Editing Highland, Kansas (section)

=== Early history ===
Reverend Samuel Irvin and Reverend William Hamilton found the Ioway Presbtaryian Church in 1843 with Rev. Hamilton acting as Minister. The church was moved from the [[Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission State Historic Site|Mission]] to Highland in 1860.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Parish |first=Arlyn John |title=History of Highland Community College |year=1983 |edition=1st |pages=6}}</ref> John Powers Johnson builds a log home 2 miles west of the mission in 1854 due to land unavailability along the Missouri River. The Cabin was the first Building in Highland sitting on the site of the current Senior Citizen Center. Johnson left Kansas for two years as he didn't have to live in the home he only had to make improvements to the land in order to purchase it under the [[Preemption Act of 1841]] he however could not purchase the land until after the Iowa tribe members had been removed and the land had been surveyed. John Bayless preempted the land just west of Johnson and founded the Susquehanna western Immigration Company to promote anti-slavery people moving to Kansas. Samuel Irvin looked over the claims till the land could properly be purchased in 1857.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Parish |first=Arlyn John |title=History of Highland Community College |year=1983 |edition=1st |pages=8–9}}</ref>