Editing Linwood, Kansas (section)

==History==

===Beginnings===
Linwood was founded as '''Journeycake''', named after [[Charles Journeycake]], the last [[Lenape|Delaware]] chief. People occasionally made fun of the name Journeycake by calling it "Johnny Cake." The community was platted on both sides of Stranger Creek, near the creek's mouth at the [[Kansas River]].

In May 1860, a treaty was signed at Sarcoxieville, {{convert|3|mi|km}} northeast of Linwood, by Chief Sarcoxie of the Delaware and by the United States.<ref>[http://lenapedelawarehistory.net/mirror/persN-Z.htm Pers N-Z], Lenape-Delaware History.net, 2006-06-09.  Accessed 2007-08-09.</ref> After the treaty's signature, each member of the tribe was assigned a parcel of land, and the balance of the tribe's territories were sold to the predecessor of the [[Union Pacific Railroad]].  Meanwhile, the U.S. government established a trading post near Stranger Creek until the tribe was moved to the [[Indian Territory]] in 1867. Located beside the Union Pacific Railroad tracks, the trading post became the first school in the community.

===Union Pacific Railroad===
In September 1863, the [[Union Pacific Railroad]] began building the main line westward across the [[Great Plains]] from [[Kansas City, Kansas]], to [[Denver, Colorado]]. This was the long-line railroad in Kansas for 2–3 years. The first {{convert|40|mi|km}} were opened in 1864 from Wyandotte (now a suburb of Kansas City) to Lawrence. William A. Harris moved to Kansas in 1865 employed as a civil engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad. In 1868 it became the [[Kansas Pacific Railway|Kansas Pacific Railroad]].

===Name change===
The original community of '''Journeycake''' was officially platted<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Guide to the A.D. Searl Collection: Plat of the town of Stranger. Leavenworth County, Kansas |url=http://ead.diglib.ku.edu/xml/ksrl.kc.searlad.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902075740/http://ead.diglib.ku.edu/xml/ksrl.kc.searlad.html |archive-date=September 2, 2006 |website=University of Kansas Libraries}}</ref> as '''Stranger''' on July 11, 1867, and recorded at the Leavenworth County Courthouse. When the name Stranger became a problem for the Postal Service. who confused Stranger with a nearby community also named Stranger (referred to as "Big" Stranger), it was renamed '''Linwood''' on December 20, 1877. Legend has it that one day when the citizens were cutting wood for the church, [[William W. Loring#Antebellum years|Colonel Loring]] suggested they change the name to Linwood, because of the many [[Tilia americana|linden]] trees that grew in the area.  But, according to the Kansas Historical Collections, the community of Stranger had its name changed to Linwood by Senator William A. Harris because of his great appreciation for the Linden trees that were abundant in the vicinity of Stranger Creek.<ref name=":0" />

===Senator Harris===
[[William A. Harris (Kansas)|William A. Harris]] moved to Kansas in 1865 and worked as a civil engineer for the Union Pacific Railroad until 1868, when he moved to Lawrence, Kansas. He was appointed agent for the railroad companies in the sale of the Delaware Reservation and other lands. In 1884, Harris became a prominent citizen of Linwood, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits and stock raising. He bought about {{convert|100|acre|m2}} of land just west of Linwood. On a high hill within sight of the city he built a modest two-story mansion with fifteen rooms, the Harris House. Harris was elected as a Democratic Congressman to the Fifty-third Congress (1893–1895) and as a [[Populist Party (United States)|Populist]] to the U.S. Senate (1897–1903). He was an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Kansas in 1906. Harris died in 1909, and is buried in [[Lawrence, Kansas]].

===Relocation===
Much of Linwood's commerce came from the sawmills on the river, as the city had grown very near the banks of the [[Kansas River]] (known as the “Kaw” River) that flows eastward to the Missouri. After the 1903 flood damaged and endangered much of Linwood, the city was relocated about one mile (1.6&nbsp;km) north to its present location out of “the bottoms” (as they are still known today) near the river.

===21st century===
[[File:Linwood Elementary (Basehor-Linwood USD 458) Kansas City (Kansas).jpg|thumb|Linwood Elementary School]]
Present-day Linwood is a small city that is accessed mainly from {{jct|state=KS|KS|32}}, as the Golden Road bridge over Stranger Creek collapsed in the early 2000s and has never been rebuilt.  Currently, the city has less than 400 people. Since 2019, numerous new homes have been built drawing new families. Linwood has several businesses including a gas station, tavern, landscaping company, salsa plant and a Dollar General retail store. Linwood is home to one of the Basehor-Linwood Elementary Schools, while the Basehor-Linwood Middle and High Schools are located in [[Basehor, Kansas|Basehor]].

===2019 tornado===
{{See also|Tornado outbreak sequence of May 2019}}
On May 28, 2019, an EF4 [[tornado]] with Doppler windspeed measurements of over 187&nbsp;mph struck the outlying areas of the city and severely damaged homes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Massive tornado rips through Linwood, Kansas, destroying homes and keeping KC on edge |url=https://www.kansascity.com/news/weather-news/article230922503.html |website=[[The Kansas City Star]] |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190529063241/https://www.kansascity.com/news/weather-news/article230922503.html |archivedate=May 29, 2019 |date=May 28, 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Storm chaser Reed Timmer successfully shot a rocket into a wedge tornado. The data, he says, is 'incredible.' |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/06/06/storm-chaser-reed-timmer-successfully-shot-rocket-into-wedge-tornado-data-he-says-is-incredible/ |access-date=2023-04-27 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> At least 13 injuries were reported due to the storm.  The city itself was spared any major damage, with just the occasional roof damage and loss of trees and fencing.