MEDICAL SCHOOL TION HERITAGE EARHART’S LEGACY AND BENEDICTINE COLLEGE’S O HEALTHCARE AND AVIATION CENTER. In the rolling hills of northeastern Kansas, where Lewis and Clark first celebrated Independence Day west of the Missouri River in 1804, sits a small city with outsized ambitions.Atchison, population 10,813 (2024 U.S. Census), occupies a unique position in American history as one of Kansas’s oldest settlements, founded in 1854 and named for Missouri Senator David Rice Atchison, who allegedly served as U.S. President for a single day in 1849, though this claim is disputed by most historians. The city’s location along the Missouri River, just 35 minutes from Kansas City International Airport, has shaped its identity as both a historic crossroads and a modern hub for education and economic development. “We are the smallest town in the United States where you can receive a private Catholic education from preschool all the way through 20 CIVIL AND MUNICIPAL VOLUME 06, ISSUE 09
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