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Santa Fe. A farm home train
Date: May 10-22, 1937
This nine car demonstration train was featuring presentations for better farm homes. It was operated jointly by the Kansas State Agricultural College and the Santa Fe. It would visit a…
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Kansas State Agricultural College
Date: 1930
A poster showing a pyramid labeled “A sound economical and productive basis for all wheat belt farms.” The poster also features a photograph of a demonstration train, parade floats, weevils,…
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Santa Fe Demonstration Train
Date: July 21--August 2, 1930 and August 24--September 5, 1931
These posters advertise Santa Fe demonstration trains traveling in Kansas in 1930 and 1931. The purpose of the 1930 train (8 cars) was to present a plan for higher profits…
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Santa Fe lime special
Date: 1928
The Lime Special was operated by the Santa Fe Railway in cooperation with the Kansas State Agricultural College and the Kansas State Board of Agriculture. It was scheduled to operate…
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Kansas wheat train stops
Date: 1926
This map shows the tentative schedule of stops for the 1926 Kansas Wheat Train. It was scheduled to run from July 19 through July 30. It shows a number of…
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Santa Fe Wheat Festival Special
Date: 1926
This Wheat Festival Special was operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. It traveled throughout Kansas July 19-July 30, 1926, to numerous Kansas communities. Other organizations that…
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Rock Island wheat festival special
Date: 1926
This flyer advertises the dates that the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad Company “Wheat Festival Special” will visit numerous Kansas towns along its route. It will in Kansas August…
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The Opportunity News, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe special train newspaper
Date: July 20 --August 1, 1925
The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ran special trains to encourage farmers along its routes. This is a two page newspaper that was distributed in Kansas in 1925. The…
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Cow, sow and hen train
Date: 1922
Demonstration trains like this represented an alliance between railroad companies, agricultural scientists and, manufacturers to promote settlement, improve farm management, and market commercial farm products. A typical train had room…
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Palmyra, Kansas
Date: 1857
A map of Palmyra, Kansas Territory, showing streets, lots, and parks. Also featured is a small map of Palmyra’s location in the county, with Baker University shown north of the…
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J.S. Vincent to Governor John St. John
Date: August 07, 1879
J. S. Vincent of Topeka, reminds Kansas Governor St. John of the Governor’s intention to speak there on temperance, and would like him to visit in the fall, when they…
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S.A. Van Kirk to Governor John St. John
Date: September 22, 1879
Having recently been chosen as a delegate to the State Temperance Convention, S.A. Van Kirk, on behalf of the other delegates, requests railroad passes from Kansas Governor St. John.
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C. L. Rood to Governor John St. John
Date: September 19, 1879
Anxious for Kansas Governor St. John to address a temperance picnic in his community of Newton, Kansas, C. L. Rood requests the Governor come between September 19th and October 15th.
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J. G.(?) Boyle to Governor John St. John
Date: September 19, 1879
This letter was sent to Governor John P. St. John by J. G.(?) Boyle requesting additional information about representation criteria for the September 30th state temperance convention as well as…
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E. B. Reynolds to Governor John St. John
Date: September 19, 1879
E. B. Reynolds, a strong supporter and campaigner for the temperance movement, expresses concern over the lack of publicity given the upcoming state convention and suggests circulars be prepared for…
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George Calderwood to Governor John St. John
Date: September 13, 1879
The Greenville Ohio Sunday Courier requests an updated status of Kansas Governor St. John’s proposed prohibition legislation.
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Second Regiment, Infantry, descriptive roll, Kansas Civil War volunteer regiments, volume 4 (AR114)
Date: Between 1860 and 1865
This is the descriptive roll for Civil War soldiers in the Second Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Information includes description, marital status, nativity, residence, muster information, and remarks. The index to…
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First Regiment, Infantry, muster in rolls, Kansas Civil War volunteer regiments, volume 3 (AR114)
Date: Between 1860 and 1865
This is the muster in rolls for Civil War soldiers in the First Regiment, Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Information includes description, marital status, nativity, residence, muster information, and remarks. The index…
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Roster of Civil War soldiers in Kansas volunteer units
Date: Between 1861 and 1865
Roster of Civil War soldiers in Kansas volunteer units. Entries are arranged alphabetically by company and size of units. Although labeled “enlisted men” the volume contains officers’ names as well.…
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Index to Civil War soldiers in Kansas volunteer regiments
Date: Between 1861 and 1865
An index to a roster of Kansas volunteer regiments during the Civil War with surnames sorted by the first letter only. Information includes arm (example I for Infantry or C…
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Lucy Hobbs Taylor’s diploma
Date: February 1866
This is Lucy Hobbs Taylor’s diploma from Ohio College of Dentistry. In 1866 she became the first woman in the world to receive a doctorate in dentistry. She married Civil…
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G.W. Arbuckle to Governor John St. John
Date: July 18, 1879
G.M. Arbuckle, who together with his daughter, has been campaigning for the prohibition movement throughout Kansas, asks Governor St. John to please arrange a railroad pass for them to help…
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S.M. Stover and Lane Pruity to Governor John St. John
Date: August 14, 1879
S.M. Stover and Lane Pruity, Wamego, Kansas residents, believe they and other citizens may have been defrauded by a Reverend William Cooly, a temperance union organizer, and ask Kansas Governor…
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J.W. Roberts to Governor John St. John
Date: July 15, 1879
Citizen J. W. Roberts of Oskaloosa, Kansas, requests assistance from Kansas Governor St. John in prohibiting the organization of a “club” in his area, which is being proposed for the…
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John H. Rice to Governor John St. John
Date: September 11, 1879
Editor John H. Rice of the Miami Republican, Paola, Kansas, advises Kansas Governor St. John a proposed Temperance meeting will need to be postponed until December.