This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A Story of the Highlands
A narrative portrait follows the Burkholder family migrating to Kansas highlands in 1885 1889, depicting drought wind dust and isolation. Mrs Burkholder endures greenless plains dry care shortages and longing for trees water and the hills as a moving caravan drains hope away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Missouri
Prairies
Burkholder
Fountain County
Yellow Pine
Praire
Thomas Burkholder
Lizzie
Ebhe
Ilinois
Tom
Taylor Bottom
Prairie Town
Barknholder
God
Burkholder House
Aausis