Enterprise, Kansas
From Bahaikipedia
First site in Kansas where Baha'i classes were given. These were held in the parlor of the home of Barbara Ehrsam in the summer of 1897. The teacher was Ibrahim Kheiralla who had started the classes a few years earlier in Chicago. News about his classes was spread by newspapers all across Kansas. This may be the first publicity of American Baha'i activities. Enterprise was the second place in North American with believers.
After Kheiralla defected in 1900 there was little contact between Enterprise and Chicago, but a few individuals remained firm until their deaths. One moved to Topeka in 1906 and the Topeka Baha'i community dates from that time.
As the first third of the twentieth century passed, so did the remaining believers. In the summer of 1997 a celebration was held in Enterprise to celebrate the first century of the Baha'i Faith in Kansas. This event drew press publicity all across the state of Kansas.
