Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 63

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Title AlternativeFire service of Topeka : the early yearsCreatorSwayze, Oscar K.Ripley, John W.Richmond, Robert W.Page, Euphemia B.Jochims, LarryCarruth, Arthur J., IIIOscar K. SwayzePublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 63]
Foreword
Fire service of Topeka : the early years
Fire Service of Topeka
Supplement: George O. Wilmarth
The Fire Department wants you!
City's all-Black fire station proved successful experiment
Topeka's first fire: historians disagree on damage
Fire department headquarters since 1878
Firemens' Ball
[Photos and listing of damaging fires]
A unique pair of fire fighters: King brothers, native scots, were former members of a London volunteer fire outfit
Fire chiefs of Topeka
Personnel, Topeka Fire Department at Jefferson Street Complex and ten fire stations, November 1986Description
Includes "Many happy Douglas to be new fire chief", Topeka Capital Journal, August 18, 1883, and "Topeka's first fire chief- Tobias Billings".
Includes "Firemen's calico ball", Topeka Blade, Feb. 23, 1875, and "Santa Fe firemen's ball", Topeka State Journal, Feb. 22, 1890. I. Topeka
II. The first fires
III. The first fire engine
IV. The volunteer department
V. The foundation laid --VI. Fire stations
VII. Apparatus, past and present
VIII. The water supply
IX. Records of the department
X. The dumb firemen
XI. Fire alarm telegraph
XII. Topeka's fire service of today
XIII. Present organization
XIV. By day and by night- the alarm
XV. The fellow who knows just what to do at a fire
XVI. The relief fund
XVII. The fire record
XVIII. Interesting items. Parts originally published in Commonwealth.
Parts originally published in Topeka Capital.Date of VolumeNovember 1986VolumeNo. 63Decade1850s-1980sSubjectFire departmentsFiresVolunteer fire fightersFire fighters--RecruitingWilmarth, George O.BiographyFire chiefsSwayze, Oscar K.Fire departments--BuildingsFire stationsFire fightersFire fightingFire enginesPictorial worksAfrican American fire fightersBalls (Parties)Social life and customsFire departments--EmployeesFormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0927 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0939

SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceTopeka, KS

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