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  Emporia, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emporia is located at the intersection of US-50, Interstate 335 and Interstate 35 on the Kansas Turnpike.
Emporia was founded in February 1857, drawing its name from ancient Carthaginian Africa.
The Neosho River is accessible at the northern edge of town, and the Cottonwood River at the southern edge, passing by Peter Pan Park and the Emporia Zoo at Soden's Grove.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emporia,_Kansas   (524 words)

  
 Emporia State University - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Emporia State University (ESU) is a comprehensive Regents university serving residents of Kansas.
Located in the Bluestem Region of the Flint Hills [northeast quarter of Kansas], ESU's location is in proximity to the three major metropolitan areas of Kansas: Wichita, Topeka, and Kansas City.
ESU is located in the city of Emporia (on the Kansas Turnpike), in Lyon County.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emporia_State_University   (267 words)

  
 History of geology--Wooster
The erratic granite boulder was found far south of the limit of glaciation in Kansas; however, a plausible explanation for its geological origin is not known.
Wooster, L.C. The chert gravels of eastern Kansas.
Wooster, L.C. The chert gravels of Lyon County, Kansas.
academic.emporia.edu /aberjame/histgeol/wooster/wooster.htm   (1208 words)

  
 Flint Hills geology, Kansas
Lower Permian cyclothems are similar to Upper Pennsylvanian cyclothems of eastern Kansas (Klein and Willard 1989); each cyclothem includes a triad of limestone-shale-limestone (units 4, 5 and 6) and represents mainly marine sedimentation.
Surficial anticlines and synclines of Butler County, Kansas.
Lutz-Garihan, A.B. and Cuffey, R.J. Stratigraphy of the Lower Permian Wreford megacyclothem in southernmost Kansas and northern Oklahoma.
academic.emporia.edu /aberjame/field/flint/flint.htm   (2537 words)

  
 Emporia, Kansas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emporia is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in east-central Kansas.
Emporia was formerly a repair station for steam locomotives on the Santa Fe railroad.
Emporia is the first city in Kansas to utilize ozone as the primary method of disinfection.
www.geospectra.net /kite/emporia/emporia.htm   (466 words)

  
 ISEP Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Locale: Emporia State University is located in the city of Emporia, between Kansas City and Wichita, in the beautiful Flint Hills of east-central Kansas.
Emporia is 50 miles (80 km) southwest of Topeka, the state capital.
Emporia is a university town and local residents make a special effort to help students feel at home.
www.isep.org /us/ks   (2011 words)

  
 Emporia, KS - Kansas Florists, buy flowers from your local full service retail flower shops and florist serving Emporia ...
Emporia, Kansas Florists have been brought to you by Flower Shop Network, a directory of United States and Canadian florists.
It is vitally important that you provide Emporia, Kansas Florists with accurate, detailed information regarding the name and address of the person to whom you are sending flowers.
When placing an order for Delivery in Emporia, Kansas, it is usually wise to keep the order simple, the less specific you are in your request, the less room for error.
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 Kansas
Chase County, Kansas – Economic Geology of Outcrops (and limestone quarries), presented by the Kansas Geological Survey.
The courthouse was built with native Kansas limestone as was the city hall.
En route to Kansas in 1872, he became friends with the Italian speaking family of the late A. Buzzi, a prominent stonemason who helped erect many of the cut stone buildings in Arkansas City.
www.cagenweb.com /quarries/states/kansas.html   (2072 words)

  
 Emporia Public Library: Home
The Emporia Public Library is the oldest library in the State of Kansas.
Emporia's are proud to have a library with a strong heritage; a library that has served their community without interruption for 135 years.
March 16: One Kansas Training Sessions begin @ 9:00 a.m.
skyways.lib.ks.us /library/emporia   (227 words)

  
 William Allen White Home Dedication, Emporia, Kansas
Sallie died Dec. 19, 1950, at the age of 81, in Emporia.
William Lindsay served in the Kansas legislature in 1931-32, working in Washington, and was a war correspondent for 40 American daily newspapers during the 1930s.
She was raised in Ottawa, KS, and attended the University of Kansas and the University of Wisconsin.
www.washburn.edu /cas/art/cyoho/archive/Events/WAWhite   (896 words)

  
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Emporia RV Park is conveniently located off I-35 and US-50.
Emporia RV Park in Kansas also offers unlimited tenting in shaded areas next to their quaint fishing pond.
Situated in the "Front Porch of the Flint Hills," Emporia has all the conveniences of the big city, while still maintaining the qualities and spirit of a small town.
www.campingfriend.com /EmporiaRVParkandCampground?source=arvc   (363 words)

  
 Emporia, Kansas - brought to you by LASR - Leisure And Sport Review
Lyon County surrounds Emporia which is known as the "Front Porch to the Flint Hills." Prairie Passage Stone Sculpture reflects Emporia's role as gateway to the Flint Hills, depicting the land, its forces and its people.
In historic times, the two Native American tribes that inhabited the Flint Hills were the Kansas (or Kaw) in the north and the Osage in the south.
The Tallgrass prairie National Preserve was designed to protect a portion of the largest remaining unbroken tracts of tallgrass prairie left in the world.
lasr.net /pages/city.php?City_ID=KS0108011&VA=Y&...   (257 words)

  
 Emporia , KS * Kansas Bed and Breakfast Association Online Directory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emporia State University is home to multiple cultural and athletic events during the year.
Today Emporia is a manufacturing, educational, transportation, trade, medical, and cattle center of the east central Kansas region.
Emporia is the county seat and the largest city in Lyon County, with a total county population of 35,935.
www.kbba.com /emporia.shtml   (349 words)

  
 Calvary Chapel: Emporia, Kansas
Merle Rothwell, Pastor of Calvary Chapel Emporia, KS, was born the youngest of three Catholic boys in Lawrence, Kansas.
A call for the ministry was on his heart, but he continued to follow in the steps of his father and search after opportunities for success in the business world.
Desiring to reach as many as possible with the Good News, the Rothwells have an outreach ministry that is starting Bible studies in various small towns of eastern Kansas.
www.calvarychapel.com /emporia/ourpastor.htm   (516 words)

  
 Press Release - Emporia, Kansas Receives Great American Main Street Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
“Emporia is a community steeped in history and steadfast in its desire to preserve its historic buildings, as exemplified by the restoration of the Granada Theater,” said Moe.
Once a vibrant retail and service business center, Emporia experienced a loss of jobs during the 1980s and an increase in vacancies in prime retail locations.
Emporia Main Street has made business retention a priority and closed vacant spaces by recruiting businesses to fill up more than 180,000 square feet of retail space.
www.nationaltrust.org /news/docs/20050509_kans_gamsa.html   (539 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Manning were appointed a committee to ask the Legislature of the State of Kansas for the passage of a memorial asking Congress to grant the right of way to the above railroad company through the government lands in the south of Kansas and the Indian Territory to Texas.
This is an act in relation to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, late the Union Pacific, Southern Branch, and the objections to it are manifold and multiform.
The headquarters of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad are to be removed to Parsons.
www.ausbcomp.com /~bbott/cowley/Oldnews/PAPERS2/EMP4.HTM   (16917 words)

  
 Lyon County, Part 8
He was subsequently Captain of Company C, Eleventh Kansas Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battle of Prairie Grove, December 7, 1862, being discharged in the fall of 1863, on account of disability caused by wounds.
He is a member of Emporia Lodge, No. 12, A., F. HOLMES, settled in Emporia Township, in September, 1857, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he carried on for three years.
Finding the country too warm for him he removed from the slave State to Kansas, in the spring of 1857, and was one of the early settlers of Emporia Township.
www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/lyon/lyon-co-p8.html   (3585 words)

  
 Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention & Visitors Bureau
Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau
Emporia is a progressive city whose leaders work together for the good of the whole community.
We are the County Seat of Lyon County and located on Interstate 35 between Kansas City and Wichita.
www.emporiakschamber.org   (123 words)

  
 Sofia 2004 - Conference Announcement   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, USA and the Department of Library and Information Sciences, “St. Kliment Ohridski” University of Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria will hold a bi-annual conference, which provides interested library and information science professionals the opportunity to discuss the many issues facing libraries.
Sofia 2004 is part of an international conference series hosted in Kansas City, Kansas (1995), Warsaw, Poland (1997), Sofia, Bulgaria (2000, 2002 and 2004).
The University of Sofia and Emporia State University are proud to host the conference.
slim.emporia.edu /globenet/sofia2004   (168 words)

  
 The Emporia Gazette
Some of the students who will be heading to New York gather in the prop room of the theatre department at Emporia High School.
Emporia's ambulance rates will go up beginning April 1.
Matt Jones, leukemia survivor, has come a long way from only being able to walk about 10 yards at a time without having to sit down and rest.
www.emporiagazette.com   (84 words)

  
 Emporia State University - School of Library and Information Management: providing library education in Kansas, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Founded in 1902, the School of Library and Information Management, better known as SLIM, serves a twelve state area from Kansas to North Dakota to Oregon to New Mexico and back to Kansas.
The typical student is in class four to six weekends per semester.
New MLS students may start in fall, spring, or summer semesters at the Emporia campus.
slim.emporia.edu   (235 words)

  
 Welcome to Kansas Department of Commerce: Department of Travel and Tourism
On that same day, the Territorial Legislature ratified the town charter for Emporia, which was declared to be "the loveliest site in the world for a town." Emporia is just six miles above the junction of the Neosho and Cottonwood rivers and sits in the geographic area called the Osage Questas in north central Kansas.
Every spring the gently rolling hills of Emporia are covered with trees and flowers in full bloom, proving that the landscape of Emporia has not changed.
Located midway between Topeka and Wichita on the turnpike, and between Kansas City and Wichita on I-35, Emporia is an important crossroad and trade area for the east-central Kansas population of approximately 65,000.
www.travelks.com /destfindcity.asp?region=2&city=88   (259 words)

  
 Flint Hills Technical College Emporia, Kansas (Community Colleges)
Flint Hills Technical College, in Lyon County, is a two-year public institution of higher education nestled in the rolling hills of east-central Kansas.
It is located at the intersection of I-35 and the Kansas Turnpike in Emporia, a city in the heart of the beautiful rangeland known as the Flint Hills and just a short distance from the Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve.
On July 1, 1999, by an act of the Kansas Legislature, the Kansas State Board of Regents became the governing board of FHTC at the state level.
www.ohwy.com /ks/f/flinthcc.htm   (150 words)

  
 KCKCC/ESU Elementary Education Partnership Program
The priority deadlines for application are September 15th for the spring semester and February 15th for the fall semester.
A major factor in the success of the Emporia State PDS program has been relationship between the highly trained and committed mentor teachers and the student teachers.
Students must be admitted to Emporia State University to qualify for admission to the Elementary Education Cohort Program.
lifelong.emporia.edu /eled/kckcc   (1128 words)

  
 Fossil Insects
This image is a scan of the original glass plate negative used for the type description of the species.
Scan courtesy of and used with the permission of the Cawthron Institute, Nelson, New Zealand, which is where Robin J. Tillyard, one of the great insect paleontologists and entomologists, worked when he studied the Yale collection of Kansas Elmo fossils.
A copy of it can be obtained free of charge from Emporia State University: Kansas School Naturalist, Div.
www.windsofkansas.com /fossil_insects.html   (705 words)

  
 Emporia, Kansas - Reviews and Travel Information - TripAdvisor
We thought this would be a great place to stay in New York because of the suites, but we were wrong....
Emporia: White Rose Inn: "A refuge of calm"
I grew up visiting my grandmother in Emporia and it is by far...
www.tripadvisor.com /AllReviews-g38694-Emporia_Kansas.html   (510 words)

  
 Elementary Education Partnership Programs - Emporia State University
Emporia State University is proud to feature Elementary Education partnership programs at Kansas City Kansas Community College and Butler Community College!
This undergraduate program permits students who successfully complete all the requirements for the BSE to be recommended for Kansas teacher certification to teach kindergarten through sixth grade.
The BSE program is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Kansas State Board of Education.
lifelong.emporia.edu /eled   (117 words)

  
 eBay - emporia kansas, Postcards Paper, Nonfiction Books items on eBay.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Emporia, KS Kansas Sixth Avenue Dirt Road Postcard PC
Emporia Kansas Stadium Teachers College Linen Post Card
Emporia KS Kansas Humboldt Park 1912 Vintage PC
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