Editing Fairway, Kansas (section)

==History==
{{See also|History of Kansas}}
For [[millennia]], the [[Great Plains]] of [[North America]] were inhabited by [[nomadic]] [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].  In the 1820s, the federal government reserved this area for use by the [[Shawnee people]], who had ceded their lands east of the Mississippi River to the United States. In 1839, Methodists established the [[Shawnee Methodist Mission]] here to operate a school for the Shawnee and try to convert them to Christianity. Later it was named the Shawnee Indian Manual Labor School and also accepted Native American boarding students, then closed in 1862.  The site is now owned by the [[Kansas Historical Society]], designated as a [[National Historic Landmark]], and is operated by the city of Fairway as a museum.

In the 1930s, as Kansas City suburbs were developing, a developer named J.C. Nichols.  laid out a subdivision near a golf course. It was named Fairway from its proximity to several [[driving range]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.jocohistory.net/cdm/fairway/ | title=Fairway, Kansas | publisher=Johnson County Museum | work=JoCoHistory | access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref> Fairway was incorporated in 1949 and is known as "The City of Trees".<ref name=cityhomepage>[http://www.fairwaykansas.org Fairway, KS -- Welcome to Fairway, KS], Fairway city website.  Accessed 2008-05-26.</ref>

Fairway formed its own police force in 1949 with the appointment of a town marshal. This position was succeeded by police chiefs.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fairwaykansas.org/index.asp?SEC=0809E496-026A-47C4-9E06-52D095B80530 | title=Police Department }}</ref>