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Make on-line room reservations along I-435 at Midland Drive | I-35
Courtyard by Marriott - 17250 Midland Dr, just west of I-435 - reservations || Hampton Inn - 16555 Midland Dr, off I-435 - reservations
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

Presidential caucus info: Democrat caucus (Feb 5, 2008; 5 JoCo locations) | Independent, none | Republican caucus (Feb 9, 2008 - 4 locations)
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Things to do in this area of Shawnee
I-435 at Midland Drive just south of Shawnee Mission Parkway
* Chen's Kitchen Chinese restaurant * area Churches
* Magic Entertainment * Hampton Woods Apartments * Yos Donut
* Finding PETS and Animal Control * Old Shawnee Days, June
* Local motels in * Kansas City and Johnson County neighbors:
* Gardner * Lenexa * Olathe * Overland Park * Shawnee

Kansas map: Shawnee in eastern Kansas | * more Maps

Shawnee Blogs: Mark Andresen's Antarctic Race and Michael Ketchmark's Race Blog

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LOCAL MOTELS
near Shawnee Mission Park, Tomahawk Hills Golf Course,
and 8 Miles/12.8km from Cabela's and Kansas Speedway
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, off I-435
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

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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 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
TRAILS:

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 local motel or resort reservations on-line
* 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

Doggie Day Care: Swanson Streamway

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