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Sumner County organization records

Date: 1871-1873

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Stevens County organization records

Date: 1886

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Stanton County organization records

Date: 1887

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Stafford County organization records

Date: 1879

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Smith County organization records

Date: 1872

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Map of Cheyenne Bottoms

Date: January 1958

A map of Cheyenne Bottoms from the “Kansas Fish and Game” magazine. The map shows canals, diversion dams, and the five pools of water that comprise the wetland refuge in…

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Shirley County organization records

Date: 1866

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Charles Huffman to Governor Arthur Capper

Date: October 23, 1918

In this letter to Governor Capper, Adjutant General Huffman reports his findings from visiting Camp Funston. In response to complaints from family members of men at Funston’s hospital, Governor Capper…

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Sherman County organization records

Date: 1886

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Sheridan County organization records

Date: 1880

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Dollie Boland to Governor Arthur Capper

Date: October 22, 1918

In this letter, Dollie Boland of Stafford, Kansas, asks Kansas Governor Arthur Capper to find out why the U.S. Army will not let family members visit their loved ones at…

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Seward County organization records

Date: 1886

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Sedgwick County organization records

Date: 1870

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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General Leonard Wood to Governor Arthur Capper

Date: October 19, 1918

In this letter to Governor Capper, General Leonard Wood, Commander of Camp Funston, details the situation at Funston during the Influenza of 1918. Arguing that he and his medical staff…

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General Leonard Wood to Governor Arthur Capper

Date: October 24, 1918

In this letter to Governor Capper, General Leonard Wood, Commander of Camp Funston, thanks Capper for sending Adjutant General Huffman to Funston to assess the situation during the Influenza of…

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Charles Huffman to Governor Arthur Capper

Date: October 23, 1918

In this letter to Governor Capper, Kansas Adjutant General Charles S. Huffman details the situation at Camp Funston during the influenza outbreak of 1918. Ordered by Capper to investigate conditions…

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Governor Arthur Capper to Dollie Boland

Date: October 24, 1918

In this letter, Kansas Governor Arthur Capper responds to an earlier letter from Mrs. Dollie Boland of Stafford, Kansas. Boland had written him to find out about her brother who…

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Lars Larsen correspondence

Date: October 13, 1917-November 20, 1917

This correspondence concerns Lars Larsen, a civilian cook who worked at the officer’s mess facility at Camp Funston, Kansas. Larsen, a native of Denmark, was arrested on September 21, 1917,…

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Scott County organization records

Date: 1886

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Saline County organization records

Date: 1861

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Russell County organization records

Date: 1872

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Governor Andrew Shoeppel correspondence

Date: October 07, 1943-October 12, 1943

This correspondence concerns the use of convicted criminals as soldiers in the U.S. military. Mrs. W.A. Chambers asks Governor Schoeppel if he had considered using convicts as soldiers because they…

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Rush County organization records

Date: 1874-1877

In order for an unorganized county to be recognized by the state of Kansas, a certain number of householders/legal electors had to petition the governor. The governor would appoint a…

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Ikenberry and Schoeppel correspondence

Date: August 5 - 7, 1943

W.D. Ikenberry, a carpenter from Hay, Kansas, informs Governor Schoeppel that he believes that the excess lumber being used to construct the many U.S. military facilities in the state of…