Editing Marquette, Kansas (section)

==History==
For millennia, the land now known as Kansas was inhabited by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]].  In 1803, most of [[History of Kansas|modern Kansas]] was secured by the United States as part of the [[Louisiana Purchase]]. In 1854, the [[Kansas Territory]] was organized, then in 1861 [[Kansas]] became the 34th [[U.S. state]]. In 1867, [[McPherson County, Kansas|McPherson County]] was founded.

In 1873, what eventually would become Marquette began on the banks of the Smoky Hill River with a flour mill.<ref name=marqhist>[http://www.marquettekansas.com/history.html Marquette Kansas History]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030504133601/http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/mcpherson/mcpherson-co-p7.html#MARQUETTE kancoll.com]</ref>  The site was surveyed and on February 9, 1874, the town was chartered. It was settled by [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[immigrant]]s and [[American Civil War|Civil War]] veterans.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.skyways.org/towns/Marquette/index.html |title=Marquette, KS |website=www.skyways.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000531031854/http://www.skyways.org/towns/Marquette/index.html |archive-date=2000-05-31}}</ref> It was named after [[Marquette, Michigan]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4831 | title=Profile for Marquette, Kansas | publisher=[[ePodunk]] | accessdate=14 June 2014}}</ref> Marquette was located on the [[Missouri Pacific Railroad]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5zdAAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA232 | title=Biennial Report of the Board of Directors of the Kansas State Historical Society | publisher=Kansas State Printing Plant | author=Kansas State Historical Society | year=1916 | pages=232}}</ref>

On the night of May 8–9, 1905, an F4 tornado destroyed much of the town, killing 34 people. Many homes in town were blown away and entire families were killed.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Grazulis |first1=Thomas P. |title=Significant tornadoes, 1680-1991: A Chronology and Analysis of Events |date=1993 |publisher=Environmental Films |location=St. Johnsbury, Vermont |isbn=1-879362-03-1 |page=705}}</ref>

On April 14, 2012, a large EF4 tornado would pass to the west of Marquette, sweeping a home away leaving an empty foundation and a small staircase, and there were no fatalities or injuries. Damage at this location would be the most severe near or in the small community of [[Langley, Kansas|Langley]].