Loyalty to Union Delayed Quantrill raid at Lawrence May 21 1856
The article recalls how loyalty to U S authority, led by Sheriff Samuel J Jones, spared Lawrence from a bloody preview of Quantrill’s raid. It describes Jones entering the city, the destruction of the Free State Hotel, presses, and homes, and the clash between Free State and pro slavery factions. Key figures include Governor Charles Robinson, David R Atchison, and Col Shaler W Eldridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union
Quantrill
United States ‘Authority
Lawrence
Samuel J. Jones
Jones
Free State
Kansas
Charles Robinson
Shawnee Mission
Missouri
Territory
Douglas County
Westport
Jacob Branson
Hickory Point
Branson
Charles Dow
Franklin Coleman
Dow
United States
Douglas County Grand Jury
Big Rock
Col. Shaler W. Eldridge
Buffalo Hunting on Wild and Woolly Plains
A Kansas expedition by John Alden, T J Darling, I D Heath, John Blackly and Alanson Reeve returns after eight weeks with over 5000 pounds of fine buffalo meat. Diary notes describe camps, tolls past Potawatomi lands, prairie country, abundant buffalo and springs, and a belief the Solomon to Smoky Hill region will support a large grazing population. Each hunter gained about 20 pounds and praised the healthful air and nourishment of the trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Commercial Gazette
Wyandotte
Kansas
John P. Aiden
T. J. Darling
I. D. Heath
John Blachly
Alanson Reeve
Wyandott
Kansas City
Buffalo
Messrs
Alden
Darling
Heath
Blackly
Reeve
Silver Lake
Pottawatomies
Cross Creek Bridge
St. Mary's Mission
Solomon
Stagecoach Trip Impresses Kansas Locale in 19th Century Report
The Emoria News recounts a stagecoach journey from Leavenworth to Kansas City to Lawrence on January 12, 1860s, praising Johnson County and describing a famously large waitress in Lexington. The piece notes the route crosses fine countryside between Montecello and Lexington and includes sharp local color about meals and fare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emporia News
Leavenworth
Kansas City
Lawrence
Johnson ‘County
Lexington
Johnson County
Montecello
Temperance Tornado Carrie Nation’s Storied Kansas Rise
Carrie Nation from Medicine Lodge rose in ten years to fame as a temperance crusader smashing saloons across Kansas and England. Her campaigns drew reporters, sparked raids, and funded a lecture circuit before aging in a Missouri farm and dying in a mental hospital in 1911, eight years before the 18th Amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Nation
Temperance Tornado
Medicine Lodge
Kansas
England
Gerald W. Johnson
Carrie
Rotary Clubs
Chambers of Commerce
Kentucky
Moore
Belton
Queen Victoria
Carrie Moore
Lloyd
Masonic Lodge
David Nation
Jack
Women's Christian Temperance
John Barleycorn
Carrie Amelia Moore
Harvard
Yale
British Isles
Ozarks
U.S
Bluemont College history and Kansas State University link
A Topeka report quotes Bluemont College chartered 1858 by the Methodist church in Manhattan. Buildings finished 1860 with 40 to 50 pupils, cost details and a plan to donate the site to the state for a future State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Bluemont College
Manhattan
Land Grant College
Kansas State University
Topeka Bane
Bluemont
Athone
Uys
Kansas
Tristee al Bliemont College
Also Mentioned on This Page
David R. Atchison
New York Tribune
South Carolina
Chapman's Creek
Mud Creek
Dickinson County
Temperance
Paul Zubl
National
Geographic Society
Kansas State
Baptist
Alexander Graham Bell
Thomas Wajon
Southwestern Bell
Kansans
Bell Telephones
Telephone
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
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