Editing Paola, Kansas (section)

===Paola Park Square===
[[Image:Gazebo in Paola Square.jpg|thumb|right|Paola Park Square's gazebo]]

Paola's town began with the Indian tribes who once lived in the area and used it as their primary gathering place.<ref name="MCVG9"/> Prior to their exile to Oklahoma, Indian leader Baptiste Peoria gave this area to the Paola Town Company (of which he was a member) as a treaty of peace.  The Paola Town Company later gave the square to the City of Paola, with the provision that no building be built on it.<ref name="PCOC"/> In 1867, the original gazebo was put on the square, and was a bandstand.  In the 1800s the square was used as a track for racing horses in addition to serving as a central point for parades, celebrations, and other community events. In 1913, a new Victorian-style gazebo was built, designed by George Washburn.  Paola Park Square is used for community events each year.  The 1913 gazebo is still used, and near the gazebo is a bust of Paola founders Baptiste Peoria and his wife, Mary Ann Isaacs Dagenet. It is the only known monument in the United States featuring a Native American and his wife.  A fountain in the center of the square was also added.<ref name="MCVG9"/>