THE KANSAS SPIRIT
=Introduction.= Kansas is a great State; great in size and wealth,
great in industries and resources, and great in what it has
accomplished. But there are states that are larger, others that are
wealthier, and many that have larger cities, greater population, a
longer history, and more splendid memorials, so it is not for these
things that Kansas is especially noted among the states. The quality
that is the mark of its distinction is the character of its history
and of its people.
=The Meaning of the Kansas Spirit.= Any people is, in large part, the
product of its thinking, its beliefs, and its hopes and desires. This
is the lesson of Hawthorne’s story, “The Great Stone Face.” Through
all the years Ernest studied the face on the mountain and pondered the
thoughts that he read there. In time he came to resemble the great
face, both in its features and in the character it expressed. In the
same way the people of Kansas have become what they are to-day because
of their thoughts, their experiences and their ideals. We often hear
it said concerning some act or some effort toward progress, “That is
the Kansas spirit,” which means that the thing done shows what kind of
people the Kansans are; it is characteristic of them. If, then, we
would understand what this Kansas spirit is, we must know what
thoughts and experiences and ideals have had a part in producing it.
[Illustration: Bust of John J. Ingalls
“This is but the dawn. We stand in the vestibule of the temple.
The achievements of the past will pale into insignificance
before the completed glory of the century to come.”
――JOHN J. INGALLS.]
=Pioneer Qualities.= Certain characteristics of the people of Kansas
are largely due to the fact that this was so recently a frontier
state. Pioneer life, wherever it exists, develops the qualities of
independence, courage, resourcefulness, endurance, and democracy. The
pioneer has only himself to lean on; he learns to take chances, he
laughs at adversity, he adapts himself to circumstances, and he lives
in the future.
[Illustration: THE FORUM, WICHITA, KANSAS.]
=Qualities that Make the Kansas Spirit.= These characteristics are
not, however, peculiar to the Kansas people, for the early settlers of
other states lived on the frontier and developed these same qualities.
But Kansas had a Territorial history which was very different from
that of any other state and which has left its impress upon the
people. Other pioneers have had the great task of making a state out
of a wilderness, but Kansas pioneers had a second great task, that of
making a free state in the face of the most determined opposition.
They came to Kansas as the Puritans came to America, in the name of
liberty. They were stern, unyielding, purposeful men and women, sure
of the presence of divine leadership, and their character has deeply
influenced the Kansas people. This influence has made them hate
oppression; it has made them demand justice and fair play; it has made
them value people for their personal worth; it has made them believe
in the equality of human rights, and in the ability of the people to
govern themselves. These are characteristics of every true Kansan and
the qualities that make the Kansas spirit.
=Manifestations of the Kansas Spirit.= This spirit is evident in many
phases of the life and progress of our people, but it is nowhere more
apparent than in their political affairs and in their laws. The spirit
that made the pioneers refuse to submit to the “Bogus Legislature”
also impelled them to send more than their share of soldiers to the
Civil War. Later, the same spirit led the Kansas people to adopt the
prohibition amendment and to grant to women the full right of
suffrage. It caused the farmers and other laboring people to form
organizations for the better protection of their rights. It made the
State do its part in the World War cheerfully and generously. In
short, the Kansas spirit has manifested itself whenever the people
have made an effort to overcome difficulties, whenever they have tried
to secure more justice or liberty for themselves. These efforts have
sometimes been so radical, and the plans offered for the betterment of
conditions so new and startling as to attract much attention in the
rest of the country. But Kansas has continued to believe in the worth
and possibilities of her people and to make every effort to bring
about conditions that will give them the opportunity to rise to the
full measure of their nature.
=The Task Confronting the Kansas of To-day.= All over the United
States there is a growing tendency on the part of the people to
exercise a more direct control of their government; to take more and
more authority into their own hands. This means that the people must
be interested, active and well-informed. For us, it means that the
quality of Kansas government depends upon the quality of Kansas
citizenship. While the task of the pioneers was a heavy one, ours
to-day is no less great, though it is different. Their struggle was to
get the soil under cultivation, ours to see that it does not become
worn out; theirs to get public utilities, ours to use and regulate
them; theirs to develop new industries, ours to see that they are
carried on with justice to all; theirs to establish schools, ours to
make them more efficient; in general, theirs to build up, ours to use
wisely.
Kansas history is not made; it is in the making. We study the past
that we may learn how to make the present better. Great things have
been accomplished but there is much yet to be done. The pioneers
solved their problems, and if we are worthy of the Kansas they have
given us we will strive to solve ours. We will keep alive the Kansas
spirit.
SUMMARY
The Kansas people have developed the same pioneer qualities
as have the people of other states; but, in addition, their
peculiar Territorial history has made them believe in a
marked degree in liberty, justice, equality, and democracy.
These characteristics have given rise to what is called “the
Kansas spirit.” This spirit is especially evident in the
political movements through which the people have taken more
and more of the control of government into their own hands.
REFERENCES
Kansas, Carl Becker.
Historical Collections. Selected Topics.
Connelley, History as an Asset of the State.
QUESTIONS
1. In what things is Kansas great? Name other states that are
greater in any of these things. What quality distinguishes
Kansas?
2. How can the lesson in the story of “The Great Stone Face” be
applied to Kansas?
3. Why does pioneer life develop courage? Independence?
Resourcefulness?
4. What effect has the Territorial history of Kansas had on the
people?
5. What is meant by the Kansas spirit? What are some of the ways
in which it has been shown? Discuss each.
6. Discuss the responsibilities of the Kansas people of to-day.
THE APPENDIX
TERRITORIAL PERIOD
Legislatures
There were six Territorial legislatures. The first two were
proslavery. Beginning in 1858 the four that followed were free-state.
Constitutions
Four constitutions were prepared: the Topeka Constitution in 1855, the
Lecompton in 1857, the Leavenworth in 1858, and the Wyandotte in 1859.
The Lecompton was the only one that provided for slavery. The State
was admitted under the Wyandotte, our present Constitution. It was
based on the constitution of Ohio and was drafted by men from both
parties.
Capitals
Several different places served as Territorial capitals. When Governor
Reeder came to Kansas he kept his office at Leavenworth for about two
months, then removed it to Shawnee Mission, which was used as the
Territorial capital until the following spring when Governor Reeder
named Pawnee as the capital. The Legislature remained at Pawnee only
five days and then adjourned to Shawnee Mission, where the Governor’s
office was kept another year. In August, 1855, the Territorial
Legislature selected Lecompton, which continued as the capital during
the remainder of the Territorial period. However, when the free-state
people gained control of the Legislature in 1858 they made an effort
to change the capital to Minneola. Failing in this, they met at
Lecompton for each session and then at once adjourned to Lawrence. At
an election in November, 1861, the people selected Topeka as the
permanent capital of Kansas.
The Topeka Movement
The free-state Government under the Topeka Constitution was organized
in the days of the “Bogus Legislature” for the purpose of uniting the
free-state people and enabling them to oppose proslavery methods. It
was continued until the free-state people gained control of the
Territorial Legislature, when it became no longer necessary and was
dropped. The principal events were as follows: The convention met in
October of 1855, completed the Topeka Constitution in November, and
the free-state people voted favorably on it in December. In January of
1856 they elected Charles Robinson governor. Their Legislature met in
March, and in the same month they applied for admission to the Union
but the bill failed to pass. The Legislature met again in July, but
was disbanded by United States troops under Sumner. They met in
January of 1857, but the officers were arrested. Two additional
meetings were held; one in January and one in March of 1858. Then,
having served its purpose, the Topeka movement was at an end.
INDIAN MISSIONS IN EARLY KANSAS
Presbyterian Missions
Two Presbyterian missions were established among the Osages in what is
now Neosho County in 1824. One was the Boudinot mission. The work was
in charge of Rev. Benton Pixley.
Rev. S. M. Irwin established a mission among the Iowas, Sacs and Foxes
in Doniphan County, near the present town of Highland, in 1837.
Highland College, one of the oldest colleges in the State, still
remains as a school of this church.
Methodist Missions
In 1830 the Shawnee Methodist mission was established a few miles
southwest of where Kansas City now stands. This mission was in charge
of Rev. Thomas Johnson. A few years later it had a manual-labor school
and a farm and was one of the largest and best known of the missions
in Kansas.
In 1832 a mission was established among the Delawares in Wyandotte
County, on the site of the town of White Church, by William Johnson
and Thomas B. Markham. Rev. E. T. Peery was in charge.
A mission for the Kickapoos was founded in 1833. It was just north of
the site of Leavenworth and was in charge of Rev. J. C. Berryman.
In 1833 a mission was established for the Kanzas at Mission Creek,
Shawnee County, by Rev. William Johnson, who continued the work for
seven years. When the Kanzas were moved, the mission was located at
Council Grove. It existed from 1850 to 1854.
Baptist Missions
The Baptist Church established a mission among the Shawnees in 1831.
It was about two miles northwest of the Shawnee Methodist mission. The
leader was Isaac McCoy, and he was joined later by Dr. Johnson Lykins
and Rev. Jotham Meeker. Mr. Meeker was a printer, and in 1834 issued
the first book printed in Kansas, a primer in the Indian language.
A mission was established among the Ottawas in 1837, on the present
site of Ottawa, under the charge of Rev. Jotham Meeker. This mission
survives in Ottawa University.
A mission was opened among the Pottawatomies in 1837, by Rev. Robert
Simmerwell, near the site of Osawatomie. When this tribe moved to the
new reservation the mission was relocated at Mission Creek in Shawnee
County. It was abandoned in 1854.
In 1840 Dr. David Lykins established a mission among the Miamis, about
ten miles southeast of the present city of Paola.
Dr. Johnson Lykins opened a mission among the Delawares in 1832.
Friends Mission
The Society of Friends established a mission among the Shawnees in
1834, about three miles west of the Methodist mission. Henry Harvey,
M. Mendenhall, and the Hadleys were teachers in this mission.
Catholic Missions
In 1822 Father La Croix visited the Osages, just across the line in
Missouri, and baptized several Indian children. At different times
Father Van Quickenborn visited the Osages and preached. In 1847 Rev.
Schoenmaker established the Osage Mission, now St. Paul, in Neosho
County.
The Catholic mission was founded in 1836 by Fathers Van Quickenborn
and Hœken for the Kickapoos, near the Junction of Salt Creek with the
Missouri, in Leavenworth County.
St. Mary’s mission among the Pottawatomies was established in Miami
County in 1838, and moved to Linn County in 1839, where it remained
until the removal of the tribe to Pottawatomie County in 1849. The
mission was then established at St. Mary’s, where it survives to-day
in St. Mary’s school for boys.
FORTS IN EARLY KANSAS
Many forts were established in early Kansas; a few by the fur
companies, some by the War Department, some by state troops, a number
by settlers as a place of refuge from the Indians, and a few by
free-state and proslavery forces during the Territorial struggle. Some
of them consisted merely of a wall of earth thrown up, others of a
strongly built log cabin within a line of earthworks or line of
palisades. Many of them were more pretentious, and were built of logs,
adobe, or stone. Some of the forts established by the National
Government cost many thousands of dollars and most of them had large
land reserves. As the settlements moved westward the necessity for the
forts no longer existed, and with the exception of Fort Leavenworth
and Fort Riley, which are still maintained by the National Government
as army posts, they fell into disuse. The principal early forts were:
Fort Kanzas, established by the French fur traders in the early part
of the eighteenth century, was located in what is now Atchison County.
It is mentioned in the journal of Lewis and Clark as an abandoned
fort.
Fort Lyon, earlier called Bent’s Fort, was built in 1826 for a
fur-trading post. It occupied several different sites on the Arkansas
River, all of them within the present bounds of Colorado, the last one
being within Territorial Kansas. It was opened to settlement in 1890.
Fort Leavenworth was established in 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth of
the United States army. It has from its beginning been an important
military post. More than $2,000,000 has been expended on it, and it
now ranks among the first of the military posts of the United States.
Fort Riley was established in 1852 by the United States. It has been
enlarged and improved from time to time until it is now an important
military center. Fort Riley is near the junction of the Republican and
Smoky Hill rivers, and is very near the geographical center of the
United States.
Fort Atkinson, one of the early forts erected along the Santa Fe
Trail, was located on the Arkansas River about six miles above the
present site of Dodge City. This fort was built in 1850 and abandoned
in 1854. It was known for a few months as Fort Mackey, when the name
was changed to Fort Atkinson.
Fort Mann was probably erected about 1845 on or near the site on which
Fort Atkinson was later built.
Fort Scott was built in 1842 on the site of the present city of Fort
Scott. In 1853 it ceased to be used as a military post, and in 1855
the buildings were sold. This fort had no reservation.
Fort Larned was located in 1859 on Pawnee Fork, about eight miles
above the mouth of that stream. It was for a number of years an
important post, but was later abandoned as a fort, and in 1882 the
reservation was opened for sale to settlers.
Fort Saunders was a proslavery stronghold about twelve miles southwest
of Lawrence in 1856. It was destroyed by a body of free-state settlers
the same year.
Fort Titus, located about two miles south of Lecompton, was a log
house used as a proslavery fortification. It was captured and
destroyed by free-state forces shortly after the destruction of Fort
Saunders.
Fort Wakarusa was a free-state fortification on the Wakarusa River,
about five miles from Lawrence.
Fort Bain was a log cabin in the northern part of Bourbon County which
served as a retreat for John Brown and James Montgomery in 1857 and
1858.
Fort Baxter, a military post, was established by General Blunt in
1863. It was the scene of an attack by Quantrill, known as the Baxter
Springs massacre. After the war the town of Baxter Springs grew up on
the site.
Fort Dodge was one of the most important forts on the western
frontier. It was located to the east of The Caches, near Dodge City,
in 1864. The first buildings were of adobe, but in 1867 good buildings
were erected. Fort Dodge was not abandoned until 1882. The Soldiers’
Home at Fort Dodge was later established on a part of this military
reservation.
Fort Downer was located on Downer’s Creek, about fifty miles west of
Fort Hays. It was in existence between 1863 and 1868.
Fort Harker was established in 1864, near the present site of
Ellsworth, with the name Fort Ellsworth. Two years later the name was
changed to Fort Harker and the site moved about a mile northeast. This
fort was for a long time the shipping point for freight bound for New
Mexico. Fort Harker was abandoned in 1872 and the reservation opened
to settlement in 1880.
Fort Wallace was established near the present town of Wallace in 1865.
This was an important post during the building of the Union Pacific
railroad. It was abandoned as a fort in 1882, and in 1888 the land was
ordered sold.
Fort Zarah was established in 1864, about four miles east of the
present city of Great Bend. It was dismantled in 1869, and the
reservation was later sold.
Fort Hays was established by the National Government, in 1865, about
fourteen miles southeast of the present Hays City, and was for a year
known as Fort Fletcher. In 1867 a new site, about three-fourths mile
from Hays City, was selected. The reservation consisted of 7500 acres.
General Sheridan used Fort Hays for headquarters during the Black
Kettle raid in 1868. It continued to be used as a military post until
1889. In 1900 Kansas secured the land and buildings for educational
purposes. The Fort Hays Kansas Normal School and an experiment station
for the Agricultural College are now located there.
Fort Henning, Fort Blair, and Fort Insley were three blockhouses
erected at Fort Scott in 1861 for the purpose of guarding military
stores from the Confederate forces.
Fort Lincoln was built by Lane in 1861, about twelve miles northwest
of Fort Scott, for protection from the Confederate forces. It was
abandoned in 1864.
Fort Aubrey was one of the forts established in 1865 by the soldiers
sent to quell the Indian uprisings. It was located near the present
village of Mayline in Hamilton County. It was abandoned the following
year.
Fort Jewell was erected in 1870 on the site of Jewell City for the
protection of the settlers against the Cheyennes who were then on the
warpath. It consisted of a wall of earth around a fifty-yard square.
After the Indian troubles were over Fort Jewell was abandoned.
SOME PROMINENT KANSANS
Hundreds of Kansas men and women have served their State in a way
worthy of note. To tell the story of the services rendered by all of
them would require many volumes. In a book like the present one,
mention can be made of only a few of those most widely known. In
addition to names mentioned in the body of the text, the following are
a few of the names of Kansans, no longer living, who had much to do
with making the history of the State:
PRESTON B. PLUMB came to Kansas to make his home in 1857. He started a
newspaper, _Kansas News_, at Emporia. In 1861 he was elected to the
State House of Representatives. The same year he entered the Union
army and served until the close of the war. He then engaged in the
practice of law. In 1876 he was elected to the United States Senate,
which position he filled until his death in 1891, a period of fourteen
years of continuous service.
WILLIAM A. HARRIS came to Kansas in 1865, at the close of four years
of service in the Confederate army, and entered the employ of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company as a civil engineer. Later he became a
well-known farmer and stock raiser. In 1896 he was elected to the
State Senate, and in 1897 to the United States Senate. His later years
were given to various lines of agricultural advancement. He served as
a regent of the State Agricultural College. His death occurred in
1909.
SAMUEL A. KINGMAN came to Kansas in 1857. He was a lawyer. He served
as a member of the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention. He was
associate justice of the Supreme Court of Kansas, 1861 to 1865, and
chief justice, 1867 to 1876, when he resigned because of ill health.
He died in 1904.
DAVID J. BREWER came to Leavenworth in 1859, where he engaged in the
practice of law. He served continuously in various offices. He was
associate justice of the State Supreme Court from 1871 to 1884, a
judge of the United States Circuit Court from 1884 to 1889, and in
1889 he was commissioned Associate Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, which position he filled until his death in 1910.
JOHN A. ANDERSON came to Junction City in 1858 as pastor of the
Presbyterian church. In 1873 he was made president of the State
Agricultural College. He reorganized that institution and remained at
its head until 1878, when he was elected to Congress where he served
until 1891. He was appointed consul-general to Cairo, Egypt, in 1891.
He died on his way back home in the following year.
FRANCIS HUNTINGTON SNOW was elected to the first faculty of the
University of Kansas as professor of mathematics and natural sciences,
in 1866. In 1870 he became professor of natural history in the
University. He organized the collecting expeditions which have
resulted in the extensive natural history museums of the University.
He was made Chancellor of the University in 1890, from which position
he retired in 1901. He died in 1908.
EDMUND G. ROSS came to Kansas in 1856. He was a member of the
Wyandotte Constitutional Convention and served in the Union army. In
1866 he was appointed to fill the vacancy in the United States Senate
caused by the death of James H. Lane. He cast the deciding vote in the
Senate against the impeachment of President Johnson, which act aroused
great indignation. He engaged in newspaper work until 1882, when he
went to New Mexico where he served as Territorial Governor from 1885
to 1889. He died in 1907.
MRS. C. I. H. NICHOLS, a writer and lecturer, came with her family to
Kansas in 1854. She lived first at Lawrence and then at Wyandotte. She
was a strong advocate of a more just understanding of the rights of
women. She attended the meetings of the Wyandotte Constitutional
Convention, and counseled with the members on all matters relating to
women, with the result that the Kansas Constitution was one of the
most liberal in the United States at that time. Her death occurred in
1885.
MRS. MARY A. BICKERDYKE, generally known as “Mother Bickerdyke,”
served as a nurse during the Civil War. At its close she came to
Kansas and was instrumental in assisting soldiers who were left
without employment to come to Kansas and take homesteads. Through her
efforts aid was given settlers after Indian raids, and she assisted in
securing aid for Kansas settlers after the grasshopper invasion. The
Mother Bickerdyke Home for soldiers’ widows, at Ellsworth, was named
in her honor. After a life of great activity she died in 1901.
ALFRED GRAY came to Kansas in 1857. With the exception of his period
of service in the Union army he was engaged in farming until 1873.
From 1866 until 1870 he was a director of the State Agricultural
Society. When the State Board of Agriculture was organized, in 1872,
he became its first secretary, and filled the position until his death
in 1880.
FREDERICK WELLHOUSE came to Leavenworth County, Kansas, in 1859. He
was engaged in the growing and sale of fruit trees until 1876, when he
began planting commercial apple orchards. During the next eighteen
years he planted 1637 acres of apple trees. Many years were given to
experiments to determine the varieties best adapted to Kansas. He
became known throughout the country, and was called “The Apple King.”
For ten years he was president of the State Horticultural Society, and
was at different times engaged in many public activities. He died in
1911.
FRANKLIN G. ADAMS settled on a farm in Leavenworth County in 1856. He
held various positions of public service, and on the organization of
the State Historical Society in 1875 he was made its secretary, which
position he held until his death in 1899. He organized and developed
the work of the Society, in which work he was materially assisted by
his daughter, Miss Zu Adams, who continued her work from 1880 until
her death in 1911.
MRS. SARA T. D. ROBINSON came to the Territory in 1854 with her
husband, Dr. Charles Robinson, and took an active part in early Kansas
affairs. She wrote Kansas――Its Interior and Exterior Life, the most
notable book produced by a Kansan of that time. It had a wide
circulation and a great influence. Mrs. Robinson died at her home near
Lawrence in 1911.
NOBLE L. PRENTIS came to Kansas in 1869 as editor of the _Topeka
Record_. From that time until his death in 1900 he was connected with
various Kansas newspapers: the _Topeka Commonwealth_, the _Lawrence
Journal_, the _Junction City Union_, the _Atchison Champion_, and the
_Kansas City Star_. He wrote five books: A Kansan Abroad, Southern
Letters, Southwestern Letters, Kansas Miscellanies, and History of
Kansas.
DANIEL W. WILDER, who first came to Kansas in 1857, was at different
times the editor of a number of newspapers. He was one of the founders
of the State Historical Society, served one term as state auditor and
two terms as superintendent of insurance. It was as a newspaper man
that Mr. Wilder’s influence was especially felt. He was the author of
the Annals of Kansas, Life of Shakespeare, and was one of the
compilers of all editions of Bartlett’s Familiar Quotations.
EUGENE F. WARE came to Kansas in 1867. He practiced law, and was for
many years the editor of the _Fort Scott Monitor_. He served in the
state legislature, and from 1902 to 1905 was United States Pension
Commissioner. He died in 1911. It is as a writer that Mr. Ware is best
known. His Rhymes of Ironquill is his most widely read work.
KANSAS WRITERS
The Kansas struggle was the source of a great deal of writing. Eastern
newspapers were full of the Kansas question. During the Territorial
period many of the eastern papers kept correspondents in the
Territory, and these men wrote much of the conflict here and of
pioneer life and conditions. The Kansas people themselves were too
busy to give much attention to literature and produced but few
writings of permanent value. Kansas――Its Interior and Exterior Life,
by Mrs. Sara T. D. Robinson, was written during this period. Other
early writers were: William A. Phillips, Richard Realf, James Redpath,
Albert D. Richardson, W. P. Tomlinson, and Henry Harvey.
During the Civil War practically all of the writing produced in Kansas
was concerned with the struggle that the people were going through.
The period from the close of the Civil War until the “grasshopper
year” of 1874 was one of remarkable growth and expansion and the
people were full of confidence and enthusiasm. It was in this period
that _The Kansas Magazine_ was published. Though it lasted less than
two years, it was a magazine of real literature. Among the
contributors were: Henry King, James W. Steele, John J. Ingalls, D. W.
Wilder, R. J. Hinton, Charles Robinson, and Noble L. Prentis.
The depression caused by the grasshopper raid affected Kansas in
literature as well as in other activities. For several years but few
books were published. Two of the books produced during this period
were, however, very valuable ones: Andreas’ History of Kansas, a
compilation by many writers, and Wilder’s Annals of Kansas. George R.
Peck and John J. Ingalls came into prominence about this time as
orators. Many of their speeches have become a part of our literature.
Joseph G. McCoy and Joel Moody were writers of this period.
A number of good books were published in the ’80’s, among them: The
Story of a Country Town, E. W. Howe; A Kansan Abroad, Noble L.
Prentis; Rhymes of Ironquill, Eugene F. Ware; History of Kansas, L. W.
Spring; Anabel and Other Poems, Ellen P. Allerton. Other writers of
this time were: F. W. Giles, Charles Gleed, and Hattie Horner.
The period following the collapse of the boom, 1888 to 1892, produced
many books. Some of the most prominent were: Kansas Miscellanies,
Prentis; The Farmers’ Side, William A. Peffer; Letters, Charles F.
Scott; In the Van of Empire, Henry Inman; Richard Bruce, Charles M.
Sheldon; Old Wine in New Bottles, Brinton W. Woodward. During this
period _The Agora_, a Kansas magazine, was published. All the best
Kansas writers of the period were among its contributors, but it lived
only a short time. Among other writers were: Nathaniel S. Goss, Mrs.
Mary W. Hudson, Gov. Charles Robinson, Albert Bigelow Paine, and John
Speer.
The last twenty years have brought peace and prosperity to Kansas and
the people have been able to give more time and thought to literature.
Many writings have been produced――poetry, essays, speeches, newspaper
and magazine articles, and many books. The following are among the
writers who have come into prominence in the last two decades:
Henry Inman, author of: The Old Santa Fe Trail, The Great Salt Lake
Trail, The Ranch on the Oxhide, and The Delahoyd Boys.
Charles M. Sheldon, author of: Richard Bruce, Robert Hardy’s Seven
Days, The Crucifixion of Philip Strong, His Brother’s Keeper, In His
Steps, Malcolm Kirk, Lend a Hand, The Redemption of Freetown, The
Miracle at Markham, One of the Two, For Christ and the Church, Born to
Serve, Who Killed Joe’s Baby, The Reformer, The Narrow Gate, The Heart
of the World, Paul Douglas, The Good Fight, The High Calling, The
Twentieth Door.
William Allen White, author of: The Real Issue, Stratagems and Spoils,
Court of Boyville, God’s Puppets, In Our Town, A Certain Rich Man, The
Martial Adventures of Henry and Me, In the Heart of a Fool, Rhymes by
Two Friends (poems by Mr. White and Albert Bigelow Paine).
Eugene Ware, author of: The Rise and Fall of the Saloon, The Lyon
Campaign and History of the First Iowa Infantry, The Indian Campaign
of 1864, Rhymes of Ironquill, Ithuriel, From Court to Court, Several
translations from Spanish, French and Latin, contributions to many
publications.
William Y. Morgan, author of: A Jayhawker in Europe, The Journey of a
Jayhawker, The Near East, and numerous newspaper articles.
Margaret Hill McCarter, author of: The Cottonwood’s Story, Cuddy’s
Baby, In Old Quivira, A Master’s Degree, The Peace of the Solomon
Valley, Price of the Prairie, The Reclaimers, A Wall of Men, Winning
the Wilderness, Vanguard of the Plains, and a series of classics.
Walt Mason, author of: Horse Sense, Rippling Rhymes, Terse Verse, Walt
Mason: His Book, and Business Prose Poems.
William Elsey Connelley, author of: John Brown, James H. Lane, Wyandot
Folk-Lore, An Appeal to the Record, Kansas Territorial Governors,
Memoirs of John James Ingalls, Ingalls of Kansas, Quantrill and the
Border Wars, Life of Preston B. Plumb, and Kansas and Kansans.
Samuel J. Crawford, author of Kansas in the Sixties.
William Herbert Carruth, author of Each in His Own Tongue and Other
Poems.
Among other present-day Kansas writers are: E. W. Howe, F. W.
Blackmar, Mrs. Louisa Cooke, Don Carlos, Effie Graham, W. A. McKeever,
Mrs. Dell H. Munger, Mrs. Kate A. Aplington, Esther M. Clark, F.
Dumont Smith, Charles M. Harger, Willard Wattles, and Dr. C. H.
Lerrigo.
TERRITORIAL OFFICERS OF KANSAS
The Governors were appointed for terms of four years, but none of them
served a full term. Ten different men filled the office during the
Territorial period of six years and eight months. There were six
Governors and five Acting Governors, James W. Denver serving in both
capacities. During the absence of a Governor or when there was a
vacancy in the office the duties of the Governor fell upon the
Secretary of the Territory and he was called the Acting Governor.
Governors Acting Governors Terms Served
Andrew H. Reeder July 7, 1854, to August 16,
1855.
Daniel Woodson August 16, 1855, to
September 7, 1855.
Wilson Shannon September 7, 1855, to
August 18, 1856.
Daniel Woodson August 18, 1856, to September
9, 1856.
John W. Geary September 9, 1856, to March
12, 1857.
Daniel Woodson March 12, 1857, to April 16,
1857.
Frederick P. Stanton April 16, 1857, to May 27,
1857.
Robert J. Walker May 27, 1857, to November
16, 1857.
Frederick P. Stanton November 16, 1857, to
December 21, 1857.
James W. Denver December 21, 1857, to May
12, 1858.
James W. Denver May 12, 1858, to October 10,
1858.
Hugh S. Walsh October 10, 1858, to
December 18, 1858.
Samuel Medary December 18, 1858, to
December 17, 1860.
Hugh S. Walsh August 1, 1859, to September
15, 1859.
Hugh S. Walsh April 15, 1860, to June 16,
1860.
George M. Beebe September 11, 1860, to
November 25, 1860.
Auditors
John Donaldson 1855-1857
Hiram Jackson Strickler 1857-1861
Treasurers
Thomas J. B. Cramer 1855-1859
Robert B. Mitchell 1859-1861
Attorneys-General
Andrew Jackson Isacks 1854-1857
William Weer 1857-1858
Alson C. Davis 1858-1861
Superintendents of Schools
James H. Noteware 1858
Samuel Wiley Greer 1858-1861
John C. Douglass 1861
Territorial Chief Justices
Samuel Dexter Lecompte 1854-1859
John Pettit 1859-1861
Associate Justices
Saunders W. Johnston 1854-1855
J. M. Burrell 1855-1856
Thomas Cunningham 1856-1857
Joseph Williams 1857-1861
Rush Elmore 1854-1855
Sterling G. Cato 1855-1858
Rush Elmore 1858-1861
STATE OFFICERS OF KANSAS
Governors
Charles Robinson 1861-1863
Thomas Carney 1863-1865
Samuel J. Crawford 1865-1868
Resigned November 4, 1868
Nehemiah Green, Acting Governor 1868-1869
James M. Harvey 1869-1873
Thomas A. Osborn 1873-1877
George T. Anthony 1877-1879
John P. St. John 1879-1883
George W. Glick 1883-1885
John A. Martin 1885-1889
Lyman U. Humphrey 1889-1893
Lorenzo D. Lewelling 1893-1895
Edmund N. Morrill 1895-1897
John W. Leedy 1897-1899
William E. Stanley 1899-1903
Willis Joshua Bailey 1903-1905
Edward W. Hoch 1905-1909
Walter Roscoe Stubbs 1909-1913
George H. Hodges 1913-1915
Arthur Capper 1915-1919
Henry J. Allen 1919 ――――
Lieutenant-Governors
Joseph P. Root 1861-1863
Thomas A. Osborn 1863-1865
James McGrew 1865-1867
Nehemiah Green 1867-1868
Charles V. Eskridge 1869-1871
Peter P. Elder 1871-1873
Elias S. Stover 1873-1875
Melville J. Salter 1875-1877
Resigned July 19, 1877.
Lyman U. Humphrey, elected November 6 1877
Lyman U. Humphrey 1879-1881
D. W. Finney 1881-1885
Alex. P. Riddle 1885-1889
Andrew J. Felt 1889-1893
Percy Daniels 1893-1895
James A. Troutman 1895-1897
A. M. Harvey 1897-1899
H. E. Richter 1899-1903
David J. Hanna 1903-1907
W. J. Fitzgerald 1907-1911
Richard J. Hopkins 1911-1913
Sheffield Ingalls 1913-1915
William Yost Morgan 1915-1919
Chas. E. Huffman 1919 ――――
Secretaries of State
John Winter Robinson 1861-1862
Removed July 28, 1862.
Sanders Rufus Shepherd, appointed 1862-1863
William Wirt Henry Lawrence 1863-1865
Rinaldo Allen Barker 1865-1869
Thomas Moonlight 1869-1871
William Hillary Smallwood 1871-1875
Thomas H. Cavanaugh 1875-1879
James Smith 1879-1885
Edwin Bird Allen 1885-1889
William Higgins 1889-1893
Russel Scott Osborn 1893-1895
William Congdon Edwards 1895-1897
William Eben Bush 1897-1899
George Alfred Clark 1899-1903
Joel Randall Burrow 1903-1907
C. E. Denton 1907-1911
Charles H. Sessions 1911-1915
John Thomas Botkin 1915-1919
L. J. Pettijohn 1919 ――――
Auditors
George Shaler Hillyer 1861-1862
Removed July 28, 1862.
David Long Lakin, appointed 1862-1863
Asa Hairgrove 1863-1865
John R. Swallow 1865-1869
Alois Thoman 1869-1873
Daniel Webster Wilder 1873-1876
Resigned September 20, 1876.
Parkinson Isaiah Bonebrake, appointed 1876
Parkinson Isaiah Bonebrake 1877-1883
Edward P. McCabe 1883-1887
Timothy McCarthy 1887-1891
Charles Merrill Hovey 1891-1893
Van B. Prather 1893-1895
George Ezekiel Cole 1895-1897
William H. Morris 1897-1899
George Ezekiel Cole 1899-1903
Seth Grant Wells 1903-1907
J. M. Nation 1907-1911
W. E. Davis 1911-1917
F. W. Knapp 1917 ――――
Treasurers
William Tholen, elected in 1859.
Entered the army and did not qualify.
Hartwin R. Dutton, appointed March 26 1861
Hartwin R. Dutton, elected 1861-1863
William Spriggs 1863-1867
Martin Anderson 1867-1869
George Graham 1869-1871
Josiah Emery Hayes 1871-1874
Resigned April 30, 1874
John Francis, appointed 1874-1875
Samuel Lappin 1875
Resigned December 20, 1875.
John Francis, appointed 1875
John Francis 1877-1883
Samuel T. Howe 1883-1887
James William Hamilton 1887-1890
Resigned March 1, 1890.
William Sims, appointed 1890-1891
Solomon G. Stover 1891-1893
William Henry Biddle 1893-1895
Otis L. Atherton 1895-1897
David H. Heflebower 1897-1899
Frank E. Grimes 1899-1903
Thomas T. Kelly 1903-1907
Mark Tully 1907-1913
Earl Akers 1913-1917
Walter L. Payne 1917 ――――
Attorneys-General
Benjamin Franklin Simpson 1861
Resigned July, 1861.
Charles Chadwick, appointed 1861
Samuel A. Stinson 1861-1863
Warren W. Guthrie 1863-1865
Jerome D. Brumbaugh 1865-1867
George Henry Hoyt 1867-1869
Addison Danford 1869-1871
Archibald L. Williams 1871-1875
Asa M. F. Randolph 1875-1877
Willard Davis 1877-1881
William A. Johnston 1881-1884
Resigned December 1, 1884.
George P. Smith, appointed 1884-1885
Simeon Briggs Bradford 1885-1889
Lyman Beecher Kellogg 1889-1891
John Nutt Ives 1891-1893
John Thomas Little 1893-1895
Fernando B. Dawes 1895-1897
Louis C. Boyle 1897-1899
Aretas A. Godard 1899-1903
Charles Crittenden Coleman 1903-1907
F. S. Jackson 1907-1911
John S. Dawson 1911-1915
Sardies Mason Brewster 1915-1919
Richard J. Hopkins 1919 ――――
Superintendents of Public Instruction
William Riley Griffith 1861-1862
Died February 12, 1862.
Simeon Montgomery Thorp, appointed 1862-1863
Isaac T. Goodnow 1863-1867
Peter McVicar 1867-1871
Hugh De France McCarty 1871-1875
John Fraser 1875-1877
Allen Borsley Lemmon 1877-1881
Henry Clay Speer 1881-1885
Joseph Hadden Lawhead 1885-1889
George Wesley Winans 1889-1893
Henry Newton Gaines 1893-1895
Edmund Stanley 1895-1897
William Stryker 1897-1899
Frank Nelson 1899-1903
Insley L. Dayhoff 1903-1907
E. T. Fairchild 1907-1912
Resigned November 19, 1912.
W. D. Ross, appointed 1912
W. D. Ross 1913-1919
Lorraine E. Wooster 1919 ――――
Chief Justices
Thomas Ewing, Jr. 1861-1862
Resigned November 28, 1862.
Nelson Cobb, appointed 1862-1864
Robert Crozier 1864-1867
Samuel Austin Kingman 1867-1876
Resigned December 30, 1876.
Albert Howell Horton, appointed 1876
Albert Howell Horton 1877-1895
Resigned April 30, 1895.
David Martin, appointed 1895
David Martin 1895-1897
Frank Doster 1897-1903
William Agnew Johnston 1903 ――――
State Printers
S. S. Prouty 1869-1873
George W. Martin 1873-1881
T. Dwight Thatcher 1881-1887
Clifford C. Baker 1887-1891
E. H. Snow 1891-1895
J. K. Hudson 1895-1897
J. S. Parks 1897-1899
W. Y. Morgan 1899-1903
George A. Clark 1903-1905
T. A. McNeal 1905-1911
W. C. Austin 1911-1915
William R. Smith 1915-1919
Resigned February 1, 1919.
Imri Zumwalt, appointed 1919 ――――
Superintendents of Insurance
Webb McNall 1897-1901
W. V. Church 1901-1903
Charles H. Luling 1903-1907
Charles W. Barnes 1907-1911
Ike S. Lewis 1911-1915
Carey J. Wilson 1915-1919
Frank L. Travis 1919 ――――
United States Senators
LANE SUCCESSION
James H. Lane 1861-1866
Died July 11, 1866.
Edmund G. Ross, appointed 1866
Edmund G. Ross 1867-1871
Alexander Caldwell 1871-1873
Resigned March 24, 1873.
Robert Crozier, appointed 1873-1874
James M. Harvey, elected 1874-1877
Preston B. Plumb 1877-1891
Died December 20, 1891.
Bishop W. Perkins, appointed 1892-1893
John Martin, elected January 25 1893-1895
Lucien Baker 1895-1901
Joseph Ralph Burton 1901-1906
Resigned, 1906.
A. W. Benson, appointed 1906-1907
Charles Curtis 1907-1913
William H. Thompson 1913-1919
Arthur Capper 1919 ――――
POMEROY SUCCESSION
Samuel C. Pomeroy 1861-1873
John James Ingalls 1873-1891
William Alfred Peffer 1891-1897
William A. Harris 1897-1903
Chester I. Long 1903-1909
J. L. Bristow 1909-1915
Charles Curtis 1915 ――――
Congressmen
Martin F. Conway 1861-1863
Abel Carter Wilder 1863-1865
Sidney Clarke 1865-1871
David P. Lowe 1871-1875
Stephen Alonzo Cobb 1873-1875
William Addison Phillips 1873-1879
William R. Brown 1875-1877
John R. Goodin 1875-1877
Dudley C. Haskell 1877-1883
Thomas Ryan 1877-1889
John Alexander Anderson 1879-1891
Edmund N. Morrill 1883-1891
Samuel Ritter Peters 1883-1891
Lewis Hanback 1883-1887
Bishop W. Perkins 1883-1891
Edward Hogue Funston 1883-1893
Erastus J. Turner 1887-1891
Harrison Kelley 1889-1891
Case Broderick 1891-1899
B. H. Clover 1891-1893
John Davis 1891-1895
Jerry Simpson { 1891-1895
{ 1897-1899
John Grant Otis 1891-1893
William Baker 1891-1897
William Alexander Harris 1893-1895
Horace L. Moore 1893-1895
Charles Curtis 1893-1907
Thomas J. Hudson 1893-1895
Richard W. Blue 1895-1897
Orrin L. Miller 1895-1897
Snyder S. Kirkpatrick 1895-1897
Chester I. Long { 1895-1897
{ 1899-1903
William A. Calderhead { 1895-1897
{ 1899-1911
Jeremiah Dunham Botkin 1897-1899
Mason Summers Peters 1897-1899
N. B. McCormick 1897-1899
Edwin Reed Ridgely 1897-1901
William D. Vincent 1897-1899
Willis Joshua Bailey 1899-1901
Justin DeWitt Bowersock 1899-1907
James Monroe Miller 1899-1911
William Augustus Reeder 1899-1911
Charles Frederick Scott 1901-1911
Alfred Metcalf Jackson 1901-1903
Philip Pitt Campbell 1903 ――――
Victor Murdock 1903-1915
D. R. Anthony 1907 ――――
E. H. Madison[22] 1907-1911
A. C. Mitchell[23] 1911-1911
Fred S. Jackson 1911-1913
R. R. Rees 1911-1913
I. D. Young 1911-1913
Joseph Taggart 1911-1915
Dudley Doolittle 1913-1919
Guy T. Helvering 1913-1919
John R. Connelly 1913-1919
George A. Neeley 1912-1915
Jouett Shouse 1915-1919
William A. Ayers 1915 ――――
Edward Little 1915 ――――
Hayes B. White 1919 ――――
Homer Hoch 1919 ――――
James Strong 1919 ――――
James N. Tincher 1919 ――――
INSTITUTIONS IN KANSAS
State Schools
University of Kansas Lawrence.
State Agricultural College Manhattan.
State Normal School Emporia.
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School Hays.
State Manual Training Normal School Pittsburg.
Kansas School for the Blind Kansas City.
Kansas School for the Deaf Olathe.
Denominational Schools
Baker University, Methodist Episcopal Baldwin.
Bethany College, Swedish Lutheran Lindsborg.
Bethany College, Episcopalian Topeka.
Bethel College, Mennonite Newton.
Campbell University Holton.
College of Emporia, Presbyterian Emporia.
College Preparatory School (Private) Atchison.
Cooper College, United Presbyterian Sterling.
Enterprise Normal Academy, German M. E. Enterprise.
Fairmount College, Congregational Wichita.
Fowler Friends Academy, Friends Fowler.
Friends University, Friends Wichita.
Highland University, Presbyterian Highland.
Haviland Academy, Friends Haviland.
Kansas City University, United Brethren Kansas City.
Kansas Wesleyan University, Methodist Episcopal Salina.
McPherson College, Church of the Brethren McPherson.
Midland College, Lutheran Atchison.
Mt. St. Scholastica’s Academy, Catholic Atchison.
Nazareth Academy, Catholic Concordia.
Northbranch Academy, Friends Northbranch.
Ottawa University, Baptist Ottawa.
Southwestern College, Methodist Episcopal Winfield.
St. Benedict’s College, Catholic Atchison.
St. John’s Lutheran College, Lutheran Winfield.
St. Martin’s School, Episcopalian Salina.
St. Mary’s Academy, Catholic Leavenworth.
St. Mary’s Academy, Catholic Great Bend.
St. Mary’s College, Catholic St. Marys.
Walden College, Evangelical McPherson.
Washburn College, Congregational Topeka.
State Penal or Corrective Institutions
State Industrial Reformatory Hutchinson.
State Industrial School for Girls Beloit.
State Industrial School for Boys Topeka.
State Penitentiary Lansing.
State Benevolent Institutions
State Training School Winfield.
State Hospital for the Insane Topeka.
State Hospital for the Insane Osawatomie.
State Hospital for the Insane Larned.
State Hospital for Epileptics Parsons.
State Hospital for Tuberculosis Norton.
Special Institutions
State Soldiers’ Home Fort Dodge.
Mother Bickerdyke Home Ellsworth.
Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home Atchison.
State Colored Schools
Topeka Industrial and Educational Institute Topeka.
Western University Quindaro.
Federal Institutions
Haskell Institute, Indian Lawrence.
Pottawatomie Boarding School for Indians Nadeau.
Federal Prison Leavenworth.
National Soldiers’ Home Leavenworth.
United States Disciplinary Barracks Fort Leavenworth.
(Military Prison.)
BALANCE OF POWER IN THE UNITED STATES SENATE BETWEEN THE FREE AND THE
SLAVE STATES
FREE. SLAVE.
Pennsylvania. Delaware. The original thirteen states.
New Jersey. Georgia.
Connecticut. Maryland.
Massachusetts. South Carolina.
New Hampshire. Virginia.
New York. North Carolina.
Rhode Island.
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7 6
Vermont, 1791. Kentucky, 1792.
Ohio, 1802. Tennessee, 1796.
Indiana, 1816. Louisiana, 1812.
Illinois, 1818. Mississippi, 1817
Alabama, 1819.
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11 11 The Missouri Compromise,
1820.
Maine, 1820. Missouri, 1821.
Arkansas, 1836.
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12 13 First slave state majority.
Michigan, 1837. Florida, 1845.
Iowa, 1846. Texas, 1845. Last slave state.
Wisconsin, 1848.
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15 15
California, 1850. Compromise of 1850.
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16 15 Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 1854.
The last chance for the
Minnesota, 1858. South to win.
Oregon, 1859.
Kansas, 1861.
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19 15 Secession and the Civil War.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTIES OF KANSAS
Counties Organized Before 1860
_County._ _Date of Organization._ _County Seat._
Allen 1855 Iola.
Anderson 1855 Garnett.
Atchison 1855 Atchison.
Bourbon 1855 Fort Scott.
Brown 1855 Hiawatha.
Butler 1855 El Dorado.
Chase 1859 Cottonwood Falls.
Coffey 1859 Burlington.
Dickinson 1857 Abilene.
Doniphan 1855 Troy.
Douglas 1855 Lawrence.
Franklin 1855 Ottawa.
Geary[24] 1855 Junction City.
Jackson[25] 1857 Holton.
Jefferson 1855 Oskaloosa.
Johnson 1855 Olathe.
Leavenworth 1855 Leavenworth.
Linn 1855 Mound City.
Marshall 1855 Marysville.
Miami[26] 1855 Paola.
Morris[27] 1855 Council Grove.
Nemaha 1855 Seneca.
Osage[28] 1855 Lyndon.
Pottawatomie 1856 Westmoreland.
Riley 1855 Manhattan.
Saline 1859 Salina.
Shawnee 1855 Topeka.
Wabaunsee[29] 1859 Alma.
Woodson 1855 Yates Center.
Wyandotte 1855 Kansas City.
Counties Organized 1860-1870
_County._ _Date of Organization._ _County Seat._
Cherokee 1866 Columbus.
Clay 1866 Clay Center.
Cloud[30] 1860 Concordia.
Crawford 1867 Girard.
Ellis 1867 Hays.
Ellsworth 1867 Ellsworth.
Greenwood 1862 Eureka.
Labette[31] 1867 Oswego.
Lyon[32] 1860 Emporia.
Marion 1860 Marion.
Montgomery 1869 Independence.
Neosho[33] 1864 Erie.
Ottawa 1866 Minneapolis.
Republic 1868 Belleville.
Washington 1860 Washington.
Wilson 1865 Fredonia.
Counties Organized 1870-1880
_County._ _Date of Organization._ _County Seat._
Barber 1873 Medicine Lodge.
Barton 1872 Great Bend.
Chautauqua 1875 Sedan.
Cowley[34] 1870 Winfield.
Decatur 1879 Oberlin.
Edwards 1874 Kinsley.
Elk[35] 1875 Howard.
Ford 1873 Dodge City.
Harper[36] 1878 Anthony.
Harvey 1872 Newton.
Hodgeman 1879 Jetmore.
Jewell 1870 Mankato.
Kingman 1874 Kingman.
Lincoln 1870 Lincoln.
McPherson 1870 McPherson.
Mitchell 1870 Beloit.
Norton 1872 Norton.
Osborne 1871 Osborne.
Pawnee 1872 Larned.
Phillips 1872 Phillipsburg.
Pratt[36] 1879 Pratt.
Reno 1872 Hutchinson.
Rice 1871 Lyons.
Rooks 1872 Stockton.
Rush 1874 La Crosse.
Russell 1872 Russell.
Sedgwick 1870 Wichita.
Smith 1872 Smith Center.
Stafford 1879 St. John.
Sumner 1871 Wellington.
Trego 1879 WaKeeney.
Counties Organized 1880-1890
_County._ _Date of Organization._ _County Seat._
Cheyenne 1886 St. Francis.
Clark 1885 Ashland.
Comanche[37] 1885 Coldwater.
Finney[38] 1884 Garden City.
Gove 1886 Gove.
Graham 1880 Hill City.
Gran 1888 Ulysses.
Gray 1887 Cimarron.
Greeley 1887 Tribune.
Hamilton 1886 Syracuse.
Haskell 1887 Santa Fe.
Kearny 1888 Lakin.
Kiowa 1886 Greensburg.
Lane 1886 Dighton.
Logan 1887 Russell Springs.
Meade 1885 Meade.
Morton 1886 Richfield.
Ness[37] 1880 Ness City.
Rawlins 1881 Atwood.
Scott 1886 Scott.
Seward 1886 Liberal.
Sheridan 1880 Hoxie.
Sherman 1886 Goodland.
Stanton 1887 Johnson.
Stevens 1886 Hugoton.
Thomas 1885 Colby.
Wichita 1886 Leoti.
Wallace 1888 Sharon Springs.
[1] Fourteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology.
[2] In 1819 the United States gave to Spain that part of
Kansas lying south of the Arkansas River and west of the
100th meridian. This territory again became a part of the
United States by the annexation of Texas in 1845.
[3] Coues, Expedition of Zebulon Montgomery Pike.
[4] A cache was made by digging a jug-shaped hole in the
ground and lining it with dry grass, or sticks, or anything
to keep out moisture. Then the goods were packed in and the
opening closed very carefully by replacing the sod and
carrying away the earth that was removed, so that no sign
was left by which the cache might be discovered. Sometimes a
camp fire was built over it to destroy all traces of the
cache.
[5] Another phenomenon that makes the traveler in a dry or
desert country afraid to trust his eyes is the mirage. He
often sees what seem to be lakes, trees, buildings, cities,
only to find on nearer approach that they all disappear. As
Kansas has come under cultivation the mirage has become less
frequent, but it is still seen in the western part of the
State. Here is a description of one seen in early Kansas:
“On approaching the town of Lerny, about a mile and a
quarter this side, we found the whole intermediate space
between us and the grove of trees beyond the town apparently
occupied by a beautiful lake. On the apparent shore next to
ourselves the road ran down and disappeared in the lake, as
did the fence upon one side of the road, while the placid
and beautiful water extended upon the right and left, until
lost in the distance. The trees in the distance appeared to
be immersed for half their length in the lake, as if growing
in the water. Even the reflection of the trees, and of the
clouds above, was distinctly visible. We approached the
vision and it vanished.”
[6] Because of the increasing migration westward, the
National Government decided to send out expeditions for the
purpose of discovering the best routes across the mountains
to the Pacific. John C. Fremont was selected for this task,
and between 1842 and 1850 he made four journeys across the
plains. Among the scouts who acted as guides was the famous
hunter and trapper, and Indian fighter, Kit Carson.
[7] The fact that Kansas was once an Indian country is shown
by the many Indian names of counties, towns, and streams;
as, Topeka, Pottawatomie, Hiawatha, Wyandotte, Shawnee,
Cheyenne, Cherokee, and Kiowa.
[8] Among the schools established by the missions three have
continued in existence and have developed into important
schools of to-day: Highland College, established by the
Presbyterians; St. Mary’s College, by the Catholics; and
Ottawa University, by the Baptists.
[9] Named after Mount Oread Seminary at Worcester, Mass., of
which Eli Thayer was the founder and proprietor.
[10] Named in honor of Amos A. Lawrence, of Boston, an
active member of the Emigrant Aid Company.
[11] It should be borne in mind that many of the Missourians
who took such an active part in Kansas affairs were not
representative citizens of that state, but were of the
unprincipled and outlaw classes. Many of them were hired for
this work.
[12] Ingalls said of this period: “No time was ever so
minutely and so indelibly photographed upon the public
retina. The name of no State was ever on so many friendly
and so many hostile tongues. It was pronounced in every
political speech, and inserted in every political platform.
No region was ever so advertised, and the impression then
produced has never passed away.”
[13] This period has given rise to the expression “bleeding
Kansas.”
[14] The origin of the word “Jayhawker” is uncertain, though
a number of different accounts have been given of it. In
recent years the term has come to be applied to our State
and our people, and it is not unusual for a Kansan to be
spoken of as a “Jayhawker.”
[15] One of Hamelton’s men was brought to justice five years
later.
[16] A census taken in 1885 disclosed the fact that nearly
100,000 Kansans had served in the Union army.
[17] The Populist party was formed as a result of the
political unrest following the collapse of the boom. The
Populist measures attracted widespread attention, and the
party, in fusion with the Democrats, succeeded in electing
Governor Lewelling in 1892 and Governor Leedy in 1896. By
that time conditions in the State had become more settled;
with returning prosperity the political agitation died down
and the Populists were soon absorbed into the other parties.
Since that time many of the measures advocated by the
Populists have been enacted into law or are being considered
by the people of to-day.
[18] This line was at first called the Kansas Pacific.
[19] See map, page 28.
[20] The traveling library system in Kansas was adopted in
1900 and is now under state control through a Commission
which maintains an office in the capitol at Topeka. These
traveling libraries are made up of collections of fifty
books each, selected in accordance with the wishes of the
applicant. They are sent to schools, clubs, granges, and
similar organizations without charge other than a fee of two
dollars to cover the cost of transportation. The libraries
may be retained six months, or exchanged at any time for
others.
[21] The place was discovered in 1875 by Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Johnson, who later purchased the land and presented it to
the State.
[22] Died, Sept. 18, 1911.
[23] Died, July 7, 1911.
[24] Named Davis until 1889.
[25] Named Calhoun until 1859.
[26] Named Lykins until 1861.
[27] Named Wise until 1859.
[28] Named Weller until 1859.
[29] Named Richardson before 1859.
[30] The original name, Shirley, changed to Cloud in 1867.
[31] Part of Dorn County until 1861. Named Neosho until
1867.
[32] Named Breckinridge until 1862.
[33] Named Dorn until 1861.
[34] Originally named Hunter.
[35] Originally the northern portion of Howard County.
[36] First organization in 1873, later set aside as
fraudulent.
[37] First organization in 1873, later set aside as
fraudulent.
[38] Named Sequoyah until 1883.
INDEX
Abilene, 157.
Actual Settlers’ Association, 68.
Adams, Franklin G., 231.
Adams, Zu, 231.
Admission of Kansas, 98, 106.
Agricultural College, 143, 163, 197, 201.
Agricultural Society, 143, 163.
Agriculture, Board of, 163.
Agriculture, taught to the Indians, 45, 142;
Territorial days, 142;
during Civil War, 143;
1860 to 1880, 147;
1880 to 1887, 148;
1887 to 1893, 148;
1893 to 1918, 153;
basis of prosperity, 171;
in schools, 191, 195.
Aid from the East, 106, 121.
Air Service, 139.
Alfalfa, 150, 151.
Allerton, Ellen P., 233.
Alliance, Farmers’, 161.
Amendments to the Constitution, 136;
to National Constitution, 137.
Ammunition Train, 139.
Anderson, John A., 230.
Andreas’ History of Kansas, 233.
Anti-cigarette Law, 136.
Appendix, 223-250.
Apple Crop, 160.
Aplington, Kate A., 234.
Argonne, 139.
Arizona, 29.
Arkansas City, 128.
“Army of the North,” 89.
Ash Creek, 37.
Atchison, D. R., 73, 74.
Atchison, 21, 42, 68, 168;
county, 20.
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, building of, 178, 180.
Attorneys-General, Territorial, 236;
State, 239.
Auditors, Territorial, 235;
State, 238.
Automobile, 184.
Baker University, 204, 244.
Balance of Power, 57;
table of, 246.
Baptist Missions, 225.
Barber, murder of, 83.
Barton County, 207.
Becknell, journey of, 29.
Beecher, Henry Ward, 87.
Beet Sugar Factory, 153.
Berryman, Rev. J. C., 225.
Bickerdyke, Mary A., 231.
Black Jack, battle of, 86.
Blackmar, F. W., 234.
“Bleeding Kansas,” 91.
Blue Lodges, 65.
Bluemont College, 201.
“Blue Sky” Law, 136.
Board of Administration, 204.
Board of Agriculture, 163.
Bogus Legislature, 74, 76, 78, 80, 220, 223.
Boom, 127, 148.
Boston, 69.
Branson, Jacob, 79, 80.
Brewer, David J., 230.
Brick, 167, 170.
Broom Corn, 151.
Brown, John, 85;
at Pottawatomie, 86, 97;
at Osawatomie, 86, 90;
site of battle field, 211;
monument, 212, 213.
Buchanan, President, 98.
Buffalo, 9, 18, 21, 25, 33, 36, 37, 48, 115, 123, 124, 143.
Building Stone, 166.
Butler County, 117, 168, 169.
Cabeza de Vaca, 10, 11, 36.
Cache, how made, 38.
California, 29, 175;
gold seekers, 41;
gold fields, 41;
Road, 42, 69;
emigration to, 62.
Camp Funston, 138.
Capital, State, 99.
Capitals, Territorial, 223.
Capitol, State, 130.
Carruth, William Herbert, 234.
Carson, Kit, 41.
Catholic priests, 16;
missions, 49, 226.
Cattle Trade, 157-159.
Census, first Territorial, 78.
Cherokee County, 166.
Chief Justices, Territorial, 236;
State, 240.
Child-labor Law, 136.
Cibola, 11.
Cimarron Crossing, 38.
Cimarron River, 32, 38.
Civil War, 109-113, 115-129, 131, 143, 166.
Clark, Esther M., 234.
Clark, William, 20.
Cloud County, 115.
Coal, 166.
Colby, 163.
Coleman, 79.
Colleges, list of, 244.
College of Emporia, 204.
Columbus, 9, 10.
Colorado, 22, 29, 151, 153.
Comanche Indians, 25, 33.
Commercial Work, 195.
Commission, Railroad, 182.
Congressmen, 242, 243.
Connelley, William Elsey, 234.
Consolidated Schools, 191;
Districts, 195.
Constitution, Topeka, 78, 94, 223;
Lecompton, 94, 95, 96, 223;
Leavenworth, 96, 223;
Wyandotte, 98, 99, 106, 223.
Constitutions, summary of, 223.
Corn, 156.
Coronado, 10-14, 49;
monument for, 213;
sword of, 215.
Cortez, 10, 29.
Cotton Gin, 55.
Council Grove, 33, 34, 72, 210.
Counties Organized, 113, 122;
lists of, 248-250.
County High School, 193.
Cowboy, 158, 159.
Crawford County, 166.
Crawford, Samuel J., 117, 234.
Crops of Kansas, 147, 148.
Dairying, 157.
Daughters of American Revolution, 210.
Democratic Party, 98.
Denominational Schools, 204, 244.
Denver, Governor, 97.
Dodge City, 12, 163;
cattle trade center, 158.
Domestic Science, 192.
Don Carlos, Mrs. Louise Cooke, 234.
Doniphan County, 20.
Douglas County, 79.
Douglas, Stephen A., 58.
Dow, 79.
Drouth, 67, 104, 105, 106, 119, 127, 142, 148.
Dugout, 102.
Education, 187-206;
see Schools.
Eldridge, 85.
Election, first Territorial, 72;
second Territorial, 73.
Electric Railways, 182, 183.
Elwood, 176.
Emigrant Aid Company, 63, 64, 65, 85.
Emporia, 197.
English, 17.
Exodus, 125.
Experiment Station, 163.
Extension Work, 204.
Farmers’ Alliance, 161.
Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union, 163.
Farmers’ Institutes, 162.
Farmers’ Organizations, 160.
Farming Implements, 143-146.
Father Padilla, 48.
Feterita, 153.
Fire-escape Law, 136.
Floods, 133.
Foreign Settlements, 180, 181.
Fort Dodge, 38, 52, 228.
Fort Hays, 52, 228.
Fort Hays Kansas Normal School, 194.
Fort Leavenworth, 50, 52, 139, 227.
Fort Riley, 51, 52, 72, 75, 139, 211, 212, 227.
Fort Scott, 52, 166, 227.
Forts, list of, 227-229.
“Forty-niners,” 41.
Fourth of July Creek, 21.
France, 16, 139;
end of claims in America, 17-18.
Franklin, 33, 89.
Fremont, John C., 41.
Friends Missions, 49, 225.
Friends University, 204.
Funston, Fred, 129.
Fur Traders, 47.
Garden City, 153, 163.
Gardner, 42.
Gas, 167, 168, 171.
Gasoline Tractor, 147.
Geary, John W., 90, 91, 92, 94.
Giles, F. W., 233.
Glass, 171;
factories, 167, 171.
Gleed, Charles, 233.
Glick, Geo. W., 211.
Gold Seekers, 41, 42.
Good Roads, 183, 193;
federal aid, 183.
Goss, Nathaniel S., 233.
Governors, Territorial, 235;
State, 237.
Graham, Effie, 234.
Grange, 160.
Grasshopper Invasion, 121, 122, 127.
Gray, Alfred, 231.
Great American Desert, 24, 25, 29, 106, 122.
Great Bend, 12-13.
Great Salt Lake, 41.
Great Seal of Kansas, 116.
Greenwood County, 117.
Gregg, Josiah, 34.
Gypsum, 168, 170.
Hall of Fame, 211.
Hamelton, 97.
Hand Planter, 143, 144.
Hard-surfaced Roads, 184.
Harger, Charles M., 234.
Harris, William A., 230.
Harvey, Henry, 225-226, 233.
Hays, 163.
Highland College, 49, 225.
High Schools, accredited, 193, 195, 197;
purpose of, 195;
courses, 195.
Hinton, R. J., 233.
Historical Society, 214, 215.
History of Kansas, 207, 221.
Homes of Kansas, poem, 101.
Homestead Law, 117, 118.
Horner, Hattie, 233.
Horses, used on Santa Fe Trail, 33.
Horticulture, 159.
Household Arts, 191, 195.
Howe, E. W., 233, 234.
Hudson, Mary W., 233.
Hutchinson, 167, 169.
Illinois, 64.
Immigration, 64, 65, 67, 88, 105-106, 115, 117-118, 122, 129, 180,
181.
Independence, 33.
Independence Creek, 21.
Indiana, 64.
Indian Territory, 46.
Indians, 9, 20, 21, 22, 55, 72, 135;
tribes of, 25;
and traders, 31;
experience with, 38;
possessed Kansas, 45-53;
reservations, 46;
taught in missions, 49;
removal of, 45-46;
raids, 109, 115, 117;
as farmers, 142;
raised corn, 156.
Industrial Training, 195.
Industries of Kansas, 142-171.
Ingalls, John J., 87, 211, 218, 233.
Inman, Henry, 233, 234.
Institutions, State, 244, 245.
Insurance, Superintendents of, 241.
Interstate Commerce Commission, 182.
Interurban Lines, 183.
Iowa, 64, 88, 89.
“Iron Trail,” 179.
Irrigation, 149.
Irving, Washington, 24.
Irwin, Rev. S. M., 225.
Jayhawkers, 96.
Jefferson, President, 17, 20.
Jesuits, 16, 48.
Johnson, Mrs. Elizabeth A., 209.
Johnson, Rev. Thomas, 50, 225.
Johnson, William, 225.
Joliet, 16.
Jones, Sheriff, 79, 81, 83.
Junction City, 13.
Juvenile Courts, 136.
Kafir Corn, 151.
Kansas, admission of, 98, 106.
Kansas City, 39, 50, 65, 66, 68, 112, 133, 166, 167, 174, 177.
Kansas History, in the making, 221.
Kansas-Nebraska Bill, 58, 63.
Kansas Pacific Railroad, 177.
Kansas Spirit, 217-221.
Kansas Territory, map, 56;
organization, 58.
Kansas To-day, 135, 136.
Kanza Indians, 25, 33, 45.
Kaw Indians, same as Kanza Indians.
King, Henry, 233.
Kingman, Samuel A., 230.
La Croix, Father, 226.
Land Grants, 180.
Lane, James H., 78, 79, 87, 89, 99.
La Salle, 16.
Lawrence, 65, 68, 79, 80, 83, 88, 99, 167;
sacking of, 83;
defense of, 91;
Quantrill raid, 111;
floods, 133, 135.
Lawrence, Amos A., 67.
Lead and Zinc, 167.
Leavenworth, 42, 68, 168.
Leavenworth Constitution, 96, 166, 223.
Lecompton, 68, 69, 88, 95.
Lecompton Constitution, 94, 95, 223.
Leedy, Governor, 161.
Legislature, Bogus, 74, 76, 79, 80;
second Territorial, 94.
Legislature, first Free-state, 95.
Legislatures, summary of, 223.
Length of school term, 187, 190.
Lerrigo, Dr. C. H., 234.
Lewelling, Governor, 161.
Lewis and Clark, expedition of, 20-21, 25.
Lieutenant-Governors, 237.
Lincoln, 110.
Lindsborg, 181.
Linn County, 97, 112.
Live Stock, 156-159.
Locomotive, invention of, 174;
old and modern, 182.
Long, Major, 24.
Louisiana, naming of, 16;
purchase of, 17, 20, 45, 57;
exploration of, 20.
Lykins, Dr. David, 225.
Lykins, Dr. Johnson, 225.
Manhattan, 68, 69, 177, 200, 201.
Manual Training, 191, 192.
Manual Training Normal School, 198, 201.
Manufactures, 165.
Marais des Cygnes Massacre, 97, 212.
Marion County, 117.
Markham, Thomas B., 225.
Marne, Battle of the, 139.
Marquette, 16.
Marysville, 176.
Mason, Walt, 234.
McCarter, Margaret Hill, 234.
McCoy, Rev. Isaac, 49, 225.
McCoy, Joseph G., 233.
McKeever, W. A., 234.
Meat Packing, 166, 181.
Meeker, Jotham, 49, 225.
Memorial Hall, 2, 213, 214.
Memorials of Kansas, 207-215.
Mendenhall, Rev. M., 226.
Mennonites, 156, 180.
Methodist Missions, 49, 50, 225.
Mexico, 17, 21, 29;
war with, 40, 50.
Miller, Sol, 101.
Milling, 165, 181.
Milo, 153.
Mine Creek, 112.
Mineral Resources, 166.
Minneola, 223.
Mirage, 40.
Missionaries, 47, 48, 49, 142.
Missions, 53, 142;
established, 49, 50;
list of, 225, 226.
Missouri Compromise, 57, 58, 246.
Missouri River closed to free-state immigration, 88.
Montgomery, James, 96.
Monuments, 210-214.
Moody, Joel, 233.
Morgan, Wm. Y., 234.
Mormons, 41, 52.
Mormon Trail, 42.
Mortgages, 128.
Motor Trucks, 184.
Mounds, 112.
Mount Oread, 67, 203.
Munger, Mrs. Dell H., 234.
Music, 191, 195.
Mutual Benefit Association, 160.
Narvaez, 10.
National Army, 138, 139.
National Government, protected traders, 32;
sent out Fremont, 41;
removal policy of, 45;
established Fort Leavenworth, 50, 52.
National Guard, 139.
Nebraska, 25, 42, 88, 89, 153.
Neosho Valley, 33.
Nevada, 29.
New England Emigrant Aid Company, first party, 65;
second party, 67;
third and fourth parties, 68.
New Mexico, 11, 21, 29, 39.
New Spain, 10, 11, 14.
Nichols, Mrs. C. I. H., 231.
Nineteenth Kansas, 117.
Normal Schools, 196, 197, 198, 199, 201, 203, 204, 244.
Northern Route to Kansas, 88.
Nurses in World War, 139.
Officers, Territorial, 235, 236;
State, 237-243.
Officers’ Training Camps, 139.
Ohio, 64.
Oil, 167, 168, 169.
Oklahoma, 24, 46, 59, 167;
opening of, 128.
“Old Mill,” 144.
Oregon, Emigrants to, 41.
Oregon Trail, 42.
Organization of Kansas Territory, 55-59.
Osage County, 166.
Osage Indians, 21, 25, 33, 34, 45, 225.
Osawatomie, 85;
pillaged, 86;
burned, 90.
Ottawa University, 49, 204.
Oxen, 33.
Pack Mules, 31.
Padilla, Father, 48.
Padoucas, 25.
Paine, Albert Bigelow, 233, 234.
Panic of 1893, 129, 153.
Patrons of Husbandry, 160.
Pawnee Capitol, 51, 75, 212.
Pawnee Fork, 37.
Pawnee Indians, 13, 22, 25, 33, 37;
village, 21, 209.
Pawnee Rock, 36, 37, 207, 209.
Pawnee, town of, 75.
Peck, George R., 233.
Peffer, William A., 233.
Peery, Rev. E. T., 225.
Pennsylvania, 64.
People’s Party, 161.
Phillips, William A., 233.
Pierce, President, 62.
Pike’s Peak, 22.
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, 21-23, 25, 29, 30, 209.
Pioneer life, 102-107, 122, 123, 124.
Pioneer Schools, 189, 190.
Pipe Lines, 167, 168.
Plumb, Preston B., 230.
Pomeroy, Samuel C., 67;
made Senator, 99.
Pony Express, 175.
Popular Sovereignty, 58, 73.
Population of Kansas, 1854, 53;
1855, 73;
1859, 105;
1865, 113.
Populist Party, 161.
Portland Cement, 167, 170.
Pottawatomie Massacre, 86, 97.
Prentis, Noble L., 232, 233.
Presbyterian Missions, 49, 225.
Price Raid, 112.
Printers, State, 240, 241.
Prohibition Amendment, 136, 220;
National, 137.
Public Instruction, Superintendents of, 240.
Public Utilities Commission, 182;
law, 136.
Quantrill Raid, 111;
loss from, 112;
monument, 214.
Quivera, poem, 8.
Quivira, land of, 11, 13;
Indians, 25, 48.
Railroad Commission, 182.
Railroads, 127, 148, 174-183;
first one in Kansas, 176;
Kansas advertised by, 180;
relation to industries, 181;
regulation of, 182;
mileage, 181.
Rainbow Division, 139.
Realf, Richard, 233.
Redpath, James, 233.
Reeder, Andrew H., 72, 75, 78, 87.
Regiments of Kansas soldiers, 117, 129.
Regulation of Railroads, 182.
Reign of Violence, 83-92.
Removal Policy, 49.
Republican Party, 98.
Republic County, 21, 115, 209.
Richardson, Albert D., 233.
“Rifle Christians,” 87.
Road Materials, 184.
Robinson, Dr. Charles, 67, 78, 79, 187, 233;
home burned, 85;
held prisoner, 88;
first Governor, 99.
Robinson, Mrs. Sara T. D., 231, 233.
Ross, Edmund G., 231.
Round Mound, 39.
Rural Schools, pioneer, 189;
modern, 190, 191.
Sacramento, 41.
Salt, 169.
Salt Lake, 175, 176.
Salt Lake Trail, 69.
San Francisco, 175, 176.
Santa Fe, city, 29, 30, 40, 175.
Santa Fe Trail, 29-41, 174, 179;
map of, 28;
length of, 33, 42;
marking of, 210.
Schoenmaker, Rev., 226.
Schools, established by missions, 49;
Territorial, 187;
first in Lawrence, 187;
subscription, 187;
length of term, 187;
during Civil War, 188;
pioneer schools, 190;
rural, 191, 193;
consolidated, 191;
high schools, 193;
State, 196-205, 244;
“Standard,” “Superior,” 191;
for blind, 203;
for deaf, 203;
denominational, 204, 244.
School Teachers, qualifications, 191.
Scott, Charles F., 233.
Seal of State, 116.
Secretaries, Territorial, 235;
State, 238.
Senate, 55.
Senators, United States, 241.
Seven Cities of Cibola, 11.
Shannon, Wilson, 76, 80, 86, 89.
Shawnee Indians, 50.
Shawnee Mission, 50;
as capital, 75.
Sheldon, Charles M., 233, 234.
Simmerwell, Rev. Robert, 225.
Slavery in United States, 57, 63.
Slaves, 62, 63, 73, 74.
Smith, F. Dumont, 234.
Snow, Francis Huntington, 230.
Sod Corn, 144.
Sod House, 105.
Sod Schoolhouse, 189.
Soldiers, 41, 47, 213;
furnished by Kansas, 109.
Song of the Kansas Emigrant, 61.
Sorghum Crops, 148, 151.
Soudan Grass, 151.
Southeastern Kansas, 96.
Southern Aid, 88.
Southwestern University, 204.
Spain, 9, 13, 17.
Spanish-American War, 129.
Speer, John, 233.
Spring, L. W., 233.
Squatter Sovereignty, 58.
Stage Lines, 174, 175.
State Capitol, 130.
State Fair, Leavenworth, 143.
Steele, James W., 233.
St. John, Governor, 136.
St. Joseph, 42, 175, 176.
St. Mary’s College, 49.
St. Mihiel, 139.
Stockyards, 154.
Stone, building, 166;
quarry, 170.
Stringfellow, B. F., 74.
Sugar Beets, 153.
Superintendents of Public Instruction, Territorial, 236;
State, 240.
Supplies Taken by Traders, 33.
Swedish Settlements, 181.
Sweet Clover, 151.
Sword, old Spanish, 215.
Tank Cars, 168.
Teacher Training, 195.
Tecumseh, 89.
Telegraph, 176, 182.
Telephone, 123, 182.
Territorial Officers, 235, 236.
Territory, government of, 72.
Texas, 18, 23, 159.
Thayer, Eli, 63, 65.
The Caches, 38.
The Three R’s, 189, 191.
The “2700,” 91, 92.
Tomlinson, W. P., 233.
Topeka, 68, 69, 88, 99, 133, 135, 167.
Topeka Constitution, 78, 94, 223.
Topeka Movement, 223.
Trading Post Ford, 112.
Trading Posts, 47, 53.
Trail Markers, 210.
Trails, Santa Fe, 29-41;
Oregon, 42;
California, 42, 69;
Mormon, 42;
Salt Lake, 69.
Trappers, 125.
Traveling Libraries, 204.
Treasurers, Territorial, 236;
State, 238-239.
Truancy Law, 136, 190.
Turk, 11.
Twentieth to Twenty-third Kansas Regiments, 129.
Underflow, 151.
Union Pacific Railroad, 157, 176, 177, 178, 213.
University of Kansas, 65, 197, 202, 203, 204.
Utah, 29.
Van Quickenborn, Father, 226.
Wagons, used on Trail, 31, 39.
Wakarusa War, 79-81.
Walker, Governor, arrival of, 94;
resigned, 97.
War, Civil, 107, 109-113, 129, 131;
French and Indian, 17;
Revolutionary, 17;
Spanish-American, 129;
World, 137, 183.
Ware, Eugene F., 208, 232, 234.
Washburn College, 204, 244.
Wattles, Willard, 234.
Wellhouse, Frederick, 231.
Wellington, 167.
Western Kansas, 148, 149, 180.
Westport, 33, 42, 79, 112.
Wheat, 152, 155, 156.
White, William Allen, 234.
Wichita, 167.
Wilder, Daniel W., 232, 233.
Windmill, at Lawrence, 144;
irrigation, 149.
Winter of 1855-’56, 83.
Woman’s Kansas Day Club, 207.
Woman’s Relief Corps, 211.
Woman Suffrage, 137.
Wood, S. N., 87.
Woodson, Daniel, 75;
opened Kansas to invaders, 90.
Woodward, Brinton W., 233.
World War, 137, 183.
Writers, Kansas, 233, 234.
Wyandotte Constitution, 98, 106, 223.
Zinc Smelters, 167.
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Transcriber’s note:
Inconsistent hyphenation, dialect, obsolete and alternative
spellings were left unchanged.
Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and moved to the end of the
book, preceding the Index. There are two anchors to Footnotes 36 and
37.
The following were changed:
Changed comma to stop at end of index entry: Democratic Party, 98.
Added stop to end of caption: Illustration: STAGE COACH.
Added descriptor to illustrations:
Bust of Abraham Lincoln
Great Seal of the State of Kansas
Bust of Eugene Ware
Bust of John J. Ingalls
Added names of Governors to captions.
Corrected spelling: ecomomics to economics.
Removed space from Wa Keeney in appendix.