Indigenous history / 1854 treaty
The Peoria Tribe's own cultural portal explains the Peoria, Kaskaskia, Piankeshaw and Wea histories and their 1854 confederation. The National Archives treaty catalog lists the May 30, 1854 treaty among the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Piankeshaw and Wea.
Peoria Tribe cultural portal ↗National Archives treaty catalog ↗
Louisburg History Hunt
The Louisburg Historic Preservation Commission's History Hunt is used for several building and streetscape claims, including the 1926 high school, the 1947 Skelly station image, Fox Hall and an 1868-era Broadway commercial building.
Underlying evidence: City of Louisburg Historic Preservation Commission History Hunt document. Public timeline routes here because the strongest city copy is a PDF/download-style source.City history page ↗1865 / 1926 / 1992 school history
The audit retained the 1865 district organization, the 1926 high-school opening and the 1992 end of high-school use in that building. The History Hunt is the principal source for the building chronology.
Do not substitute a direct PDF link on the public timeline.1868 · 120 S Broadway
Historic Preservation Commission material identifies 120 S Broadway with an 1868 origin. The timeline treats it as an early surviving commercial building and avoids a direct download link.
c. 1875 · railroad and the southward downtown shift
City historical planning material describes the railroad dividing the early settlement and the commercial center shifting south toward the Broadway downtown. The public timeline keeps the wording approximate rather than assigning a false single-day transition.
1881 · Clark House / Park House
W. H. Tawney built a fine brick hotel in 1881 for $5,000 with capacity for 25 guests. The 1883 Cutler history calls it the Clark House. Later Miami County museum material identifies the matching 1881 Tawney hotel as the Park House at the northwest corner of Amity and Broadway.
The builder/date/cost/capacity match is strong, but the exact deed/lot chain proving the Clark House → Park House identity remains incomplete.1883 Cutler history ↗c. 1901 · hotel natural-gas well
Local-history material places a natural-gas well at the hotel property around the turn of the century. The timeline treats the date as approximate and routes here because the underlying material is not a dependable browser-first source.
1917–1943 · Livingston hotel/apartment era
Miami County museum material says P. Jacob and Della Livingston owned the former hotel and used it as apartments during this era.
Still unresolved: exact acquisition deed/date, seller, legal description, consideration and the 1943 buyer.1947 · Skelly station at 408 W Amity
The Historic Preservation Commission's 1947 image/source is associated with the Skelly station at 408 W Amity near Amity and Broadway.
Keep this distinct from the hotel story unless parcel evidence proves a connection.1957 · Erb hotel photograph
A local Labor Day parade photograph shows the large old hotel building. Source material conflicts on a Lee/Leo Erb identification, so the timeline preserves the image context without pretending that name conflict is resolved.
Late 1950s · Katy/MKT service ends
The audited timeline treats the end of local Katy/MKT rail service as a late-1950s transition rather than assigning an unsupported exact day.
1967–68 · Louisburg Library
The earlier 1979 move claim was removed because it was not supported by the audited evidence. Local-history material places the relevant modern-library transition in 1967–68.
The library-history books the owner has access to should be used to attach exact page/image evidence here before this entry is promoted to a fully page-cited confirmation.Louisburg Library ↗1977 · downtown Broadway fire
The source review retained a separate 1977 downtown Broadway fire marker rather than blending it with the Cider Mill story from the same year.
Keep this as a source-note level entry until an exact newspaper, book page, or archival citation is attached. The library-history book images can strengthen this entry.1986 onward · 501 W Amity
Public property information dates the current commercial building at 501 W Amity to 1986, and later listings call it the old Casey's building.
Do not claim the current 501 W Amity parcel/building is legally proven to be the exact Clark/Park House parcel. That deed/parcel bridge remains open research.Early 1990s and 2000–2010 growth
The corrected Census counts are 2,576 in 2000 and 4,315 in 2010, an increase of about 67.5% (shown as about 68%). The earlier 2,687 figure was removed.
U.S. Census QuickFacts ↗Census 2000–2010 place tables ↗
2021 · Casey's relocation era
Casey's current first-party store page documents store #3853 at 1150 W Amity. Earlier local-history research places the relocation era by late 2021; that historical date should remain distinct from the directly verified current address.
Casey's #3853 official store page ↗2026 · Brew & Brews at 501 W Amity
Brew And Brews Co LLC / Brew & Brews occupies 501 W Amity as a coffee roasting operation. It should not be described as a café.
Brew & Brews ↗Sanborn and map archive notes
Map collections remain research aids for streets, parcels and the movement of the commercial district. Public-domain Library of Congress material is preferred when a map can be linked cleanly in-browser.
Library of Congress Kansas map guide ↗