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| Title | Dr. Johnston Lykins |
| Abstract | Biographical sketch of Dr. Johnston Lykins (1800-1876), the first legal mayor of Kansas City, first postmaster of Westport (out of the Shawnee Mission), and first editor and publisher of a newspaper entirely in Indian language. Description of his life and career as a native of Virginia and Baptist missionary coming to Kansas City about 1830, "edit[ing] the 'Siwinowe Kesibwi' (Shawnee Sun), the first newspaper to be published exclusively in an Indian dialect." Also an intermittent doctor, real estate developer starting in 1856 with the Lykins Addition, and president of Mechanics Bank in 1859 after his mayorship. |
| Author | ed. Daughters of the American Revolution
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| Date | April 17, 1905 |
| Source | Vital Historical Records of Jackson County, Missouri, 1826-1876 |
| Location | MVSC 929.3 Ms41dkv |
| Chapter Title | Part 3 (Miscellany) |
| Page | 438-439 |
| Local Subject | Lykins, Johnston
Mayors
Firsts
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| Illustrations | Yes |
| Item Type | Book
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| Access This Item | This document is not available online. You may come to the Missouri Valley Room to view it or request a photocopy from the Library's Document Delivery service. http://www.kclibrary.org/copy-requests |
| Item ID | 113941 |
| CONTENTdm number | 7381 |
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