History of Wyandotte County, Kansas, and its people, Vol. I, Part 1

Author: Morgan, Perl Wilbur, 1860- ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Chicago, The Lewis publishing company
Number of Pages: 548


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HISTORY


OF


WYANDOTTE COUNTY V 1


KANSAS


AND ITS PEOPLE


EDITED AND COMPILED BY PERL . W. MORGAN KANSAS CITY, KANSAS


ILLUSTRATED


VOL. I


THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY CHICAGO 1911


THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 200035 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILDEN FOUNDATIONS R


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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 preced- ing 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 wander- ings of these ancient tribes. There is something delightfully interest- ing 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 civiliza- tion 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 Wvan- dotte 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 twenty-five 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 con- tributed information, for which the author, the publisher and the reader, as well, are indebted,


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CONTENTS


CHAPTER I.


THE TRAILS OF THE EXPLORERS.


EARLY FRENCH AND SPANISH EXPLORERS-WIIEN FATHER MAR- QUETTE 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-FRENCII- MEN OUR FIRST MERCHANTS -- THE FUR TRADERS-THE GREAT AMERICAN DESERT-THIE FREMONT EXPEDITIONS-SCENES OF RARE BEAUTY-PHYS- ICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL FEATURES, ETC. 1-16


CHAPTER II. THE KANSAS INDIANS.


WHENCE CAME THE NAME ?- HERE THREE CENTURIES AGO-KAN- SAS, THIE DOMINANT TRIBE-MONCACHITAPE, 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 THIE KANSAS-THE KANSAS TREATIES-ABANDONED THE KANSAS RIVER-BEGINNING OF A NEW ERA. 17-28


CHAPTER III. 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


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CHAPTER IV.


THE DELAWARES.


THEIR WARS ON THE PAWNEES-AS IRVING SAW THEM-CIVILIZA- TION'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


CHAPTER V.


THE OLD INDIAN MISSIONS.


THE SHAWNEE METHODIST MISSION-WHERE THE LEGISLATURE MET -THE MISSION GRAVEYARD-THE SHAWNEE BAPTIST MISSION-A NEWS- PAPER FOR THE INDIANS-A VISIT TO THE MISSIONS-THE SHAWNEE QUAKER MISSION-SOCIAL LIFE ABOUT THE MISSIONS-DELAWARE METHO- DIST MISSION-DELAWARE BAPTIST MISSION. 47-58


CHAPTER VI.


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


CHAPTER VIL COME TO THEIR PROMISED LAND.


WYANDOTS PURCHASE A HOME FROM THE DELAWARES-FOUNDED THIE VILLAGE OF WYANDOTTE-ROMANCES OF OLD WYANDOT FAMILIES-THE HIEROISM OF ELIZABETH ZANE-CAPTAIN PIPE. 68-78


CHAPTER VIII.


WYANDOTS BECOME CITIZENS.


BURIAL PLACE OF THE WYANDOTS-REMINISCENCES OF THE EARLY DAYS (MRS. LUCY B. ARMSTRONG). 79-86


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CHAPTER IX.


OLD WYANDOTTE'S EARLY DAYS.


WHEN THE WHITE SETTLERS CAME-THE CATFISHI HOTEL-RESI- DENTS IN 1855-6-ISAAC ZANE'S PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE-WHEN THE TOWNSITE BOOMERS CAME-THE TOWN ORGANIZATION-THE BIG TOWN LOT SALE-A RUSHI 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


CHAPTER X. OLD QUINDARO.


FREE STATE BOOMERS STARTED QUINDARO-OTHER RIVER PORTS OUT- DISTANCED-KANSAS MERCHANDISE LANDED THERE-A TOWN OF REAL LIVE MEN-WIJAT KILLED OLD QUINDARO-EARLY KANSAS POLITICS -- HOW QUINDARO LOST OUT. 102-107


CHAPTER XI.


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 IMPROVE- MENTS-THE CIVIL WAR BROUGIIT RUIN-RETURN TO PEACE-HOTELS ON THE LEVEE-THE HANNIBAL BRIDGE HELPED-BENTON'S PROPHECY 108-117 VERIFIED.


CHAPTER XII.


IN THE OLD STEAMBOAT DAYS.


FIRST GLIMPSE OF KANSAS-WHEN THE YANKEE FREE STATE MEN CAME-DELIGIITS OF PIONEER TRAVEL BY STEAMBOAT-WIIEN GOVERNOR REEDER CAME AND WENT-FIRST STEAMBOATS TO NAVIGATE THE KANSAS RIVER-THE "EMMA HARMON'S" FAMOUS TRIP-THIE "LIGHTFOOT"


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BUILT IN KANSAS-A NOTABLE VOYAGE UP THE KANSAS RIVER-QUIN- DARO'S FAMOUS SIDE-WHEELER-KANSAS RIVER STEAMBOATS-STEAM- BOATS THAT WENT DOWN-WHEN BOATS WERE OPERATED FOR THE RAIL- ROADS-AN END TO STEAMBOATING. 118-128


CHAPTER XIII.


STRUGGLE FOR CIVIL GOVERNMENT.


WYANDOT INDIANS PIONEERS IN TIIE MOVEMENT-THE FIRST ELEC- TION-A "BOLTING" CONVENTION-KANSAS-NEBRASKA BILL PASSED- WELCOME TO GOVERNOR REEDER-ORDERS AN ELECTION-CANDIDATES FOR TERRITORIAL DELEGATES-TIIE FIRST INVASION-EYES OF A NATION ON SHAWNEE MISSION-THE BOGUS LAWS-THREE MAKERS OF KANSAS ITIS- TORY-GOVERNOR SHANNON TO THE FRONTIER-THE TOPEKA CONSTITU- TION-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 STATEIIOOD. 129-145


CHAPTER XIV.


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-TIHIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF STATE- IIOOD. 146-159


CHAPTER XV.


FIFTY YEARS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION.


SENATOR BRISTOW'S ADDRESS-GOVERNOR STUBBS ON "KANSAS"- ITENRY J. ALLEN'S ELOQUENCE-CONGRESSMAN MADISON'S TRIBUTE- WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE ON "THE OLD INSURGENTS"-JOHN H. AT- WOOD'S SPEECH. 160-166


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CHAPTER XVI.


BOUNDARY LINE FIGHT.


THE EAST BOUNDARY OF KANSAS-THE NORTH BOUNDARY-SOUTH- ERN BOUNDARY-WIIEN 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-STEPIIEN A. DOUGLAS' SPEECH-BEN SIMPSON'S DEFENSE OF TIIE BOUNDARIES-THE CONVENTION DID RIGHT-KANSAS CITY LOST ITS OPPORTUNITY-KANSAS THE "MIDDLE SPOT" OF NORTH 167-183 AMERICA.


CHAPTER XVII.


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


CHAPTER XVIII.


KANSAS IN THE REBELLION.


THE FIRST INFANTRY REGIMENT-AT THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK-A FAMOUS CAVALRY REGIMENT-THE FIFTH KANSAS CAVALRY- THE EIGHTII INFANTRY-NINTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY-A CON- SOLIDATION 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


CHAPTER XIX.


WYANDOTTE IN THE CIVIL WAR.


THE COUNTY'S RECORD-FIRST REGIMENT KANSAS VOLUNTEER IN- FANTRY-OUR BOYS IN THE SECOND-INDIANS IN THE FIFTH CAVALRY- THOSE WHO JOINED THE SIXTH-COLONEL WEIR'S MEN -- TIHE ILL-FATED TWELFTHI-A FIGHTING CAVALRY-THE SIXTEENTH'S ROLL OF HONOR-


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THIE 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


CHAPTER XX.


THE GREAT BATTLE OF THE BLUE.


GENERAL PRICE'S BOLD PLAN-THE FIGHT ON THE LITTLE BLUE- SITUATION BEFORE THE BIG BATTLE-THE DASII FOR KANSAS-THE CROSSING AT BYROM'S FORD-COLONEL VEALE'S HEROIC STAND-AS A PARTICIPANT SAW IT-THE REBEL YELL- FIGHTING TO THE DEATII -- THE TOPEKA BATTERY'S LOSS-AS GENERAL DEITZLER TOLD IT. 213-226


CHAPTER XXI.


"UNDERGROUND" AND WAR STORIES.


"SILENCE AND NO QUESTIONS ASKED"-SOME VALUABLE FREIGHT- THIE KIDNAPPERS OF LAWRENCE-STORIES OF WAR-TIME DAYS-A NIGHT OF TERROR-THE NEGRO EXODUS-WIIEN COLONEL MOONLIGHT GUARDED THE TOWN-SOLDIERS GUARDED A STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN. 227-233


CHAPTER XXII. OUR BOYS IN THE PHILIPPINES.


THE APPROACHI 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-WIIERE THEIR SPIRIT ORIGINATED-THE NIGHT ATTACK-THE FIRST REAL BAT- TLE-A SKIRMISH MARCHI-MALOLOS IS TAKEN-CALUMPIT, NEXT STOP -- TREMBLY AND WIUITE 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


CHAPTER XXIII. EARLY TIME CHARACTERS.


THE "PILL BOX" AND DR. ROOT-ALFRED GRAY-GOVERNOR ROBIN- SON-STATE GEOLOGIST MUDGE-BYRON JUDD-THE DOCTORS SPECK- MRS. C. I. H. NICHOLS-GOVERNOR MCGREW-OTIS B. GUNN-COLONEL


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A. C. DAVIS-JUDGE ISAAC B. SHARP-COLONEL G. W. VEALE-LAST TO DESERT QUINDARO-MARY TENNEY GRAY- JUDGE JESSE COOPER-CAP- TAIN 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


CHAPTER XXIV.


ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.


CREATIVE ACT-FIRST ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS-MACHINERY IN MOTION-BEGINNING OF ROAD BUILDING THE OLD SOUTHIERN BRIDGE -- LAW ENFORCEMENT IN 1859-THE FIRST JURORS DRAWN-SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVES-COUNTY OFFICERS IN FIFTY-TWO YEARS-THIE COUNTY SEAT-FIRST TAXES LEVIED-COMMISSIONER DISTRICTS ESTAB- LISHED-TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION-WYANDOTTE COUNTY STATISTICS.


271-283


CHAPTER XXV.


THE BENCH AND BAR.


AN EXECUTION IN WYANDOTTE-THREE JUDICIAL DISTRICTS-COLO- RADO 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-THIE COURT HOUSE BLOWN DOWN-THE JUDGES WIIO FOLLOWED-THE GROWTH OF LITIGATION-THE DISTRICT COURT JUDGES -- LAWYERS OF THE EARLY DAYS. 284-294


CHAPTER XXVI.


KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.


THE FIRST MOVEMENTS-KANSAS CITY TOWN COMPANY-CITY IN- CORPORATED-WHEN ARMOURDALE GOT A START-PLATTING OF ARGEN- TINE-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-THIE METROPOLITAN POLICE-OFFICIALS OF THE CITY-GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION. 295-311


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CHAPTER XXVII.


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-RAIL- ROAD 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


CHAPTER XXVIII.


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-HO- TELS OF OLD WYANDOTTE THE MERCANTILE CLUB-OTHER CIVIC ORGAN- IZATIONS-CHARITABLE AND CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATIONS. 326-342


CHAPTER XXIX.


PROTESTANT CHURCHIES OF THE COUNTY.


WYANDOTS, THE FIRST METHODISTS-WHEN THE METIIODISTS WERE DIVIDED EXPELLED THE REV. MR. GURLEY-RETURNING TO THE OLD CHURCHI-THE METHODIST CHURCHES BURNED-THE OLD CHURCHI RE- ORGANIZED-THIE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCII SOUTH-OTHIER METHODIST CHURCHIES-A CHURCH OF WAR TIME DAYS-THE ORGANIZA- TION OF THE CHURCH-SOLDIERS ATTENDED PRAYER MEETING-AS A PASTOR'S WIFE TOLD IT-THIE DROUGHT OF 1860-WHEN THE OLD CHURCH BELL RANG-THE BURNING OF LAWRENCE-THE OLD CHURCH ON FIFTH STREET-EPISCOPAL CHURCHES-THIE PRESBYTERIANS-TIIE BAPTIST CHURCHES-THE METHODISTS PROTESTANT-CIIRISTIAN CHURCHES -- CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS-OTHER RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS-SUNDAY SCHOOLS. 343-360


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CHAPTER XXX.


CATHOLIC CIIURCHES 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 POLISII CHURCH-ST. BRIDGET'S CHURCH -ST. PETER'S CONGREGATION-ST. CYRIL AND METHODIUS CHURCH-ST. JOHN'S CHURCH, ARGENTINE-ST. PATRICK'S PARISH-CATHOLIC CONVENTS-SHAWNEETOWN-EUDORA- REMOVAL OF THE BISHOP'S RESIDENCE-REMINISCENCES OF FATHER 361-379 KUIILS.


CHAPTER XXXI.


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 TIIE BOOKS-CLUB WOMEN TOOK THE LEAD-"OFFI- CIAL DOG ENUMERATOR"-GROWTH OF TIIE LIBRARY-USES OF THE LIBRARY-BOOKS IN THE SCHOOLS-BOYS' AND GIRLS' DEPARTMENT- STORY HOUR- THE STAFF. 380-396


CHAPTER XXXII.


UNIVERSITIES AND SEMINARIES.


KANSAS CITY UNIVERSITY-DR. MATIIERS' OFFER ACCEPTED- DEATH OF THE FOUNDER-THE CORNER STONE LAYING-TO BECOME A GREAT UNIVERSITY-DESCENDANT OF THE PURITANS-A JOURNEY TO THIE WEST-GIFTS TO THE YOUNG- KANSAS CITY BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY-ITS COURSES-WESTERN UNIVERSITY AND INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL-TEACHING THIE NEGROES TRADES-FRUGALITY THE CHIEF AIM- EFFECT OF SCHOOL TRAINING-THOROUGHNESS IN THE COURSES-THE KANSAS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. 397-410


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CHIAPTER XXXIII.


IIOSPITALS AND MEDICAL SCHOOLS.


ST. MARGARET'S HOSPITAL-BETIIANY HOSPITAL-UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL AND HOSPITAL-OTHER HOSPITALS. 411-416


CHAPTER XXXIV.


MEDICINE AND SURGERY.


ACT TO INCORPORATE TIIE KANSAS MEDICAL SOCIETY-THE STATE ORGANIZATION-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING THEN CAME THE CIVIL WAR -REORGANIZATION-THIE SOCIETY'S INFLUENCE-THIE WYANDOTTE COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 417-421


CHAPTER XXXV.


THE PRESS OF THE COUNTY.


CORRESPONDENTS OF LONG AGO-THE FIRST NEWSPAPER-TIIE "WYANDOTTE REGISTER"-THIE "GAZETTE'S" FOUNDER-A FRIEND OF THE INDIANS-THE "WYANDOTTE HERALD"-THE "ARGENTINE REPUB- LIC"-THIE "WEEKLY SUN"-THE "PRESS"-CAREER OF MARK


DELAILAY.


422-433


CHAPTER XXXVI.


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-THIE A. O. U. W. LODGES- GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC-THE ELKS LODGE-THE EAGLES-OTHER SECRET SOCIETIES. 434-440


CHAPTER XXXVII.


RAILROAD BUILDING IN KANSAS.


FIRST RAILROADS CHARTERED-THIE ATCHISON TEN YEARS IN BUILD- ING-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 HIALLETT-HALLETT'S VISIT TO


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PRESIDENT LINCOLN -- EASTERN CAPITALISTS INTERESTED- IIALLETT A RAILWAY GENIUS-FIRST COUNTY GRANT TO THE MISSOURI PACIFIC- BUILDING THE SANTA FE-WHEN THE MEMPHIS WAS BUILT-THIE 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


CHAPTER XXXVIII.


PIONEER TALES OF RAIL AND TRAIL.


A BUFFALO STAMPEDE-WAITING FOR AN ATTACK BY INDIANS-A VIGUIT 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 TIFE TRAIL. 460-471


CHAPTER XXXIX.


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-IM- PLEMENT FACTORIES -- TIIE 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 COM- PANIES-OTHER MANUFACTORIES-FUTURE POSSIBILITIES. 472-487


CHAPTER XL.


AGRICULTURE AND HORTICULTURE.


CROP CONDITIONS-TREES AND NATIVE FLORA-TYPES OF SOIL- LIMESTONES- EARLY FARM METHODS-BARNS AND FENCES-FALL WORK -THE GRASSHOPPERS-THIE 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


Act admitting Kansas into the Union, 287 Act creating county of Wyandotte, 272 Act to incorporate the Kansas Medical Society, 417 Address of Senator Bristow, 160 Agers, Laura G., 792


Agers, Moses, 792 Agreement between the Wyandots and Delawares, 69 Agriculture and horticulture, 488 Ainsworth, Elizabeth L., 685 Ainsworth, John M., 685 Akesson, Ola, 738 Alden, Frank R., 845 Alden, Henry L., 652 Algire, Russell A., 694 Allen, Edward, 705


Allen, Henry J., eloquence of, 162 "American Citizen, '' 427 American Foreign Missionary Society, 50


American Fur Company, 11 Ancient Order of United Workmen, 438 Ancient Quivira, Bonner Springs, 318


Ancient Wyandot nation, 59 Anderson, Charles A., 573 Anderson, Emmett F., 940 Anderson, Gustaf A., 787 Anderson, John E., 767 Anderson, Nels A., 929 Anderson, Otto, 903 Anderson, William W., 822 Annexation of Argentine, 308 Annual output of first mart of trade in Kansas, 11 Annual rainfall, 16 Antoine, Louis, 993 Approach of war, 234 Area of Wyandotte connty, 13 Argentine mayors, 300 "Argentine Republic" 428 Argentine State Bank, 338


Arkansas Indians, 4 Armourdale got a start, 298 Armourdale State Bank, 338 Armstrong, Lucy B., 84 Armstrong, Russell Biglow, 426 Arnold, Henry J., 935 Arrival of Father Kuhls, 362


As a pastor's wife told it, 350 Assassination of Hallett. 450 Assessed valuation of taxable property. 16 Assessed value of property subject to taxation, 283 Assessors, city, 310 Atchison ten years in building, 442 Atkinson, William T .. 709 Attorneys, eity, 309 Attorneys, county, 276 Atwood, John H .. speech of, 165


Babcock, Luke, 670 Back to Manila, 245 Badger, Lewis M., 721 Bailey, James M .. 330


Baird, Justus N., 901 Baker, John J., 587 Baking companies, 486 Ball, William, 702 Baltz, Paul C., 891


Banking interests of Kansas City, 337


Banking Trust, 338


Banks, Kansas City, 337 Banning, William R., 640


Baptist church, 356 Baptist churches, Rosedale, 315


"'Baptist Mission Press, " 50


Baptist Temple, 356 Bar, early members of, 290


Barben, Gus, 729 Barclay, William, 1020


Barker, Albert A., 800


Barker, James T., 800


Barker, Thomas J., 984


Barnett, Benjamin M., 803


Barney, Louie F., 539


Bartlett, Frank W., 712


Battle between the "Pottawatomie"' and the "Wy dotte, '' 470 Battle of Little Blue, 215, 220


Battle of the Big Blue, 221 Battle of the Blue, 213 . Battles of colored regiments, 207 Battle of Wilson's Creek. 190 Bauer, Alfred, 954 Baum, Jacob, 773 Beagle, Dode V., 1021


Beattie, Samuel, 927


Becker, Albert L., 631 Beddow, James H., 675


"' Bee, "' 429 Beggs, William, 813 Beginning of a new era, 28 Beginning of flour milling, 473 Beginning of road building, 274 Bellamy, Gervas, 658


Bell, Dr. Simeon B., 317


Bell, Simeon B., 883 Belter, Hermann, 552 Bemarkt, George, 861 Bench and bar, 284 Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, 439 Benevolent societies, 434 Ben Simpson's defense of the boundaries, 179 Benton, Arthur S., 811 Benton's famous prophecy, 113


Benton's prophecy verified, 117 Benton, Thomas H., 113 Berger, Albert L., 854 Bethany Hospital, 413 Bethel, 324 Betton, Frank H., 264 Big town lot sale, 93 Biscomb, William H., 678 Bishop Fink, 376


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Bjorkman, John F., 536 Blanz, Jacob, 814 "'Blind Isaac,"' 91 Blomquist, Charles, 928 Blomquist, John, 79S " Blue Goose"' saloon. 98 Blue Jacket, 31 Blum, Edward F., 925 Boats were operated for the railroads, 127 "Bogus" Laws, 135 '.Bolting" Convention, 131


Bonner Springs, 11; churches, 322; first rural mail de- livery, 322; lakes and parks, 322; organized, 320; schools, 322; the Ancient Quivira, 318 "'Bonner Springs Chieftain, " 429 Bonner Springs Sanitarium. 849


Books in the schools, 394


Boone, Daniel Morgan, 108 Border ruffians at work, 188 Border, southern, protectors of the. 210


Boundaries, Ben Simpson's defense of, 179


Boundaries of Kansas, 167


Boundary amendment, 175


Boundary line fight, 167 Boundary of Wyandotte county. 16


Boys' and girls' department. library, 395


Boys who gave up their lives, 245


Brandt, Frank F., 886 Bridges in Wyandotte county, 283


Bristow's, Senator, address. 160


Brokaw, Charles L., 623


Brown, John, 228. 230


Brown, Kate K .. 545


Brown, Oscar, 545


Brown, Robert L., 808


Browne. Kenneth L .. 833


Brugh, Andrew T., 638


Brus, Jules C., 996 Buckland, David, 725 Budy, John, 986 Buffalo stampede, 460 Bugbee, George E., 832 Building the Santa Fe, 454 Bunn, Asa M., 527 Bunyar, Edward, 979 Bunyar, Emily, 979 Burgar, John J., 749 Burial place of the Wyandots, 81 Burkard, George, 521 Burnett. William E., 766 Burning of Lawrence, 352 Butler, Joseph A., 567 Byrom's ford, 217


Cabin of Tiblow, 320 Cable, Ebert S., 834 Cable, James A., 902 Cadden, John H., 755 California fast mail, 468 Call for a state mass meeting, 301 Call for volunteers, 235 Calumpit, next stop, 241 Cameron, Thomas F., 969 Campaign continues, 243 Camp in San Francisco, 237 Candidates for territorial delegate, 133 Caples, John. 723 Captain Pipe, 77 Career of Mark Delahay, 429


INDEX


Carlisle, Jay L., 846 Carlson, John A., 562 Carnegie Library, 391 Carno House, 339 Carr, John, 978 Carter, Lee O .. 923 Cassidy, John J., 973 Catfish Hotel, 89, 339


Catholic churches and institutions, 361


Catholic church. Rosedale, 315


Catholic convents, 372


Catholic school, 363 Catley, James W., 608


Cavalry regiment, famous, 191


Celebrated Springs. 319


Cement industry, 483


Census figures for Kansas City. 327


Centennial display, 496


Central Avenue State Bank, 338


Central high school, 381


Cereals, 496


Charitable and Christian organizations, 341


Charles Blue Jacket. 31. 35




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