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Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 101,733 acres in Geary and Riley counties. The portion of the fort that contains housing development is part of the Fort Riley census-designated place, with a residential population of 7,761 a...
Please add profiles for those who were born, lived or died in Riley County, Kansas. Official Website Riley County, named for Mexican–American War general Bennet Riley, was on the western edge of the 33 original counties established by the Kansas Territorial Legislature in August 1855. The first Territorial Capital of Kansas Territory was located in the boundaries of Riley County, in the form...
Wikipedia =Kansas State University, commonly shortened to Kansas State or K-State, is a public doctoral university with its main campus in Manhattan, Kansas, United States. Kansas State was opened as the state's land-grant college in 1863 – the first public institution of higher learning in the state of Kansas. It had a record high enrollment of 24,766 students for the Fall 2014 semester.Branch...
This project is for those who are buried in Sunset Cemetery, Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas. The city of Manhattan was incorporated in 1857 and in the minutes of the first city council, it was recorded that a cemetery committee was appointed. However, it was not until August 1860 that Clark M. Lewis agreed to transfer 35 acres to John Piper, who was to deed the land to the city for a cemetery...