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The
county is named after the Wyandot (a.k.a. Wyandott or Wyandotte)
Indians. They were called the Huron by the French in Canada,
but they called themselves Wendat. They generally took the
course of assimilation into Anglo-American society. Many
of them embraced Christianity under the influence of missionaries.
They were transported to the current area of Wyandotte County
in 1843. The county was organized in 1855. Tenskwatawa
(Tecumseh's
brother), "the Prophet", fought at the Battle
of Tippecanoe in 1811. He was buried at Shawnee Native American
historical site Whitefeather
Spring (located at 3818 Ruby Ave., Kansas City, which
was added in 1975 to the National Register of historical
places.) Wyandotte County was a prohibition, or "dry",
county until the Kansas Constitution was amended in 1986
and voters approved the sale of alcoholic liquor by the
individual drink with a 30% food sales requirement. The
food sales requirement was removed with voter approval in
1988. Wyandotte County forms part of the Kansas City Metropolitan
Area. |
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