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Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston Railroad passes
Date: Between 1870 and 1877
Railroad passes issued to Harry Tisdale to Leavenworth, Lawrence, & Galveston stations
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Railroad passes
Date: Between 1890 and 1901
Railroad passes issued to A.A. Hurd to various railroad stations.
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Railroad passes to various stations
Date: Between 1875 and 1961
Railroad passes issued to D. Conners & F.A. Melluish to various stations in Kansas. The passes are part of the Charles “Bud” Goebel Collection.
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Missouri- Kansas -Texas Railroad passes
Date: Between 1933 and 1948
Railroad passes issued to the Albert Waddell family & Mr. F.A. Melluish to Missouri, Kansas & Texas stations.
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Missouri Pacific Railroad passes
Date: Between 1917 and 1953
These railroad passes were issued to the R.A. Sheldon family by the Missouri Pacific Railroad stations.
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Railroad passes to various stations
Date: Between 1895 and 1900
Railroad passes issued to F.L. Vandergrift to various stations. The passes are part of the George Allen Root Coll.
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Notice concerning stock killed by the Union Pacific Railway
Date: October 15, 1866
This notice of the Union Pacific Railway Company concerns restitution to the owners of stock killed on railroad tracks by trains. W. W. Wright, General Superintendent, Wyandotte, Kansas, issued the…
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Homes in the West!
Date: 1875
This broadside of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway promotes the sale of railroad lands in Neosho County. The advertisement claims the lands are suitable for agriculture and close to…
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State inspector of coal mines reports
Date: Between 1884 and 1956
These reports of the Kansas State Mine Inspector mostly concern coal mining, though by 1929 the scope of the reports broadens to include metal mines. The content of individual reports…
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Names and numbers of Indian tribes which must have possessions in the Indian Territory
Date: November 1, 1832
Isaac McCoy, a Baptist missionary and surveyor, compiled this list of Indian tribes and their estimated populations. McCoy advocated Indian removal to western lands because he believed that the white…
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Ottawa Indians to President John Quincy Adams
Date: February 17, 1829
This letter to President John Quincy Adams was written by seven Ottawa Indians, including two who had completed a surveying trip with missionary Isaac McCoy. These Ottawas, who had been…
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Vocabulary of the Shawanoes (Shawnee)
Date: Between 1830 and 1855
This vocabulary of the Shawanoe (Shawnee) Indians includes the English word or numeral followed by a phonetic spelling of the Shawnee translation. The chart includes numbers, common nouns such as…
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A story of the Shawanoes (Shawnee)
Date: 1886
This reminiscence by George Bluejacket, a Shawnee (Shawanoe) Indian originally from Ohio, tells the creation story of the Shawnee people as well as the history of his own tribe. Although…
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Kansas and Colorado
Date: 1877
Written in Norwegian, this is a Kansas Pacific Railroad company advertisement to emigrants from Norway describing the great and abundant land available for purchase in the area around Saline and…
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Log cabin, Lincoln, Kansas
Date: 1864
View of a long cabin in Lincoln, Kansas. The photo appears in the book “Indian Raids: In Lincoln County, Kansas 1864 and 1869” by C. Bernhardt, 1910.
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Fishing in Colorado and Wyoming
Date: 1912
This Union Pacific Railroad Company promotional advertisement describes the beautiful and rustic scenery enjoyed in camp life and fishing as experienced in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado and Wyoming.
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Colorado for the tourist
Date: 1920s
This Union Pacific Railroad Company promotional advertisement describes the beautiful scenery provided to the tourist in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
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California calls you
Date: 1920s
This Union Pacific Railroad Company promotional advertisement describes the beauty and tourism features of California.
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Union Pacific Railroad Company, Livestock Bulletin No. 108
Date: August 14, 1913
This bulletin is a promotional advertisement providing aggregate valuations for livestock contained in the areas west of the Mississippi River (“on farms in the states on and tributory to the…
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Corn, wheat and oats on farms in the states on the tributory to the Union Pacific Railroad, March 1, 1913
Date: August 14, 1913
Union Pacific Railroad Company Agricultural Bulletin (No. 109). Union Pacific Railroad promotional advertisement showing aggregate yields for specific crop categories from 1912 and early 1913 for areas west of the…
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Agricultural development, wealth and rural population of the states on the tributory to the Union Pacific Railroad for the years of 1900-1910
Date: September 17, 1912
Union Pacific Railroad Company Agricultural Bulletin (No. 104). Union Pacific Railroad promotional advertisement showing aggregate statistical wealth values and population figures for areas west of the Mississippi River during a…
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John McArthur to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States
Date: December 17, 1864
John McArthur to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, discussing Smith’s Guerillas and asking for promotion of several officers: Col. William Linn McMillan, Col. Lucius Frederick Hubbard, and Col.…
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A joint resolution to amend the constitution of the United States
Date: March 16, 1861
This document is a copy of a joint resolution to amend the constitution of the United States, sent to the governor of Kansas. Resolved by the Senate and House of…
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John Milton Hay to Mark W. Delahay
Date: July 29, 1862
This letter from John Milton Hay, Abraham Lincoln’s private secretary and assistant, to Mark W. Delahay, replying on behalf of the President, is a confidential communication concerning a course of…
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Thomas Alfred Davies to Abraham Lincoln
Date: January 25, 1865
This letter from Thomas Alfred Davies to Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, recommends Judge Mark W. Delahay for an appointment abroad.