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Kansas Spirit and Frontier History Shaped by Pioneers
Edward Emerine profiles Kansas enduring pioneer spirit from the border wars over slavery to Bleeding Kansas and the path to statehood. He notes key figures Dwight D. Eisenhower, Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill, Carrie Nation, and John J. Ingalls, and highlights Kansas as a rich agricultural and mineral state with trails that defined the nation.
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Edward Emerine
Kansas
Prairies
Coronado
Buffalo Country
New England
Virginia
John Brown
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Old West
Wild Bill” Hickock
Abilene
Buffalo Bill
Carrie Nation
Nation
John J. In- Balls
Ed Howe
Sage
Potato Hill
Walt Mason
William Allen White
The
Emporia Gazette
United States
Oregon
California
Colorado
Texas
Ellsworth