HISTORY
OFWYANDOTTE COUNTY
KANSAS
AND ITS PEOPLE
EDITED AND COMPILED BY
PERL W. MORGAN
KANSAS CITY, KANSASILLUSTRATED
VOL. 1
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO
1911
AUTHOR'S FOREWORD
Through all the history of Kansas and of Wyandotte county there runs a thread
of romance. There is an odd fascination in the accounts of those old explorers
who came this way in the three centuries preceding the coming of the white men
to dwell here. There is a quiet charm about the old Indian legends and in the
stories of the wars and wanderings of these ancient tribes. There is something
delightfully interesting in the tales of the old steamboat days told by the
men and women who came up the Missouri and Kansas rivers in the Territorial
days. The long struggle for statehood, the Border strife and the final conquest,
one of the most thrilling periods in our nation's history, appeal to the author
as well as to the reader.
The early history of Kansas and of Wyandotte county interwoven and inseparable, is a repetition of the old story of the battle of civilization with the forces of the wilderness. The passing of the savage Red Man, the education of his more enlightened brother, the Emigrant Indian from the east, the beginning of the future's development, and the final victory of peace, are in harmony with the history of Kansas and of Wyandotte county, which is a story crowded with vicissitudes and leading through a phenomenal growth to a promise of splendid triumph.
It has been the aim of the author to present something of all this in this work. And it should not be a colorless summary of dry facts and figures. The personal reminiscences of men and women of the early days who are still living have been used to give life and realism to the work. Here is undertaken a record of the progress of Wyandotte county, its people and its institutions up to the close of the first decade of the twentieth century. It is a story full of absorbing interest and it has been the endeavor of the author and those with whom he has been associated to tell it in an accurate but attractive manner. In this work the author, having been a citizen of the county for more than twentyfive years, has accumulated in that time much of that which appears in these two volumes. Also he has had access to a fund of historical information from the Kansas State Historical Society and in the public library of Kansas City, Kansas. Many others have contributed information, for which the author, the publisher and the reader, as well, are indebted.
Table of Contents
Volume 1
THE TRAILS OF THE EXPLORERS.
EARLY FRENCH AND SPANISH EXPLORERS - WHEN FATHER MARQUETTE CAME - FATHER HENNEPIN'S WONDERFUL MAP - EXPLORATIONS OF LEWIS AND CLARK - FIRST FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN KANSAS - CAPTAIN PIKE'S EXPEDITION - MAJOR LONG'S EXPEDITION - FRENCHMEN OUR FIRST MERCHANTS - THE FUR TRADERS - THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT - THE FREMONT EXPEDITIONS - SCENES OF RARE BEAUTY - PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES, ETC. 1-16
THE KANSAS INDIANS.
WHENCE CAME THE NAME? - HERE THREE CENTURIES AGO - KANSAS, THE DOMINANT TRIBE - MONCACHTAPE, THE INTERPRETER - EARLY KANSAS VILLAGES - KANSAS INDIAN LODGE - THE KANSAS HOME LIFE - OLD FOOL CHIEF - AN HONEST INDIAN - THE FAMOUS KANSAS ORATOR - A CHIEF WHO WAS A WARRIOR - AT WAR WITH THEIR BROTHERS - DEPREDATIONS OF THE KANSAS - THE KANSAS TREATIES - ABONDONED THE KANSAS RIVER - BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA. 17-28
THE SHAWNEES, FIRST EMIGRANTS.
THEIR WARS AND WANDERINGS - THEIR LAST STAND - THE DEATH OF TECUMSEH - THEIR COMING TO KANSAS - THE SHAWNEE PROPHET - THE GREAT CHIEF, BLUE JACKET - CAPTAIN JOSEPH PARKS - CLUNG TO OLD CUSTOMS - FAREWELL TO KANSAS. 29-38
THE DELAWARES.
THEIR WARS ON THE PAWNEES - AS IRVING SAW THEM - CIVILIZATION'S ADVANCE AGENTS - VISITED BY PARKMAN - NOT GIVEN ALONE TO FIGHTING - THE DELAWARE CHIEFS - THE DEATH OF CHIEF KETCHUM - THE LAST OF A NOBLE RACE - THE TREATY OF 1866. 39-46
THE OLD INDIAN MISSIONS.
THE SHAWNEE METHODIST MISSON - WHERE THE LEGISLATURE MET - THE MISSION GRAVEYARD - THE SHAWNEE BAPTIST MISSION - A NEWSPAPER FOR THE INDIANS - A VISIT TO THE MISSIONS - THE SHAWNEE QUAKER MISSION - SOCIAL LIFE ABOUT THE MISSIONS - DELAWARE METHODIST MISSION - DELAWARE BAPTIST MISSION. 47-58
THE ANCIENT WYANDOT NATION.
THE WYANDOTS - EARLY HISTORY OF THE NATION - ROMANCES AND FOLK LORE - WYANDOTS' VERSION OF THE CREATION - THEIR ALLEGIANCE TO THE FRENCH - THEIR WARS AT AN END - BECAME A CIVILIZED NATION. 59-68[sic]
COME TO THEIR PROMISED LAND.
WYANDOTS PURCHASE A HOME FROM THE DELAWARES - FOUNDED THE VILLAGE OF WYANDOTTE - ROMANCES OF OLD WYANDOT FAMILIES - THE HEROISM OF ELIZABETH ZANE - CAPTAIN PIPE. 68-78
WYANDOTS BECOME CITIZENS.
BURIAL PLACE OF THE WYANDOTS - REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS - (MRS. LUCY B. ARMSTRONG). 79-86
OLD WYANDOTTE'S EARLY DAYS.
WHEN THE WHITE SETTLERS CAME - THE CATFISH HOTEL - RESIDENTS IN 1855-6 - ISAAC ZANE'S PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE - WHEN THE TOWNSITE BOOMERS CAME - THE TOWN ORGANIZATION - THE BIG TOWN LOT SALE - A RUSH OF POPULATION - FOUR BROAD AVENUES - A FAMOUS OLD HALL - WHEN WYANDOTTE BECAME A CITY - A FORBIDDING LOOKING PLACE - THOSE READY-MADE HOUSES - THE BLUE GOOSE SALOON - OFFICERS FOR TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS. 87-101
OLD QUINDARO.
FREE STATE BOOMERS STARTED QUINDARO - OTHER RIVER PORTS OUTDISTANCED - KANSAS MERCHANDISE LANDED THERE - A TOWN OF REAL LIVE MEN - WHAT KILLED OLD QUINDARO - EARLY KANSAS POLITICS - HOW QUINDARO LOST OUT. 102-107
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
FAMILIES THERE NINETY YEARS AGO - WESTPORT A GREAT TRADE CENTER - WHEN THE TOWN WAS BORN - A REAL ESTATE, BOOM - AN UNPROMISING TOWN - WHEN CHOLERA STRUCK THE PLACE - THE FIRST MAYORALTY ELECTION - BENTON'S FAMOUS PROPHECY - A TRAVELING POST OFFICE - STEAMBOAT AND TRAIL TRADE - FIRST PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS - THE CIVIL WAR BROUGHT RUIN - RETURN TO PEACE - HOTELS ON THE LEVEE - THE HANNIBAL BRIDGE HELPED - BENTON'S PROPHECY VERIFIED. 108-117
IN THE OLD STEAMBOAT DAYS.
FIRST GLIMPSE OF KANSAS - WHEN THE YANKEE FREE STATE MEN CAME - DELIGHTS OF PIONEER TRAVEL BY STEAMBOAT - WHEN GOVERNOR REEDER CAME AND WENT - FIRST STEAMBOATS TO NAVIGATE THE KANSAS RIVER - THE "EMMA HARMONS" FAMOUS TRIP - THE "LIGHTFOOT" BUILT IN KANSAS - A NOTABLE VOYAGE UP THE KANSAS RIVER - QUINDARO'S FAMOUS SIDE-WHEELER - KANSAS RIVER STEAMBOATS - STEMBOATS THAT WENT DOWN - WHEN BOATS WERE OPERATED FOR THE RAIL ROADS - AN END TO STEAMBOATING. 118-128
STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
WYANDOT INDIANS PIONEERS IN THE MOVEMENT - THE FIRST ELECTION - A "BOLTING" CONVENTION - KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL PASSED - WELCOME TO GOVERNOR REEDER - ORDERS AN ELECTION - CANDIDATES FOR TERRITORIAL DELEGATES - THE FIRST INVASION - EYES OF A NATION ON SHAWNEE MISSION - THE BOGUS LAWS - THREE MAKERS OF KANSAS HISTORY - GOVERNOR SHANNON TO THE FRONTIER - THE TOPEKA CONSTITUTION - THE WAKARUSA WAR - EMIGRANT AID SOCIETIES - THE CAPITAL AT LECOMPTON - GOVERNOR GEARY ON THE SCENE - GOVERNOR ROBERT J. WALKER - THE LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION - LEAVENWORTH CONVENTION - GOVERNOR MEDARY - ELECTIONS BEFORE STATEHOOD. 129-145
THE WYANDOTTE CONSTITUTION.
THE ROLL OF THE CONVENTION - A CONVENTION OF YOUNG MEN - REPUBLICAN "WHIPS," INGALLS AND SIMPSON - THE ORGANIZATION - OHIO CONSTITUTION FOLLOWED - RESOLUTIONS TO CONGRESS - CLOSED THE DOOR TO SLAVERY - REFUSED TO INCLUDE PART OF NEBRASKA - WOMAN'S INFLUENCE IN THE CONVENTION - DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS REFUSED TO SIGN - CONSTITUTION APPROVED BY THE PEOPLE - CONGRESS SLOW TO ACT - WHEN THE NEWS REACHED KANSAS - THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF STATEHOOD. 146-159
FIFTY YEARS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.
SENATOR BRISTOW'S ADDRESS - GOVERNOR STUBBS ON "KANSAS" - HENRY J. ALLEN'S ELOQUENCE - CONGRESS MAN MADISON'S TRIBUTE - WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE ON "THE OLD INSURGENTS" - JOHN H. ATWOOD'S SPEECH. 160-166
BOUNDARY LINE FIGHT.
THE EAST BOUNDARY OF KANSAS - THE NORTH BOUNDARY - SOUTHERN BOUNDARY - WHEN COLORADO WAS A PART OF KANSAS - WYANDOTTE CONVENTION CUT OFF COLORADO - DEBATE ON THE WESTERN BOUNDARY - TO CUT OFF "SHORT GRASS" COUNTRY - OBJECTED TO THE MINING REGIONS - A PATHWAY TO THE MOUNTAINS - PART OF NEBRASKA WANTED TO BE IN KANSAS - NEBRASKA'S MANY CAPITALS - WOULD MAKE THE PLATTE THE BOUNDARY - NEBRASKA'S DELEGATES TO WYANDOTTE - DEFEAT OF THE PLAN - KANSAS PAPERS INDIFFERENT - A MISSOURI OPINION OF KANSAS - STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS' SPEECH - BEN SIMPSON'S DEFENSE OF THE BOUNDARIES - THE CONVENTION DID RIGHT - KANSAS CITY LOST ITS OPPORTUNITY - KANSAS THE "MIDDLE SPOT" OF NORTH AMERICA. 167-183
SURVEYING A STATE LINE.
RAN OUT OF PROVISIONS - THREATENED BY PAWNEE INDIANS - A LONG TRAMP - WORKING IN A BLIZZARD - THE JOURNEY TO WYANDOTTE - BORDER RUFFIANS AT WORK. 184-188
KANSAS IN THE REBELLION.
THE FIRST INFANTRY REGIMENT - AT THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK - A FAMOUS CAVALRY REGIMENT - THE FIFTH KANSAS CAVALRY - THE EIGHTH INFANTRY - NINTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY - A CONSOLIDATION OF KANSAS REGIMENTS - YOUNG TOM EWING'S REGIMENT - THE TWELFTH INFANTRY - FOURTEENTH INFANTRY - ONE HUNDRED DAY MEN - THE NEGRO REGIMENTS - THE THIRD BATTERY - THE RECORD OF KANSAS. 189-200
WYANDOTTE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
THE COUNTY'S RECORD - FIRST REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER INFANTRY - OUR BOYS IN THE SECOND - INDIANS IN THE FIFTH CAVALRY - THOSE WHO JOINED THE SIXTH - COLONEL WEIR'S MEN - THE ILL-FATED TWELFTH - A FIGHTING CAVALRY - THE SIXTEENTH'S ROLL OF HONOR - THE KANSAS COLORED REGIMENTS - THE BATTLES THEY FOUGHT - FIGHTING IN THE OZARKS - POWELL CLAYTON'S COMMAND - PROTECTORS OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER - WHEN COLONEL CLARKSON WAS CAPTURED - THE TWELFTH CAVALRY'S MANY BATTLES. 201-212
THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE BLUE.
GENERAL PRICE'S BOLD PLAN - THE FIGHT ON THE LITTLE BLUE - SITUATION BEFORE THE BIG BATTLE - THE DASH FOR KANSAS - THE CROSSING AT BYROM'S FORD - COLONEL VEALE'S HEROIC STAND - AS A PARTICIPANT SAW IT - THE REBEL YELL - FIGHTING TO THE DEATH - THE TOPEKA BATTERY'S LOSS - AS GENERAL DEITZLER TOLD IT. 213-226
"UNDERGROUND" AND WAR STORIES.
"SILENCE AND NO QUESTIONS ASKED" - SOME VALUABLE FREIGHT - THE KIDNAPPERS OF LAWRENCE - STORIES OF WAR-TIME DAYS - A NIGHT OF TERROR - THE NEGRO EXODUS - WHEN COLONEL MOONLIGHT GUARDED THE TOWN - SOLDIERS GUARDED A STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN. 227-233
OUR BOYS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
THE APPROACH OF WAR - PEACE RELATIONS END - THE CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS - KANSAS TO THE FRONT - THE CAMP IN SAN FRANCISCO - FIRST SMELL OF POWDER - THE DAY ON THE FIRING LINES - WHERE THEIR SPIRIT ORIGINATED - THE NIGHT ATTACK - THE FIRST REAL BATTLE - A SKIRMISH MARCH - MALOLOS IS TAKEN - CALUMPIT, NEXT STOP -TREMBLY AND WHITE IN SWIMMING - THE CAMPAIGN CONTINUES - OUTPOSTS ARE ANNOYED - BACK TO MANILA - THE BOYS WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES - THE MUSTER INTO SERVICE - THE BOYS FROM KANSAS CITY, KANSAS. 234-251
EARLY TIME CHARACTERS.
THE "PILL BOX" AND DR. ROOT - ALFRED GRAY - GOVERNOR ROBINSON - STATE GEOLOGIST MUDGE - BYRON JUDD - THE DOCTORS SPECK - MRS. C. I. H. NICHOLS - GOVERNOR McGREW - OTIS B. GUNN - COLONEL A. C. DAVIS - JUDGE ISAAC B. SHARP - COLONEL G. W. VEALE - LAST TO DESERT QUINDARO - MARY TENNEY GRAY - JUDGE JESSE COOPER - CAPTAIN THOMAS CROOK - SAMUEL W. DAY - FRANK H. BETTON - TABITHA N. THOMAS - JAMES G. DOUGHERTY - A KANSAS ARTIST - LITERARY AND ARTISTIC WOMEN - REV. ALEXANDER STERRETT - "MOTHER" STURGES - THREE WYANDOTTE FOUNDERS - JAMES R. PARR AND OTHERS. 252-270
OLD WYANDOTTE'S EARLY DAYS
CREATIVE ACT - FIRST ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS - MACHINERY IN MOTION - BEGINNING OF ROAD BUILDING - THE OLD SOUTHERN BRIDGE - LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 1859 - THE FIRST JURORS DRAWN - SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES - COUNTY OFFICERS IN FIFTY-TWO YEARS - THE COUNTY SEAT - FIRST TAXES LEVIED - COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED - TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION - WYANDOTTE COUNTY STATISTICS. 271-283
THE BENCH AND BAR.
AN EXECUTION IN WYANDOTTE - THREE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS - COLORADO IN THE WYANDOTTE DISTRICTS - SECOND AND THIRD DISTRICTS - COURTS UNDER STATEHOOD - THE FIRST TERM - AN EARLY DAY COURT SCENE - DRAMSHOP CASES - EARLY MEMBERS OF THE BAR - A JUDGE WHO PLAYED POKER - THE COURT HOUSE BLOWN DOWN - THE JUDGES WHO FOLLOWED - THE GROWTH OF LITIGATION - THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES - LAWYERS OF THE EARLY DAYS. 284-294
KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.
THE FIRST MOVEMENTS - KANSAS CITY TOWN COMPANY - CITY INCORPORATED - WHEN ARMOURDALE GOT A START - PLATTING OF ARGENTINE - PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS - KANSAS PATRIOTISM AROUSED - CALL FOR A STATE MASS MEETING - A GREAT CIVIC DEMONSTRATION - COLONEL COBB'S LOGICAL ADDRESS - GOVERNOR'S CONSOLIDATION PROCLAMATION - FIRST CITY OFFICERS - ESTABLISHED WARD BOUNDARIES - FIRST REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTION - THE METROPOLITAN POLICE - OFFICIALS OF THE CITY - GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION. 295-311
OUTSIDE OF KANSAS CITY.
ROSEDALE, AN INDEPENDENT CITY - MAYORS FOR THIRTY-FOUR YEARS - A PICTURESQUE LITTLE CITY - ROSEDALE SCHOOLS - CHURCH HISTORY - A CITY OF HOMES - A GREAT MEDICAL SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL - RAILROAD TERMINALS - THE OLD ROLLING MILL - OTHER INDUSTRIES - A PIONEER FOR KANSAS GOOD ROADS - BONNER SPRINGS, THE ANCIENT QUIVIRA - THE FIRST COMMERCIAL CENTER - THE FAMOUS FOUR HOUSES - THE TIBLOW FERRY - THE CELEBRATED SPRINGS - TOWN ORGANIZED - CITY ORGANIZED - DISCOVERY OF NATURAL GAS - LAKES AND PARKS - CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS - FIRST RURAL MAIL DELIVERY THERE - OTHER TOWNS IN WYANDOTTE COUNTY. 312-325
KANSAS CITY OF TODAY.
FIGURES SHOW SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH - AN ERA OF IMPROVEMENT - THE FLOOD OF 1903 - THE NEW CITY HALL - MUNICIPAL WATER WORKS - A MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL PLANT - PARKS AND BOULEVARDS - KANSAS CITY POST OFFICE - NEW POST OFFICE BUILDING - STREET RAILWAY FACILITIES - FIRST INTERURBAN RAILWAY - FINANCIAL STRENGTH - HOTELS OF OLD WYANDOTTE - THE MERCANTILE CLUB - OTHER CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS - CHARITABLE AND CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS. 326-342
PROTESTANT CHURCHES OF THE COUNTY.
WYANDOTS, THE FIRST METHODISTS - WHEN THE METHODISTS WERE DIVIDED - EXPELLED THE REV. MR. GURLEY - RETURNING TO THE OLD CHURCH - THE METHODIST CHURCHES BURNED - THE OLD CHURCH REORGANIZED - THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH SOUTH - OTHER METHODIST CHURCHES - A CHURCH OF WAR TIME DAYS - THE ORGANIZATION OF THE CHURCH - SOLDIERS ATTENDED PRAYER MEETING - AS A PASTOR'S WIFE TOLD IT - THE DROUGHT OF 1860 - WHEN THE OLD CHURCH BELL RANG - THE BURNING OF LAWRENCE - THE OLD CHURCH ON FIFTH STREET - EPISCOPAL CHURCHES - THE PRESBYTERIANS - THE BAPTIST CHURCHES - THE METHODISTS PROTESTANT - CHRISTIAN CHURCHES - CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS - OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS - SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 343-360
CATHOLIC CHURCHES AND INSTITUTIONS.
ARRIVAL OF FATHER KUHLS - CATHOLIC FAMILIES - THE TOWN OF WYANDOTTE - SITE FOR A CHURCH - THE SCHOOL - A SILVER JUBILEE - THE NEW CHURCH - ST. THOMAS' CHURCH - ST. ANTHONY'S CHURCH - BLESSED SACRAMENT CHURCH - ST. BENEDICT'S CHURCH - ST. JOHN'S CROATIAN CHURCH - ST. ROSE OF LIMA CHURCH - ST. JOSEPH'S POLISH CHURCH - ST. BRIDGET'S CHURCH - ST. PETER'S CONGREGATION - ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS CHURCH - ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, ARGENTINE - ST. PATRICK'S PARISH - CATHOLIC CONVENT - SHAWNEETOWN - EUDORA - REMOVAL OF THE BISHOP'S RESIDENCE - REMINISCENCES OF FATHER KUHLS. . 361-379
EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS.
THE FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOLS - THE OLD PALMER ACADEMY - CITY SCHOOL HISTORY - COST OF THE SCHOOLS - OFFICERS - THE CITY'S FORTY SCHOOL BUILDINGS - NIGHT SCHOOLS - HIGH SCHOOLS - MANUAL TRAINING AND INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION - PLAY GROUNDS AND SCHOOL YARDS - WYANDOTTE COUNTY SCHOOLS - DISTRICTS ORGANIZED - SCHOOL STATISTICS - PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS - THE CITY'S GREAT PUBLIC LIBRARY - DOGS BOUGHT THE BOOKS - CLUB WOMEN TOOK THE LEAD - "OFFICIAL DOG ENUMERATOR" - GROWTH OF THE LIBRARY - USES OF THE LIBRARY - BOOKS IN THE SCHOOLS - BOYS' AND GIRLS' DEPARTMENT - STORY HOUR - THE STAFF. 380-396
UNIVERSITIES AND SEMINARIES.
KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY - DR. MATHERS' OFFER ACCEPTED - DEATH OF THE FOUNDER - THE CORNER STONE LAYING - TO BECOME A GREAT UNIVERSITY - DESCENDANT OF THE PURITANS - A JOURNEY TO THE WEST - GIFTS TO THE YOUNG - KANSAS CITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY - ITS COURSES - WESTERN UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL - TEACHING THE NEGROES TRADES - FRUGALITY THE CHIEF AIM - EFFECT OF SCHOOL TRAINING - THOROUGHNESS IN THE COURSES - THE KANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. 397-410
HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS.
ST. MARGARET'S HOSPITAL - BETHANY HOSPITAL - UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL - OTHER HOSPITALS. 411-416
MEDICINE AND SURGERY.
ACT TO INCORPORATE THE KANSAS MEDICAL SOCIETY - THE STATE ORGANIZATION - FIRST ANNUAL MEETING - THEN CAME THE CIVIL WAR - REORGANIZATION - THE SOCIETY'S INFLUENCE - THE WYANDOTTE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 417-421
THE PRESS OF THE COUNTY.
CORRESPONDENTS OF LONG AGO - THE FIRST NEWSPAPER - THE "WYANDOTTE REGISTER" - "THE "GAZETTE'S" FOUNDER - A FRIEND OF THE INDIANS - THE "WYANDOTTE HERALD" - THE "ARGENTINE REPUBLIC" - THE "WEEKLY SUN" - THE "PRESS" - CAREER OF MARK DELAHAY. 422-433
SECRET AND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.
FIRST KANSAS MASONIC LODGE - ORGANIZERS OF THE FIRST LODGE - OTHER MASONIC BODIES - THE SCOTTISH RITE MASONS - BUILDING THE TEMPLE - THE ODD FELLOWS - KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS - THE A. O. U. W. LODGES - GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC - THE ELKS LODGE - THE EAGLES - OTHER SECRET SOCIETIES. 434-440
RAILROAD BUILDING IN KANSAS.
FIRST RAILROADS CHARTERED - THE ATCHISON TEN YEARS IN BUILDING - THE GRANGER LINES - PACIFIC LINES - THE SANTA FE SYSTEM - THE "JOY ROADS" - THE "KATY" SYSTEM - THE "FRISCO" BUILT - FIRST RAILROADS STARTED FROM WYANDOTTE - WHEN THE "K. P." REACHED LAWRENCE - ASSASSINATION OF HALLETT - HALLETT'S VISIT TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN - EASTERN CAPITALISTS INTERESTED - HALLETT A RAILWAY GENIUS - FIRST COUNTY GRANT TO THE MISSOURI PACIFIC - BUILDING THE SANTA FE - WHEN THE MEMPHIS WAS BUILT - THE NORTHWESTERN - WHEN THE ROCK ISLAND CAME - THE CHICAGO-GREAT WESTERN - RAILROAD VALUES AND TRACKAGE - GREAT RAILWAY SHOPS AND TERMINALS - THE GREAT STILWELL ENTERPRISE. 441-459
PIONEER TALES OF RAIL AND TRAIL.
A BUFFALO STAMPEDE - WAITING FOR AN ATTACK BY INDIANS - A NIGHT OF TERROR - SOME OF THE MEN OF THE OLD " K. P. " - THE EARLY DAY PAYMASTER - THE STATE LINE DEPOT - SLOW TRAINS IN THE "SIXTIES" - EVERY CLERK A POLITICIAN - A PREACHER-CONDUCTOR'S YARN - THE FAMOUS MUNCIE HOLDUP - SEVENTEEN DAYS IN A SNOW BANK - CURIOUS THINGS IN THE MAIL - THE CALIFORNIA FAST MAIL - THE PIONEER RAILROAD TELEGRAPHER - A "HOLDUP" ON THE TRAIL. 460-471
MID-CONTINENTAL INDUSTRIAL CENTER.
THE BEGINNING OF FLOUR MILLING - ELEVATORS - THE LIVE STOCK MARKET - MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY - GREAT SOAP MANUFACTORIES - COOPERAGE AND BOX FACTORIES - FOUNDRIES AND MACHINE SHOPS - IMPLEMENT FACTORIES - THE COTTON INDUSTRY - MANUFACTURE OF COTTON PRODUCTS - THE CEMENT INDUSTRY - AN OIL DISTRIBUTING CENTER - A GREAT STEEL PLANT - UNITED ZINC & CHEMICAL COMPANY - WHERE FIRE ENGINES ARE MADE - BAKING COMPANIES - ICE MANUFACTURING COMPANIES - OTHER MANUFACTORIES - FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. 472-487
AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.
CROP CONDITIONS - TREES AND NATIVE FLORA - TYPES OF SOIL - LIMESTONES - EARLY FARM METHODS - BARNS AND FENCES - FALL WORK - THE GRASSHOPPERS - THE CENTENNIAL DISPLAY - MODERN FARMING - CEREALS - GRASSES - CLOVERS - FIELD, FORAGE AND SILO PLANTS - FARM TRUCK - VEGETABLE GARDENING - FARM AND CROP STATISTICS - EXPENSE OF RAISING CORN IN KANSAS - HORTICULTURAL STATISTICS. 488-502
INDEX.[A - D] | [E - K] | [L - R] | [S - Z]
Volume 2
Biography List | Location Index | Name Index
Transcribed from History of Wyandotte County Kansas and its people ed. and comp. by Perl W. Morgan. Chicago, The Lewis publishing company, 1911. 2 v. front., illus., plates, ports., fold. map. 28 cm. [Vol. 2 contains biographical data. Paged continuously.]
