Editing Bonner Springs, Kansas (section)

=== Early settlers ===
The [[Kaw people|Kanza people]] had settled the area because of the mineral springs and abundant fish and game when, in 1812, two French [[North American fur trade|fur traders]], the Chouteau brothers, made their way from [[St. Louis]] and temporally settled in the area that would eventually become Bonner Springs, starting a trading post named "Four Houses".<ref name="auto">{{cite book |last1=Miller |first1=Roger B. |title= Bonner Springs (Images of America) |date=2013 |publisher= Arcadia Publishing Publishing |location=USA |page=7 | isbn = 978-1467110433}}</ref> The location allowed easy access to trade items, and a ferry to cross the Kansas River was added. With a date of 1812, it is reputed to be the first commercial center and permanent settlement in Kansas.<ref name="Morgan, Perl Wilbur 1911" /> In 1830, Henry Tiblow, a [[Lenape|Delaware Indian]], took charge of the ferry.<ref name="auto1">{{cite news |last1=Boyer |first1=Carolyn |title=Five Things You Might Not Know about Bonner Springs |url=http://www.bonnersprings.com/news/2014/mar/10/five-things-you-might-not-know-about-bonner-spring/ |access-date=April 27, 2015 |agency=The Chieftain |publisher=Dolph C. Simons Jr. |date=March 10, 2014}}</ref> Tiblow was a Delaware Indian who worked as an interpreter for the government. He lived in a small cabin on the west side of the city.<ref name="auto" />

The location became known as "Tiblow Settlement", and the ferry continued working for years.<ref name="auto1" /> John McDanield, or "Red John" due to hair color, is known as the founder of Bonner Springs - as we know it today. As the owner of a vast majority of land that is now Bonner Springs, McDaniel named the town "Tiblow", after his friend Henry.<ref name="auto" />