Topeka in Shawnee County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Franklin Loomis Crane

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 29, 2011

1. Franklin Loomis Crane Marker

Inscription.

Born Jan. 10, 1808,
Died Nov. 21, 1884.
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Founder of the Topeka Cemetery

Erected by the Crane Family.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Government & Politics • Science & Medicine • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is January 1935.

Location. 39° 2.44′ N, 95° 39.181′ W. Marker is in Topeka, Kansas, in Shawnee County. It can be reached from Southeast 10th Avenue. Marker is in Section 9 of Topeka Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1601 SE 10th Avenue, Topeka KS 66607, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

and on the Southern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Henry Murphy Walsh and Every A.E.F. "Runner"

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(within shouting distance of this marker); Battle of the Blue (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Crawford - Capper Burial Site (about 700 feet away); Charles Curtis (approx. 0.2 miles away); Topeka Tornado Victims (approx. ¼ mile away); Mariachi Divina! (approx. 1.2 miles away); A Turning Point for Equality (approx. 1.2 miles away); A "Separate But Equal" School? (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Topeka.

Also see . . . Franklin Loomis Crane. Kansapedia website entry (Submitted on September 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 29, 2011

2. Franklin Loomis Crane Marker

In Crane family plot. Looking south.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2022. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 539 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 18, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.