Medium: Text
Date: 1887-1913
Correspondence of George A. Huron who was appointed guardian of Boston Corbett after he was committed to an insane asylum in Topeka, Kansas. Corbett is known as the man who…
Medium: Text
Date: 1866-1888
Letters received by Thomas P. “Boston” Corbett, known by most as the man who killed John Wilkes Booth following President Lincoln’s assassination. Corbett moved to Kansas in 1878 and lived…
Medium: Text
Date: 1911
This essay by George Fitch focuses on the history and scenic location of The Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona.
Medium: Text
Date: November 23, 1887
A two-thousand dollar insurance policy backed by the Phoenix Insurance Company of Hartford, Connecticut issued to the Golden Belt Town Company. The policy covered a two-story, chingled-roof hotel located in…
Medium: Text
Date: November 27, 1929
This card published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company’s is promoting “The Grand Canyon Line”.
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This flyer published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travel to the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The scenic landmarks of the canyon are…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1887 and 1895
Map of the town of Tampa in Marion County, Kansas. The railroad, previously operated by the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, is visible on the map.
Medium: Text
Date: 1931
These two pieces of paper show Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stationery. The top piece of paper is for the Pullman that runs between Des Moines, Iowa to…
Medium: Text
Date: 1934
These two pieces of paper show Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company stationery. The top paper is from R.P. Bird, G.A.F.D., Santa Fe Ry. 225 Broadway, New York, N.Y.…
Medium: Text
Date: Between 1934 and 1935
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travel to Hermit Rim Road inside the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The use of…
Medium: Text
Date: 1886-1897
The Golden Belt Town Company was incorporated in 1886. It was chartered to buy and sell land on the right of way of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway…
Medium: Text
Date: January 1931
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company is promoting travel to the Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. The use of images and text tell…
Medium: Text
Date: March 15, 1923
This brochure published by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company provides time tables for the passenger trains that daily depart along the west coast lines to the east…
Medium: Text
Date: 1888-1891
Lots lists and correspondence, arranged by townsite, relating to the business activities and sales of each townsite agent of the Kansas Town and Land Company. The Kansas Town and Land…
Medium: Text
Date: 1906-1930
Fred Iles was assistant right of way and tax agent for the Kansas Town and Land Company which bought and sold lands on the right of way of the Chicago,…
Medium: Text
Date: 1885-1915
Located in North Topeka, Kansas, the Union Stock Yards Company was organized and incorporated in 1885 with the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company owning 131 or 310 shares…
Medium: Text
Date: 1874-1896
Land patents issued by the United States General Land Office to Albert O. Baldwin, William O. Alphin, Nora B. Asher, Samuel Bayne, James R. Blades, William H. Blood, John W.…
Medium: Text
Date: 1887-1917
The South Arkansas Valley Town Company was organized and incorporated in 1887 to do business from Dodge City, Kansas. It was chartered to buy and sell land in the Bloom…
Medium: Text
Date: 1888-1890
J. F. Doty served the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway Company (part of the Rock Island system) under a variety of titles, including full agent, adjusting agent, and right of…
Medium: Text
Date: 1887-1900
The East Abilene Town Company was organized and incorporated in 1887 with L. A. Bigger of Hutchinson, Kansas as its president. M. A. Low was principal stockholder. The company originally…
Medium: Text
Date: February 29, 1925 (sic)
This is a satirized edition of the Journal of the Kansas House of Representatives. The author warns “this is not to be taken seriously, or all at once.” Representatives are…
Medium: Text
Date: 2006-2013
Kanwaka Literary Club minutes, attendence rosters, treasurer’s reports, correspondence, and by-laws. The object of the club is to promote the intellectual growth of its members. It is located in Douglas…
Medium: Text
Date: November 19, 1914
This certificate acknowledges the request for a charter to form a Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of Kansas.
Medium: Text
Date: 1887
This is a commendation letter for the bridge foreman and his crew to complete the Southern Kansas Railway, which became the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, bridge over the…
Medium: Text
Date: 1973-1975
Six letters and one newsletter from Glenn and Ruth Cunningham to Robert and Elaine Keller, Reeds Spring and Springfield, Missouri. Five of the letters and the newsletter are written from…
