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Burlington, Kansas, is identified as the Restoration Capital and Pressed Metal Ceiling Capital of Kansas, with centennial observances marking 1857-1957, sesquicentennial observances marking 1857-2007, and bicentennial observances marking 1857-2057. Fernando Augustus Atherly, who lived from 1835 to 1904, was the first mayor of Burlington and was elected in 1870. Amarette Griffith Atherly, who lived from 1833 to 1926, was the first lady of Burlington in 1870.
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