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OTTAWA
, a See also:city and the See also:county-seat of See also:Franklin county, eastern See also:Kansas, U.S.A., situated on the Osage (Marais See also:des Cygnes) See also:river, about 58 m
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(by See also:rail) S.W. of Kansas City
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Pop
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(1900) 6934, of whom 333 were See also:foreign See also:born; (1905) 7727; (1910) 767o
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It is served by the See also:Atchison, See also:Topeka & See also:Santa Fe (which has large repair shops here) and the See also:Missouri Pacific See also:railways
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There is a See also:Carnegie library, and See also:Forest See also:Park, within the city limits, is a popular See also:meeting See also:place of conventions and summer gatherings, including the See also:annual Ottawa See also:Chautauqua See also:Assembly
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Ottawa University (Baptist) was established here in 1865, as the outgrowth of See also:Roger See also:Williams University, which had been chartered in 186o for the See also:education of See also:Indians on the Ottawa See also:Reservation, and had received a See also: |
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