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ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY 3 1833 01064 6450
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GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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A Standard History
Kansas and Kansans of
WRITTEN AND COMPILED BY WILLIAM E. CONNELLEY Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME I
LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK
1918
COPYRIGHT 1918 BY THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
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PREFACE
This is an attempt to commence at the beginning and continue to the end in writing a history of Kansas. There has never before been an effort to elaborate the. pre-Territorial events in the history of the State. The reaction on Kansas of the political conditions developed in Missouri up to the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Aet has never before been diseussed in the annals of Kansas. A careful study of events will show that the destiny of Kansas was closely bound up with the political developments in Missouri for a period of nearly half a century. Many of the transactions of early times are here first brought into their proper relations in a narrative history of Kansas. Some of these are the accounts of Quivira, of Louisiana, of the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails, of the Overland commeree, of the unique Indian occupancy and the extinguishment of the primal title to the soil, of the Missouri Com- promise and its repeal, and of the Provisional Government of Nebraska Territory. There are others which will reveal themselves to the student in even a cursory review. While most of these subjects have been in a way tonehed upon by writers-and a few of them in an exhaustive manner-they have not been before built into the structure of Kansas history.
One of the features of this work which will be hailed with satis- faetion by students will be found in the Magoffin Papers. The history of Doniphan's Expedition, and, consequently, that of New Mexico, have not heretofore been eapable of a full elaboration. These papers com- plete the record and render the explanation of the conquest of New Mexico through Kansas simple and satisfactory. They afford new light on the War with Mexico. These invaluable documents were secured from the War Department in May, 1910, after years of persistent, and, often, discouraging effort by this author-no other student having been to that time able to obtain copies of them. So far as now known, the copies herein published are the sole and only copies ever made.
In the matter of Coronado, while there are no end to the books on that subject, some of them exhaustive in character, it is maintained that this is the first attempt to make any dispassionate effort to deter- mine the location of Quivira. This subject has not before been con- sidered to any appreciable extent in an unprejudiced way with the Indian occupancy of Kansas of that time. The territorial possessions of the Caddoan linguistic family of North American Indians have not before had proper attention from students. This is the key to the Coronado problem. The Kansas Indians have heretofore been credited in the time of Coronado, with too great an area of what is now Kansas. In the Coronado era they possessed but an insignificant portion of the State. Their importance in this relation has always been exaggerated. Their connection with the plains country at that time was comparatively unimportant.
But the Kansas Indians gave their name to our principal river : and, through it, they gave us the name of our State. And the sig-
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nificance of that name is forever bound up with the mysticism of their conceptions of a supreme being and their relations to him. The name- Kansas-refers, without possibility of doubt, to the Wind, the South Wind, and perhaps to the Breath of Life. That it is pure Indian in its origin and its application, there is no question.
An effort has been made herein to point out the national aspects of Kansas history. Kansas had her inception in national achievement. In pre-Territorial and Territorial periods the history of Kansas is wholly of national import. The great movements of American life have touched Kansas, and have been touched by Kansas. In colonial times, in the struggle for independence, in the conquest of the Mississippi Valley, in the battle against slavery, in the Civil war, in the stand for social betterment, Kansas under some name and in some form and in some way has borne a part and exerted an influence. Her historians have been too prone to treat her history as a series of local annals and detached events without logical connection with American progress. It is to be hoped that the fertile field of Kansas nationality will be given suitable attention in the future. For in this direction lies her principal glory. Her influence on American life will be found to have been vital, far-reaching, fundamental. And if the highest traditions of Kansas are but kept in mind and insisted on by Kansas in the future this national dominance and leadership will be maintained to the permanent benefit of America-and mankind.
In every country certain interests always endeavor to distort history. Selfishness lies at the root of such efforts. And jealousy-often malice- bears a hand. Kansas has not escaped this fate. The statement of the most elemental historical facts has subjected writers to unmeasured villification and abuse from these inimieal sources. IIere, what the record shows to be true is set down without fear or favor.
Special attention is called to the article on Prohibition, under the administration of Governor St. John. It is the first attempt, strange as the faet is, in this great pioneer prohibition State, to examine the underlying causes of the movement in Kansas. It is a thorough and well-worked-out study of the adoption of prohibition by Kansas. And a careful perusal of it will doubtless eonvinee the most skeptical that Kansas has permanently suppressed the liquor traffic within her borders. And more-she is leading in example and by agitation in the struggle for national prohibition. This article will prove particularly welcome to those interested in the great moral forces of the Union.
It is strange that it should fall to the lot of this history to carry the first effort to analyze the political cataclysm known in Kansas as the Populist Uprising. For that political revolution had its inception here soon after the close of the Civil war. It should have found a chronieler many years ago. Perhaps the memory of it was so fresh in the minds of the people that it was believed a written account would prove superfluous. The discussion presented here is a splendid one- scholarly and exhaustive. Every phase of the subject is treated with a keen insight into causes and results that is surprising and gratifying. The economie sourees of unrest which brought the people to political rebellion are handled in a masterly manner. That article is a valuable contribution to literature, as well as to history. The emotional elements underlying all great reforms are revealed. The article is a classic, and it will live as long as mankind rises against oppression to battle for liberty.
The number of quotations given in this History of Kansas requires, perhaps, a word of explanation. They are not put in for the purpose of "padding" to reach a given size for the history of Kansas. The
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contract with the publishers called for a minimum of 300,000 words. The author could have furnished that number and have complied with his contract by so doing. But he knew that the work could not even approach completion with so small a volume. He supplied more than 900,000 words for the History of Kansas contained in the first two volumes-more than three times as many as the contract called for. The author was constrained to furnish these quotations from the old and rare authorities on the history of Kansas for more than one reason. These first books on Kansas history are now exceedingly scarce and difficult to secure. Many of the libraries even of Kansas do not have them. It will prove a blessing to these libraries if many of the essential first documents are made available through this medium. Students will find them set out here in their proper order, a convenience they will doubtless appreciate. And these original documents will enable them to form their conclusions from the first and best sources.
No one can ever be more conscious of the imperfections of this work than is the author. The history of Kansas, to be complete, can not be confined to the narrow bounds of two volumes. Adequately treated, there should be ten, and then there . would be no dreary page. For there is no other history like Kansas history-it is an inspiration. But with whatever faults the book is burdened, it will be the model for the future historian by which to write the complete history of Kansas. It is on correct historical lines, and it is hoped that its mission and its aims will be found what the author intended-truth fearlessly told and justice served.
A few words regarding the biographical section, which was empha- sized in the original prospectus. In that section are found the names, portraits and accounts of a great number of the people of the state. Preserving the records of families is at least as worth while as keeping record of live stock. These biographies also have a great value in interpreting the broader movements described in the general history. The truth is, biography is a most important portion of any historical effort. In the great drama of history, all play a part-more or less important-more or less significant. Some are the mere settings of the stage. Some play an insignificant part. But others-the strong men in a community or state-those who labor and achieve-these are the men who really possess and preserve the genius of a people and per- petuate to ultimate destiny the real trend of a commonwealth's progress. The combined stories of the lives of these men create and constitute, in the main, true history. They furnish a standard by which can be computed the results of combined effort in the upbuilding of states and nations.
WILLIAM ELSEY CONNELLEY.
Library Kansas State Historical Society,
Memorial Building, Topeka, December 21, 1916.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
QUIVIRA 1
CHAPTER II
LOUISIANA
28
CHAPTER III
LEWIS AND CLARK.
48
CHAPTER IV
UPPER LOUISIANA
51
CHAPTER V
PIKE
54
CHAPTER VI
LONG
69
CHAPTER VII
THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT
76
CHAPTER VIII
THE SANTA FE TRAIL 84
CHAPTER IX
THE OREGON TRAIL.
145
CHAPTER X
INDIANS
189
CHAPTER XI
THE BUFFALO 277
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER XII
THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE. 291
CHAPTER XIII
THE COMPROMISE OF 1850. 296
CHAPTER XIV
THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT 298
CHAPTER XV
REPEAL OF THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE.
317
CHAPTER XVI
KANSAS TERRITORY 333
CHAPTER XVII
FORMING THE BATTLE-LINES.
CHAPTER XVIII
FIRST SETTLEMENTS 356
CHAPTER XIX
GOVERNOR REEDER
366
CHAPTER XX
ELECTION OF THE LEGISLATURE.
388
CHAPTER XXI
THE LEGISLATURE 401
CHAPTER XXII
LANE
421
CIIAPTER XXIII
ROBINSON
428
CHAPTER XXIV
THE BEGINNINGS OF DISORDER 435
CHAPTER XXV
THE BIG SPRINGS CONVENTION
444
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CONTENTS CHAPTER XXVI
THE TOPEKA MOVEMENT. 461
CHIAPTER XXVII
WILSON SHANNON 473
CHAPTER XXVIII
THIE WAKARUSA WAR 483
CHAPTER XXIX
THE FIRST SACKING OF LAWRENCE.
522
CHAPTER XXX
OLD JOHN BROWN. 555
CHAPTER XXXI
LANE'S ARMY OF THE NORTH. 595
CHAPTER XXXII
BLEEDING KANSAS
610
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY 627
CHAPTER XXXIV
JOHN W. GEARY 632
CHAPTER XXXV
ROBERT J. WALKER 650
CHAPTER XXXVI
FREDERICK P. STANTON.
660
CHAPTER XXXVII
JAMES WILLIAM DENVER
666
CHAPTER XXXVIII
SAMUEL MEDARY 695
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE STATE OF KANSAS 708
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CONTENTS
CIIAPTER XL
THE POLITICAL BEGINNINGS OF THE STATE. 712
CHAPTER XLI
PRAIRIE GROVE 724
CIIAPTER XLII
DISTRICT OF THE BORDER 732
CHAPTER XLIII
COLLAPSE OF THE MILITARY PRISON
736
CHAPTER XLIV
THE LAWRENCE MASSACRE. 740
CHAPTER XLV
THE PURSUIT OF QUANTRILL. 746
CHAPTER XLVI
THE PRICE PAID 753
CHAPTER XLVII
THOMAS CARNEY
765
CHAPTER XLVIII
GOVERNOR SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD
769
CHAPTER XLIX
NEHEMIAH GREENE
774
CHAPTER L
JAMES MADISON HARVEY
776
CHAPTER LI
THOMAS A. OSBORN 779
CHAPTER LII
GEORGE T. ANTHONY 782
CHAPTER LIII
JOHN PIERCE ST. JOHN. 785
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CHAPTER LIV
PROHIBITION IN KANSAS. 788
CHAPTER LV
GEORGE W. GLICK 829
CHAPTER LVI
JOHN A. MARTIN 832
CHAPTER LVII
LYMAN U. HUMPHREY 835
CHAPTER LVIII
LORENZO D. LEWELLING. 839
CHAPTER LIX
EDMUND N. MORRILL
842
CHAPTER LX
JOHN W. LEEDY 845
CHAPTER LXI
847
WILLIAM EUGENE STANLEY
CHAPTER LXII
WILLIS J. BAILEY. 850
CHAPTER LXIII
EDWARD W. HOCH. 853
CHAPTER LXIV
857
WALTER ROSCOE STUBBS.
CHAPTER LXV
GEORGE H. HODGES 860
CHAPTER LXVI
865
ARTIIUR CAPPER
CHAPTER LXVII
MILITARY HISTORY
869
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SPECIAL ARTICLES
THE LECOMPTON MOVEMENT 925
KANSAS LAWS AND THEIR ORIGIN 935
THE MILITIA AND THE NATIONAL GUARD FROM ITS INCEPTION TO
THE PRESENT DAY. 953
KANSAS ARCHAEOLOGY 960
KANSAS BANKS AND BANKING.
969
MANUFACTURES IN KANSAS
988
MEDICINE 993
RESOURCES 996
CHURCHES 1009
EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER INSTITUTIONS 1015
THE POPULIST UPRISING 1113
BIOGRAPHY 1197
INDEX
Abbey, Frank L., 2656 Abbot, James B., 493, 498, 588, 684, 817, 1291; portrait, 497
Abbott, Francis M., 2240
Allen, Elmore, 498
Allen, Henry J., 2236
Abernathy, Omar, 2255
Allen, Hollis H., 2508
Abilene, 2555, pioneer physician, 2556
Abilene Daily Reflector, 2238
Allen, Richard, 1341
Abolitionism, 453, 479
Allis, Orval D., 1518
Alma, 72, 996
Academy of Science, 1078
Alvarado, 5
Achter, B. H., 2125
Alwes, Henry C., 2398
American Bankers' Association, 1349
Ackarman, Fred, 2156
American Chief, 213
Acker, William, 1491
Ackerman, Anton A., 2240
Act of 1859, 793 Actual Settlers' Association, 357
Adair, S. L., 614
Adam, Fred N., 2321
Adam, James G., 1646
Adam, James S., 2182
Adams, Charles W., 890
Adams, Franklin G., 621, 945, 1073, 1075
Ancient Aztec Historical Chart, 2172
Ancient Order of United Workmen, 2146
Anderson, Bill, 732, 736, 742
Anderson, Charles G., 2484
Anderson County, 566, 613, 769, 911
Anderson, John A., 1235
Anderson, Joseph C., 401, 402
Anderson, Joseph T., 402
Anderson, J. C., 507
Anderson, J. W., 2701 Anderson, Martin, 747, 890
Anderson, Thomas, 2523
Anderson, Wallace H., 2426
Anderson, William E. H., 2068
Anderson, William G., 2478
Andrews, Georgia, 2494 Andrews, Hazel W., 1233
Andrews, John B., 2494
Andrews, Winfield S., 2268
Annals, of Kansas, The, 834
Ansdell, W. R., 1518
Anspaugh, James R., 2654
Antelope, 1314, 1711, 1817
Anthony, 998 Anthony, Daniel R., 708, 976, 1073, 2385
Anthony, Daniel R., Jr., 2386
Anthony, George T., 782; portrait, 785
Anthony, Susan B., 1164, 1191 Anthony, William, 1635
Anti-Discrimination law, 855, 1194 Anti-Liquor Law Convention, 805 Anti-Monopoly Party, 1127 Anti-Nebraska Men, 628
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Aikman, C. A., 2581
Aikman, Christopher L., 2581
Aikman, Granville P., 2580 Aikman, William A., 2580
Akers, Earl, 1312 Akers, George W., 1312
Alden, Henry L., 2290 Alden, Maurice L., 2291 Alderfer, Allen A., 1263 Alexander, William R., 1384
Alexis, Grand Duke, hunting trip, 778 Alfalfa, 1088, 1300, 1643, 1709, 1777 Algie, Robert, 1556
Americanism, 44
Ames, John M., 1970
Amick, John S., 2440
Amnesty Act, 690 Anarchy in Kansas, 545, 608
Adams, Henry J., 700, 945
Adams, John B., 1682
Adams, John Bunyan, 1356
Adams, John O., 1587
Adams, Juniata, 2640
Adams, Philander H., 1714
Adamson William E., 1922
Admission to Union statehood, 708
Ady, J. W., 1179
Aetna Building and Loan Association, 1710,
Agricultural college, 767, Extension serv- iee, 1031
Agricultural experiment stations, 1029 Agricultural organizations, 2175
Agriculture, 1281; territorial, 528; edu- eation in, 1024; in Kansas literature, 1216
Aikman Brothers, 2580
Allen County, 59, 798, 1001, 1259
Allen County State Bank, Jola, 2558
Allen, Edward P., 1248
Abernathy, James L., 2254
Allen, Norman, 702, 898
Abolitionists, 347, 350, 1712
Absentee Shawnees, 241, 243
Alton, 2429
Ackarman, Carl, 2126
American Flag, first raising of on Kan- sas Territory, 65 American School of Osteopathy, 1264
American Steam Laundry, 2666
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Anti-pass law, 855 Anti-Prohibitionists, 837
Anti-Saloon Leagne, 2471 Anti-Slavery emigration, 444
Auti-trust laws, 1194
Appeal to President Pierce, 534 Appellate Court, 842
Apt, Charles H., 2131 Arapahos and Cheyennes, 234; treaty of 1861, 236 Archaeology, 960
Argue, Richard W., 1633
Aricaree battle, 772
Arkansas Band of Osages, 221
Arkansas City, 984, 2482, 2583; packing plant, 2452; "Canal City," 2467;
schools, 2184, 2486
Arkansas City Business College, 2451
Arkansas City High School, 2486
Arkansas City Savings aud Building and Loan Association, 2478
Arkansas City Traveler, 2486
Arkansas Indians, 19
Arkansas River, 12, 67; Coronado's passage of, 7
Arkansas Valley, 780, 1776
Armour & Co., 2156
Armourdale, 257
Armourdale State Bank, 1412
Armstrong, 257
Armstrong, John, 423 Armstrong, J. M., 332
Army of the Border, 754
Arnett, T. B., 685
Arnold, Andrew J., 1263
Arnold, Cora E., 2653
Arnokl, Edgar C., 1263
Arnold, Thomas, 2653
Arnold, Walter J., 1734
Arny, William F. M., 1201
Arthur, John, 964
Artists, 2546
Ashby, Galusha W., 1889
Ashford, Henry T., 2569
Ashley, Harry O., 2279
Assumption Catholic Church, 1707
Asylum for insane at Osawatomie, 767 Atchison, 165, 167, 169, 356, 361, 425, 522, 530, 540, 546, 550, 642, 804, 833, 861, 971, 984, 1044, 1051, 1054; bank- ing interests, 979; churches, 1010 Atchison Champion, 832
Atchison County, 50, 161, 356, 964; first settlers, 361
Atchison, David R., 135, 299, 317, 326, 327, 337, 349, 361, 384, 403, 411, 477, 509, 525, 529, 602, 618, 926; portrait, 318
Atchison Globe, 1418 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Rail- road, 1252; shops, Topeka, 2315; a great engineer, 2338 Atchison Water Company, 1376
Athletic Park, 2677
Atkeson, George L., 2584
Atkins, James, 2620
Atkins, Mrs. James, 2619
Atkinson, Charles T., 2505 Attica, 2182 Atwood, John H., 1363
Anbry, 735, 741, 743, 755 Aubry route, 115
Auburn, 1655 Audubon, 250
Anerbach, Henry A., 1276
Augusta Gazette, 1422
Augusta State Bank, 1341 Australian ballot, 1195 Antomobile legislation, 2170 Ayars, Wiliam D., 1234
Ayllon, Lucas Vasquez de, 1 Axtell Hospital, 2676 Axtell, John T., 2676
Babcock, 510 Babcock, Carmi W., 506, 664, 702, 1265
Baden, Henry, 1689
Bailey, Ernest N., 1496
Bailey, Lawrence D., 699, 1258
Bailey, Luther C., 1326
Bailey, L. D., 1071
Bailey, Ray L., 1815
Bailey, Seth J., 2150
Bailey, Willis J., 850, 980, 1372; port- rait, 851 Baileyville, 850
Bain, Captain, 683
Baird, 90
Baird, Archie M., 1703
Baird, Charles, 2215
Baird, James, 87
Baird, Jay, 1934
Baird, Justus N., 2053
Baird, Oscar C., 1906
Baker, A. J., 401
Baker, Charles A., 1786
Baker, Clara, 1732
Baker, J. N., 570, 577
Baker, Lucien, 1363
Baker, Lneina L., 1767
Baker, Nathaniel A., 1837
Baker, Robert M., 1767
Baker University, 268, 1009, 1264 T
Baker, William, 1732 Baleh, Orlin M., 1956 Baldwin, 111, 747, 791
Baldwin City, 356, 1036, 2378 < Baldwin Ledger, 2471 Baldwin Pursuit of Quantrill (map), 745 Ball, Charles M., 1838
Ball, Frank L., 2203
Ballard, David E., 1201, 2662
Ballard, Volney B., 1688
Bandanna Club, 1364
Bank Act of 1909, 975
Bank commissioner, 973
Bank commissioner's department, 862
Bank deposit guaranty, 1878
Bank depositors' guaranty, 974 "Bank Depositors Guaranty Fund," 2593
Banker, Charles E., 2515
Banking, 1278, 2407; a veteran, 2349
Banking law, 467, 972
Bank law of 1897, 974
Bank legislation, 1192
Bank of Admire, 2274
Bank of Inman, 2506
Bank of Mankato, 2613
Bank of MeLonth, 1489
Bank of Palmer, 1558
Bank of Tescott, 2630
Bank of Whitewater, 1506
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Banks and banking, 969; oldest state bank, 2429 Banks, George L., 1840 Baptist church, 1009; early missionary, 1253
Baptist missions, 275; among the Shaw- ness, 241; among Pottawatomies, 260, 1820; among Ottawas, 270
Barbed wire, pioneer manufacturer of, 2251 Barbee, William, 401 Barbee, William M., 2144 Barber, 599 Barber, Basil T., 2437
Barber county, 780
Barber, Oliver, 2438
Barber, Oliver P., 2438
Barber, Thomas, 738, 747
Barber, Thomas W., 357, 515, 2438
Bardo, William C., 1414
Bardwell, Frank A., 2099
Bardwell, Sol. A., 1895
Barker, Elden, 2215
Barker, George J., 2362
Barker, George W., 1590
Barker, Thomas J., 1994
Barker, William E., 1910
Barley, J. Harry, 1535
Barnard and Galley, 1561
Barnard, W. R., 1561
Barnburners, 628
Barndollar, J. J., 2088
Barndollar, Pratt, 2088
Barner, Abraham L., 1257
Barnes, Charles W., 1813
Barnes, William, 680
Barnesville, 735
Barnhart, William E., 2061 Barr, Elizabeth N., 1007, 1009, 1010,
1011, 1012, 1013, 1035, 1036, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1082, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1089, 1091, 1113
Barr, Samuel H., 1908
Barr, W. V., 1123
Barry, James J., 2584
Bartels, Herman, 2506
Bartlett, Samuel E., 1604
Bartley, John T., 1476
Barton county, 67, 113
Barton Salt Co., 998 Basore, Bigler B., 2648
Bassett, Ann, 2011
Bassett, James, 2010
Bassett, Owen A., 1209
Battey, Richmond T., 1574
Battlefield of Black Jack, Douglas county (map), 586 Battle for liberty in Kansas, 696 Battle Ground, 113
Battle of Beecher Island, 772
Battle of Big Blue (illustration), 760
Battle of Black Jack, 583 Battle of Franklin, 2000
Battle of Osawatomie, 617
Battle of Padenia, 1396 Battle of Palmyra, 588
Battle of the Spurs, 1210
Battle of Tippecanoe, 239 Battle of Wilson's Creek, 874
Battles of Little Blue, Big Blue, Wes- port, Price Raid (map), 760
Bauer, Albert D., 1774
Bauersfeld, Karl E., 1941
Baughman, Samuel, 2054
Bauman, Adolph, 2275 Bauman, August, 2275
Baxter, Edson, 1588
Baxter Springs, 989, 1007, 2207; mas- sacre, 179 Beach, Stephen E., 2041
Beal, Alonzo, 1273
Beam, William H., 1571
Beard, George L., 2498
Beatrice Creamery Co., 1832
Beattie Eagle, 1473
Beatty, Adam, 1931
Beatty, Charles T., 2472
Bcatty, George F., 2531
Beatty, John K., 1931
Beatty, Nellie G., 2553
Beauchamp, A., 1387
Beaver Creek, 19
Bechtel, George H., 2009
Beck, Andrew G., 1394
Beck, Clarence E., 2372
Beck, James, 919
Becker, Peter, 1386
Beeknell, Captain William, 88
Beckwourth, James P., 149
Brebe, Charles P., 2154
Beebe, George M., 706
Beecher, Ward, 554
Beecher's Island, 772
Beeching, John R., 2692
Beegle, James H., 2195
Beeks, Charles E., 2375
Beeks, Christopher B., 2374
Beeson, Chalkley M., 1213
Beggs, James L., 2564
Beggs, William, 2072 Bell, Colonel E. B., 528
Bell, George, 1781
Bell, James W., 1719
Bell, Robert, 1781
Bell, Simeon B., 1562
Belle Fontaine, 57
Belleville Ice and Cold Storage Com- pany, 1561 Belsley, Amos A., 1863
Bench and bar, 1252, 2448; pioneer lawyer of Southwestern Kansas, 1258; first chief justice of the Territory of Kansas, 1278; a distinguished figure, 2346; an eminent Kansan, 2363; wom- an lawyer, 2541 Bender, William, 1616
Bendure, Charles S., 1948
Bendure, W. H., 1948
Bendure, William N., 19.18
Benefiel, F. M., 1839
Benest, Irvin F., 1490
Bennett, Arthur H., 1748
Bennett, Henry, 1754 Bennington State Bank, 1578
Benson, Andrew, 1638
Benson, William F., 1696
Bent, Silas, 142
Bent, William, 143 Benton, 331, 338
Renten, Guy P., 1600 Benton, Thomas II., 187, 299, 307. 319 Bent's Fort, 142 Berger, Albert C., 2356
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Bergin, Alfred, 1411
Bergmann, Curt, 1295
Berkeley, Alice M., 1525
Bern Gazette, 1407
Bernard, Joseph, 594
Bernauer, Joseph R., 1883
Berrier, Mildred, 2281 Berry, Abraham D., 1957
Berthold, Father, 2379
Bethany Church, Lindsborg, 1010, 1013, 1061, 1411, 1515, 2502
Bethany College, 2502
Bethel College, Newton, 2659
Betz, Edwin G., 2451
Betz, Katherine L., 2451
Beverley, George W. B., 1593
Beverly Tribune, 1624
Biekerton, Thomas, 898
Biekett, Charles T., 1937
Biddle, Thomas C., 1653
Big Blue, Battle of, 758
Big Blue River, 73, 207, 275
Big Coon creek, 99
Bigger, L. A., 815
Biggs, Thomas A., 2600
Big John Spring, 111
Big Springs, 356, 449, 464, 792
Big Springs convention, 444, 449, 459, 476, 939 -
Bi-metalism, 1144
Bird, Virgil A., 1410
Bird, Winfield A. S., 1266
Bismarck Grove, 821, 826; temperance meeting, 820
Bixler, Andrew J., 1596
Black Beaver, 250
Black Bird (portrait), 194
Black-Bob Shawnee, 243
Blackhawk War, 266
Black Jack, 110, 581, 584: battle of, 583; two localities, 584
Black Jack Point, 122, 593
Black, Will R., 1955
Blackledge, James F., 1845
Blackshere, Earl M., 1300
Blackshere, Jacob R., 1300
Blades, Joseph B., 1620 Blades, S. T., 1547
Blain, James W., 1250
Blaine, Robert D., 1776
Blair, Alonzo O., 2014
Blair, Charles W., 892, 899
Blair, Francis P., 326, 338
Blair, Joel P., 401 Blair, W. A., 1925
Blakely Charles G., 1199
Blakeslee, Thomas, 2213
Blanding, W. R., 2597
Blankinship, D. R., 1512
Blanton, Boney, 495, 1204
Blanton's bridge, 495, 508, 549
Blanton, Napoleon B., 1204 Bleeding Kansas, 595, 610, 925
Blind asylum, 768 Blockade of Kansas, 602
Block House, Fort Scott (illustration), 682 Blood, James, 567, 717 Bloom, C. L., 1720 Bloom, Orvis M., 1814 Blooming Grove, 669
Bloomington, 394, 509
Blue Grass, 141
Blue-Jacket, Charles, 356
Blue-Jacket Crossing, 508, 747
Blue, Richard W., 1234
Blue River, 336
Blue sky law, 858
Blue Springs, 13
Bluemont Central College, 1020
Bluemont College, 1853
Blunt, James G., 723, 732, 753, 755, 796, 877, 886, 946, 1231; portrait, 730
Board of Irrigation, 843
Boardman, Edgar W., 2004
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