton Woods Apts * Pictures: Kansas eCards Pools open end of May * Shawnee Dispatch newspaper * News Radio KMBZ * City of Shawnee Kansas * Johnson Co Libraries * Business searches * City Manager, City Hall, 11110 Johnson Drive, Shawnee, KS 66203 * Shawnee Pets: Adoption, Care * Shawnee, Olathe, Overland Park (2008)

MAPS Map of Shawnee, KS US of Shawnee, KS with directions for getting here TERRASERVER Maps: * Lake Quivera (aerial, 2002) * Topo map, Shawnee, KS (1980) * OTHER Map Searches Google maps & info: Local * businesses * groceries * restaurants * retail * searches * Post Offices Shawnee, KS History * From Gum Springs to Shawnee * From official city mission statement: "As one of the earliest towns in Kansas, this community has a history which is very important to us. We were the site of the first territorial legislature and home to the first territorial governor. Located at the intersection of early roads leading to the Santa Fe Trail, Shawnee also became the first county seat of Johnson County. Old Shawnee Town, a recreated mid-western prairie town of the 1840's to early 1900's, symbolizes this history and allows both residents and non-residents a chance to step back in time and imagine how things used to be. Shawnee is home to the Johnson County Museum, the Wonderscope Children's Museum and the Shawnee branch of the Johnson County Library. Two major softball complexes are located here - the Johnson County Girls Athletic Association Complex and Mid-America Sports Complex. Each hosts numerous local, regional and national games and tournaments, resulting in Shawnee's designation as "Softball Capital of the World."

LOCATION Shawnee, Kansas is in the northwestern portion of Johnson Co, KS Major highways are I-435, I-35, and Shawnee Mission Parkway. In eastern Kansas, Shawnee is south of the Kaw (Kansas) River, Bonner Springs, Edwardsville, and Kansas City, KS in Wyandotte County. Shawnee is also south of the Kansas Speedway and Village West, located off I-435 N. Shawnee is north of Lenexa and Olathe, and west of Mission, Prairie Village, Merriam, Overland Park, and other Kansas City suburbs. LOCAL BOOKS and AUTHORS * Books about Shawnee, Kansas and Johnson County, Kansas * Fate, by Bob Sorter; WWII German prisoner of war is taken to western KS (Amazon.com) LOCAL HISTORY Native Americans Explorers & Traders Trails & Kansas History of the Shawnee Nation, by     * United Tribe of Shawnee Indians in DeSoto, KS     * Lee Sultzman     * William G. Cutler     * Frederick W. Hodge County History and Genealogy Pictural history of Shawnee History of * Shawnee Town * Shawnee, KS * Johnson County William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas: Johnson County TIMELINE 1824: The Shawnee nation emigrated to this area of Kansas 1854: Kansas-Nebraska Act opened the Shawnee land to other owners 1856: Shawnee organized as a town during the period known as "Bleeding Kansas". 1857: Johnson County was officially organized More history of Bleeding Kansas, Kansas Collection The northern "California Road" went through Shawnee Frontier Military Scenic Byway, Natural Kansas, goes through Shawnee, from Fort Leavenworth. Native American genealogy & history National Register of Historic Places, Jo Co

Historic Local People & Families

from the Shawnee Dispatch: * Storytellers urge pride in community history: Charles Bluejacket, Wild Bill Hickok, Dick Williams, and more
* Caenen Castle and family
* Pflumm family
* Rieke and Schubert families
* 1862 raid gave woman a passion for the Union, "Onetime Shawnee woman was a Union spy" - Elizabeth W. Stiles
* Wagon leader a Shawnee pioneer - Dick Williams, wagonmaster
* Monticello pioneer's saga began in a Confederate prison camp, Thomas Anderson.

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Area Entertainment - Things To Do

SHAWNEE: I-435 and Midland area - * 2 motels with bowling, churches, golf, lake park, movie theater, restaurants, and sports nearby. BIKING and HIKING: "MetroGreen is a proposed 1,144-mile interconnected system of public and private open spaces, greenways and trails designed to link seven counties in the Kansas City metropolitan area." * Mill Creek Streamway Park includes the Gary L. Haller Trail - see map. A trail guide is available. BOWLING: * Park Lanes KC bowling alley BIRD WATCHING especially at Shawnee Mission Lake: * Birdwatch List Key, Ernie Miller Park Local check list * More Kansas bird sits CHINESE RESTAURANT: * Chen's Kitchen menu CHURCHES: * Clear Creek meets at Westglen 18 Movie Theater * Shawnee Park Christian DOCTORS: * KU Med West DONUTS: * YOS Donuts EVENTS: * annual Duck Race * Irish American Club and parade * Shawnee Dispatch GOLF: * Tomahawk Hills Golf Course (see map, plus a map of the Tomahawk Sports Dome) FISHING: Shawnee Mission Lake requires both a Kansas and a lake fishing license. HIKING: (see Biking and Hiking, above) LAKE and PARKS: * Parks and Recreation * Shawnee Mission Park (see map) is a scenic site for driving through, picnicing, fishing, swimming, bird watching, jogging, hiking. * The Theatre in the Park (more) MAGICIAN: * Devin Henderson MOTELS: see above MOVIE THEATER: Westglen 18, current shows and times MUSEUMS: * Johnson County Museum * Wonderscope Children's Museum * Historic walking tours at Old Shawnee Town RESTAURANTS: * Barleys Brewhaus * Chen's Kitchen menu * Paulo and Bill's Shawnee restaurant lists: * Shawnee CofC | * Virtual Tourist ratings | * Kansas City Menus | ChefMOZ | SOFTBALL: * Mid-America Sports Complex SPORTS: * Map of Johnson County Girls Athletic Complex * Mid-America Sports Complex with map * Tomahawk Sports Dome SWIMMING: at Shawnee Mission Park or north on Johnson Drive at Quivera, next to the Shawnee Library TOURISM: * Images of Shawnee Kansas * Visitors and Convention Bureau

North of Shawnee and the Kansas River: "Village West" racing, baseball, shopping, restaurants, resort, more - west of I-435 between Parallel Avenue, State Avenue, and I-70 - includes: * Cabela's - sporting outfitters * Nebraska Furniture Mart * T-Bones baseball * Great Wolf Lodge and Waterpark - make reservations on-line local motels, resorts * Kansas Speedway - north of I-70 (110 Street exit); west of 435 (State Avenue exit) * Woodlands greyhound and horse racing, east of I-435 and Leavenworth Road

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