Leavenworth Normal School located in

Leavenworth, Kansas Leavenworth () is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 37,351. It is located on the west bank of t ...

was a state-funded

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operated by the

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state government from 1870 until 1876. Leavenworth Normal began on May 3, 1870, and John Wherrell was named president of the college. by 1874, about 100 students were enrolled including C. M. Arbuthnot. The school also maintained

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. Depending upon state aid, the school closed a little after

Concordia Normal School Concordia Normal School located in Concordia, Kansas was a state-funded normal school operated by the Kansas state government from 1874 until 1876. Concordia Normal began on March 10, 1874, with Professor E. F. Robinson as the Principal. The sch ...

which met the same fate. Following the "Miscellaneous appropriations bill of 1876" state normal schools were then consolidated to what is now

Emporia State University Emporia State University (Emporia State or ESU) is a public university in Emporia, Kansas, United States. Established in March 1863 as the Kansas State Normal School, Emporia State is the third-oldest public university in the state of Kansas. Em ...

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Notable alumni

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, eighth

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References

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