Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History

by Edited by Frank Wilson Blackmar

For works with similar titles, see Kansas.

Kansas

A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events,
Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities,
Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc.

Edited by
Frank W. Blackmar, A. M. Ph. D.

In Two Volumes

with a supplementary volume devoted
to selected personal history
and reminiscence

Illustrated

Standard Publishing Company
Chicago
1912

Contents

• Introduction

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Abbott, James B. Abbyville Abilene Abilene Trail Abolitionists Academy of Language and Literature Academy of Science Achilles Ackerland Ackley, Ernest L. Acknowledgments (See Deeds.) Acres Actions Ada Adams Adams, Franklin George Adams, Henry J. Admire Admission to Statehood Adobe Walls, Battle of Adrian Adventists Aetna Agenda Agra Agricola Agricultural College Agricultural Society, State Agricultural Wheel Agriculture Agriculture, State Board of Air Akron Alabama Colony Alamota Alanthus Albia Albert Alburtis Alcona Alden Aleppo Alexander Alexis, Grand Duke Alfalfa Alfred Aliceville Alida Aliens

Allegan Allen Allen County Allendale Allis, Samuel, Jr. Allison Alma Almena Altamont Alta Vista Alton Altoona Amador America City American Settlement Company Americus Ames Amiot Amy Ananias Club Andale Anderson Anderson County Anderson, John Alexander Anderson, William Andover Angelus Angola Annelly Anness Annual Register Anson Antelope Anthony Anthony, Daniel R. Anthony, Daniel R., Jr. Anthony, George Tobey Anthony's Administration Anti Horse Thief Association Antiquities (See Archaeology.) Antonino Antrim Aplington Art Gallery Aplington, Kate Adele Appanoose Aral Arapahoe County Arbitration, Boards of Arbor Day Arcadia

Archaeology Argentine Argonia Arickaree, Battle of Arispie Arkalon Arkansas City Arkansas River Arlington Arma Armour Armourdale (See Kansas City.) Armstrong (See Kansas City.) Army of Law and Order Army Service School Arnold Arrington Art Association, State Artesian Wells Arvoni Ashcroft Asherville Ashland Ashland Colony Ashley, William H. Ashton Ash Valley Assaria Atchison Atchison County Atchison, David R. Atchison Institute Athol Atlanta Attachments Atwater Atwood Aubrey, Francois X. Auburn Augusta Aulne Aurora Austin Australian Ballot (See Election Laws.) Avery Avoca Axtell

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Bachelder Bacon Badger Bailey, Edgar H. S. Bailey, Willis J. Bailey's Administration Baileyville Baker Baker, James Baker, Lucien Baker University Baker, William Bala Baldwin Ball Ballard's Falls Bancroft Bank Commissioner Bankers' Association Banking Banner Bannock Bantam Baptist Church Bar Association, State Barber County Barber, Thomas W. Barclay Barnard Barnes Barnesville Barr, Elizabeth N. Barrett Barry Bartlett Barton County Basehor Basil Bassett Bassettville Bateham Battle Flags Battleship Kansas Bavaria Baxter Springs Bayard Bayneville Bazaar Bazine Beagle Beale's Expedition Beardsley Beattie Beaumont Beaver Beaver Creek Beaverview Beckwourth, James Beebe, George M. Beebe's Administration Beecher Rifle Church Beecher Rifle Company Beecher's Island (See Arickaree, Battle of.) Beeler Bellaire Bellefont Belle Plaine Belleville Belmont Beloit Belpre Belvidere Belvoir Belvue Beman Bendena Bender Family Benedict Bennington Benson, Alfred W.

Bentley Benton Bent's Fort (See Fort Lyon.) Berlin Bern Bernal Berryton Berwick Bethany College Bethel Bethel College Beulah Beverly Bickerdyke, Mary Ann Big Blue River Bigelow Big Springs Big Springs Convention Big Timbers Billings County Biological Survey Bird City Birds of Kansas Birkville Birley Birmingham Bismarck Grove Bison Black Jack, Battle of Black Jack Point (See Lone Jack.) Black Kettle Black Laws Black Vermillion River Black Wolf Blackmar, Frank Wilson Blaine Blair Blakeman Bland Blind, State School for Blizzards Block Bloomington Bloomington Guards Blowing Wells (See Artesian Wells.) Blue Hill Blue Lodges Blue Mound Blue Rapids Blue, Richard Whiting Bluemont College (See Agricultural College.) Bluff City Blunt, James G. Board of Control Board of Pardons (See Pardons.) Bodarc Bodaville Bogue Bogus Legislature Boicourt Boissiere Orphans' Home Boling Bolton Bonaccord Bonded Debt (See Finances, State.) Bondi, August Bone Springs Bonilla's Expedition Bonita Bonner Springs Boone, Daniel Boot Hill Border Ruffians

Border War Bosna Botkin, Jeremiah D. Boudinot Mission Boundaries Bounties Bourbon County Bourgmont's Expedition Bow Creek Bowersock, Justin De Witt Boyd Boyle Boys' Industrial School (See Industrial Schools.) Bradford Brainerd Branscomb, Charles H. Branson, Jacob Brantford Brazilton Breckenridge College Breckenridge County Bremen Brenner Brewer, David J. Brewster Bridgeport Briggs Bristow Bristow, Joseph Little Broderick, Case Broderick County Bronson Brooks Brooks, Noah Brookville Broom-Corn Broughton Brown County Brown, John Brown, Mary A. Brown, William R. Brownell Brownsville Bruce Buchanan, James Buckcreek Buckeye Bucklin Bucyrus Buffalo Buffalo Bill Buffalo County Buffalo Grass Buford Expedition Buhler Bunch Bunkerhill Burden Burdett Burdick Bureau of Labor Statistics Burlingame Burlingame, Anson Burlingame, Ward Burlington Burnett, Abraham Burns Burr Oak Burrton Burt Burton, Joseph Ralph Busby Bushong Bushton Bushwhackers Butler County Butler, Pardee Butterfield's Overland Despatch Buxton Byers

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Cabbell Cabeca de Vaca (See Nunez, Alvarez.) Caches Cactus Cadmus Cairo Calderhead, William A. Caldwell Caldwell, Alexander Calhoun County Calhoun, John California Trail Calista Callison Calumet Calvert Cambridge Camp Alert (See Fort Larned.) Camp Bateman Camp Beecher Camp Butterfield (See Camp Beecher.) Camp Davidson (See Camp Beecher.) Camp Leedy Camp MacKay (See Fort Atchison.) Camp Magruder Camp Supply Camp Thompson Campbell College Campbell, George Campbell, Philip Pitt Campus Canada Candle Box Caney Canfield, Arthur Graves Canfield, James Hulme Canton Cantonment Martin Cantrell, Jacob Canyon Capioma Capital Capitol Carbondale Carden Carl Carlton Carlyle Carmen Carneiro Carney, Thomas Carney's Administration Carona Carroll Carruth, William Herbert Carson, Christopher C. Carter, Elizabeth Carter, Lawrence Carwood Cace, Nelson Cash City Cassoday Castaneda, Pedro De Castle Rock Castleton Catalpa Catharine Catholic Church (See Roman Catholic Church.) Cato Cato, Sterling G. Cave Cave Springs Caven Cawker City Cecil Cedar Cedar Bluffs Cedar Junction Cedar Point Cedar Vale Cedron Cellar Kitchen Convention Cement Cemeteries, National Census Centennal Exposition (See Expositions.) Center Centerville Central City Central College Central Normal College Centralia Centropolis Cess

Chaffee Chalk Chalk Beds Chance Chanute Chaplin Chapman Chardon Charities and Corrections Charleston Charlotte Chase Chase County Chattel Mortgages Chautauqua Chautauqua County Chautauqua Springs Chavez, Antonio Jose Chelsea Cheney Chepstow Cherokee Cherokee County Cherokee Strip Cherryvale Chester Chetolah Chetopa Cheyenne Cheyenne County Cheyenne Expedition of 1857 Cheyenne Raid, 1878 Chicago Exposition, 1893 (See Expositions.) Chicopee Chief Justices Chikaskia River Children's Aid Societies Children's Home Society of Kansas Chiles Chingawassa Springs Chisholm Trail Cholera Choteau Chouteaus, The Chouteau's Island Christadelphians, or Brothers of Christ Christian Church Christian College Christians (Christian Connection) Christian Union Church Church of Christ, Scientist Church of God and Saints of Christ Church of the New Jerusalem (See Swedenborgians.) Churches Churches of God in North America Churches of the Living God Cicero Cimarron Cimarron River Circleville Citizens' Industrial Alliance Civil Service Civil War (See War of 1861-65.) Claflin Claims Clara Clare Clark County Clark, William Clarke, Sidney Claudell Clay Center Clay County Clayton Clayton, Powell Clearfield Clearwater Cleaverdale Cleburne Clements Cleveland Clifton Climate Climax Clinton Clonmel Cloud County Cloud, William F. Clover, Benjamin H. Cloverdale Clyde Coal Coalville Coats Cobb, Nelson Cobb, Stephen Alonzo Coburn Coburn, Foster D.

Codell Codes and Statutes Cody, William F. (See Buffalo Bill.) Coffey County Coffeyville Coin Cokedale Colbert Colby Coldwater Colfax College of the Sisters of Bethany Collyer Coloma Colony Columbian Exposition (See Expositions.) Columbus Colusa Colwich Comanche County Comiskey Committee of Safety Commonweal Army Concord Concordia Congregational Church Congressional Districts Congressional Representation Connelley, William Elsey Conquest Constitutional Amendments Constitutional Conventions Constitution Hall Constitutions Conveyances (See Deeds.) Conway Conway, Martin F. Conway Springs Cookville Coolidge Coon Creek Cooper College Cooperation Cora Corbin Cordley, Richard Corn Corning Coronado Coronado's Expedition Corporations Corwin Costello Cotton Cottonwood Falls Cottonwood River Council Grove Courtland Courts Covert Covode Investigation Cowboys Cow Creek Cow Island (See Isle au Vache.) Cowley County Coyotes Coyville Cragin, Francis W. Craig Crandall Crane Crawford Crawford County Crawford, George A. Crawford, Samuel J. Crawford's Administration Crescent Crestline Creswell Crisfield Critzer Croft Cross Timbers Crotty Crow Croweburg Crozier, Robert Crystal Springs Cuba Cullison Culver Cummings Cunningham Curran Curranville Curtis, Charles Cutler Cyclones (See Storms.)

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Dafer Dairying Dale Dalton Damar Danby Danites Danville Darlow Daughters of the American Revolution Daughters of Rebekah (See Odd Fellows.) Davis County (See Geary County.) Davis, John Day Dayton Deaf, State School for Dean Dearing De Bourgmont (See Bourgmont's Expedition.) Decatur County Deeds Deep Water Conventions Deerhead Defouri, J. H. DeGraff Deitzler, George W. Delahay, Mark W. De Lassus, Carlos Dehault Delavan Delaware River Delia Delight Deliverance Dellvale Delmore Delphos Denison

Denmark Dennis Densmore Denton Dentonia Denver, James William Denver's Administration Derby Dermot Descent and Distribution of Property Desert (See Great American Desert.) De Soto Detroit Devizes Devon Dewdrop Dexter Dial Diamond Springs Dickinson County Dighton Dildine Dillon Dillwyn Dinas Dispatch Division Divorce Laws Doby Dodge City Dodge, Henry Dodge's Expedition Dog Soldiers Dolespark Donalson, Israel B. Donegal Doniphan Doniphan, Alexander W. Doniphan County

Doniphan's Expedition Dorn County (See Neosho County.) Dorrance Doster Doster, Frank M. Douglas County Douglas, Stephan Arnold Douglass Dover Downer's Station (See Fort Downer.) Downs Doy, John, Rescue of Draft of 1864 Dred Scott Decision Dresden Droughts Drury Drywood Dubuque Dull Knife Raid (See Cheyenne Raid, 1878.) Dun Dunavant Dunbar, John Dunbar, John B. Duncan Duncan, Norman Duncan, Robert K. Dundee Dunkers Dunlap Duquoin Durachen Durham Dutisne's Expedition Dwight Dyche, Lewis Lindsay

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Eagle Earleton Early River Commerce Eastern Orthodox Church (See Greek Church.) Eastern Star, Order of (See Freemasons.) Easton Easton Expedition Echo Electric Medical Association (See Medical Societies, State.) Eden Edgerton Edith Editorial Association, State Edmond Edna Edson Education Edwards County Edwardsville Edwin Effingham Elba Elbing Elco Elder, Peter Percival Eldon Eldorado Election Laws Electoral Vote Elgin Elk Elk City Elk County

Elk Falls Elk River Elkader Elkhorn Elks, Benevolent and Protective Order of Ellen Ellinor Ellinwood Elliott Ellis Ellis County Ellsworth Ellsworth County Elm City Elmdale Elmo Elmont Elmore, Rush El Paso County Elsmore Elwood Elyria Ematon Emerald Emerson Emigrant Aid Societies Eminence Emmet Emmett Emmons Empire City Emporia Emporia College Enabling Act (See Admission.) Englevale

Englewood English Bill English, William H. Enoch Marvin College Enon Enosdale Ensign Enterprise Entomological Commission, State Epileptic Hospital Equal Suffrage Association (See Woman Suffrage.) Erie Esbon Eskridge Essex Ethelton Eudora Eureka Evangelical Association Evanston Eve Everest Ewell Ewing, Thomas, Jr. Example Excelsior Colony Executions Executive Council Exemptions Exeter Exodus (See Negro Exodus.) Experiment Stations Expositions, Industrial Extinct Towns

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Fact Fairhaven Fairmount Fairmount College Fairport Fairs (See State Fairs.) Fairview Fall Fall River Falun Fame Fancy Creek Fanning Fargo Farlington Farlinville Farisville Farmers' Alliance Farmersburg Farmers' Cooperative Association Farmers' Institutes Farmers' Mutual Benefit Association Farmington Farnsworth Faulkner Fay Fayetteville Emigrant Trail Federal Federal Prison (See U. S. Penitentiary.) Federation of Labor Federation of Women's Clubs (See Women's Clubs.) Feeble-Minded, State Home For Fellsburg Ferguson Ferries Fifteenth Amendment Finch Finances, State Findlay Fingal Finney County Finney, David W. Fish Fish Hatchery Fisher Flag Day Flavius Fleming

Fletcher Flint Hills Flintridge Floats, Wyandot Floods Floral Florence Flush Folsom Fontana Fool Chief Foote County Ford Ford County Forestry Formoso Forsha Forts Fort Atkinson Fort Aubrey Fort Bain Fort Baxter Fort Blair Fort Carondelet Fort Clark Fort Cobb Fort Dodge Fort Downer Fort Ellsworth (See Fort Harker.) Fort Fletcher (See Fort Hays.) Fort Hamilton Fort Harker Fort Hays Fort Henning Fort Insley Fort Jewell Fort Kansas Fort Lane Fort Larned Fort Leavenworth Fort Lincoln Fort Lyon Fort Mackay Fort Mann Fort Orleans Fort Riley Fort Saunders Fort Scott Fort Sill

Fort Titus Fort Wakarusa Fort Wallace Fort Wayne Fort Zarah Fossils, see Geology, Archaeology and Paleontology Foster Fostoria Fourmile Fourteenth Amendment Fowler Francis Frankfort Franklin Franklin, Battle of Franklin County Franklinville Fraser, John Fred Frederick Fredonia Freedmen's Relief Association Freedom Colony Free Employment Bureau Freemasons Freeport Freighting, Overland Fremont Fremont County Fremont, John Charles Fremont's Expeditions Friend Friends Friends of the Temple Friendship Friends University Frizell Frontenac Frontier Guard Frontier Patrol (See Patrol Guard.) Fruit (See Horticulture.) Fuller Fullerton Fulton Funston Funston, Edward Hogue Funston, Frederick Furley Fur Traders

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Gabriel Galatia Galena Galesburg Gallagher Galt Galva Game Laws Garden City Garden Plain Gardner Garfield Garfield County Garfield University Garland Garnett Garnishment Garrison Gas Gaskill Gay, William Gaylord Geary Geary County Geary, John White Geary's Administration Gem General Order No. 11 Geneseo Geneva Geodetic Survey Geological Surveys Geology Gerardy Germaine Sisters German Evangelical Synod of North America Germantown Geuda Springs Gideon Gilbert Giles, Fry W. Gilfillan Gill Girard Girls' Industrial School (See Industrial Schools.) Glade

Gladstone Glasco Gleed, Charles S. Gleed, James W. Glen Glendale Glen Elder Glengrouse Glenloch Glenn's Expedition Glenwood Glick, George W. Glick's Administration Globe Goddard Godfrey Godfrey County Goessel Goff Gognac Gold Goode Goodin, Joel K. Goodin, John R. Goodintent Goodland Goodnow, Isaac T. Goodrich Goose Question Gophers (See Prairie Dogs.) Gordon Gorham Goss, Nathaniel S. Gove Gove County Gove, Grenville L. Governors Grace Gradan Grafstrom, Edward Grafton Graham County Grainfield Granada Grand Army of the Republic Grand Haven

Grand Summit Grange Movement (See Patrons of Husbandry.) Grant County Grantville Grapevine Telegraph Grasshopper Falls (See Valley Falls.) Grasshopper Falls Convention Grasshopper River (See Delaware River.) Grasshoppers Graves Gray, Alfred Gray County Gray, Mary T. Great American Desert Great Bend Great Spirit Spring Greek Church Greeley Greeley County Green Green, James W. Green, Nehemiah Green's Administration Greenbush Greene, Roy Farrell Greenleaf Greensburg Greenwich Greenwood County Grenola Gretna Gridley Griffin Grigsby Grinnell Gross Groveland Grover Guelph Guerrillas Guilford Guittard Station Guy Gypsum

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Hackberry Hackett Hackney Haddam Hageman County Halderman, John A. Hale Halfmound Halford Halifax Hallet Hallowell Hall's Summit Halstead Hamelton, Charles A. Hamilton Hamilton County Hamlin Hammond Hampson Hampton Hanback, Lewis Hannum Hanover Hanston Happy Harahey Hardilee Harding Hardtner Harger, Charles Moreau Hargrave Harlan Harmony Harper Harper County Harris Harris, William Alexander Harrison Hart, Charles (See Quantrill, William C.) Hartford Hartford Collegiate Institute Hartland Harvey County Harvey, James Madison Harvey's Administration Harveyville Harwood Haskell Haskell County Haskell, Dudley Chase Haskell Institute Hatton Havana

Haven Havensville Haverhill Haviland Hawley Haworth Haworth, Erasmus Hay, Robert Hayne Hays Haysville Hazelrigg, Clara H. Hazelton Health, State Board of Healy Heber Heizer Helmick Henry Hepler Herington Herkimer Herndon Hertha Hesper Hesston Hewins Hiattville Hiawatha Hickory Point Hickory Point, Battle of Highbridge Highland Highland University High Schools (See Public School System.) Highways (See Roads.) Hill City Hill, Joseph Henry Hillsboro Hillsdale Hilltop Hilton Hinton, Richard J. Historical Society Hoch, Edward W. Hoch's Administration Hodgeman Hodgeman County Hoecken, Christian Hoge Hoisington Holcomb Holidays

Holland Hollenberg Holliday Holliday, Cyrus K. Holling Hollis Holman Holmes' Raid Holton Holy Cross Holyrood Home Homeopthic Medical Society (See Medical Societies.) Homestead Homestead Laws Homesteaders' Union Association Homewood Hooker Hooser Hope Hopewell Hopkins' Battery Horace Horners Horse Thieves (See Anti-Horse Thief Association.) Horticultural Society, State Horton Horton, Albert Howell Howard Howard County Howe, Edgar Watson Hoxie Hoyt Hudson Hudson, Thomas J. Huffaker, Thomas Sears Hugoton Hull Humana, Juan De (See Bonilla's Expedition.) Humboldt Hummer Humphrey, Lyman Underwood Humphrey's Administration Hunnewell Hunter Hunter County Huntsville Huron Hurt Huscher Hutchinson Hymer

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Iatan Flag Idana Idell [[1]] Idylwild Igo Imes Immigration Imperial Independence Independent Churches Indianola Indians Indian Brigade

Indian Floats (See Floats.) Indian Treaties Indian Wars Industrial Schools Industry Ingalls Ingalls, John James Inman Inman Henry Insane Asylums Internal Improvements Invasion of the 2,700 Iola

Ionia Iowa Point Irene Ironquill (See Ware, Eugene F.) Irrigation Irrigation, State Board of Irvin, Samuel M. Irving Irving County Isabel Island Iuka Ivanhoe

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Jackson, Alfred Metcalf Jackson County Jaggard Jamestown Jamestown Exposition (See Expositions.) Janssen Jaqua Jaramillo, Juan Jarbalo Jasper Jay Jayhawkers Jean Jefferson

Jefferson County Jefferson, Thomas Jennings Jennison, Charles Ransford Jericho Jerome Jetmore Jewell Jewell County Jewish Congregations Jingo Johnson Johnson County Johnson, Thomas

Johnston, William Agnew Johnstown Jonah Jones, Amanda T. Jones, Samuel J. Jonesburg Judgments Judicial Association Judiciary, State Judiciary, Territorial Julia Jumbo Junction City Juvenile Courts

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Kackley Kalvesta Kanapolis Kanona Kanorado Kansas Kansas Christian College Kansas City Kansas City University Kansas County Kansas Legion (See Danites.) Kansas Medical College (See Medical Colleges.) Kansas-Nebraska Bill Kansas Orphan Asylum Kansas River Kansas Wesleyan University Kaw Trail Kearney Kearny County Keats Kechi Keck Keel Boats

Keelville Keene Keighley Kellerman, William Ashbrook Kelley, Harrison Kellogg Kelly Kelso Kendall Kennekuk Kenneth Kensington Kent Keokuk Kepple Kickapoo Kickapoo Cannon Kickapoo Mission (See Missions.) Kickapoo Rangers Kicking Bird Kidderville Killcreek Kimball Kimeo

Kincaid King, Henry Kingery Kingman Kingman County Kingman, Samuel A. Kingsdown Kingsville Kingsley Kiowa Kiowa County Kipp Kirkfield Kirkpatrick, Snyder S. Kirwin Kismet Kling Knauston Knights of Columbus Knights of Honor Knights of Labor Knights and Ladies of Security Knights of Pythias Kniveton Kossuth

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Labette Labette County Labor Bureau (See Bureau of Labor Statistics.) Labor Troubles Laclede La Crosse La Cygne Ladder Ladore Ladysmith Lafayette Lafontaine La Grange La Harpe Lake City Lakeland Lake Sibley Lake View Lakin La Lande, Baptiste Lamar Lamont Lancaster Land Grants Land Laws (See Public Lands.) Land League (See Settlers' Protective Association.) Landmarks Land Offices Lane Lane County Lane, James H. Lane's Brigade Lane's Road Lane University Lanesville Lang Langdon Langley Lansing Lansing Skeleton Lapeer Lapland Lappin, Samuel Larcom, Lucy Larimer Larkinburg Larned Lasita Lasswell Latham Latimer Laton Latter Day Saints Laughlin, Patrick Laurel Law and Order League (See Army of Law and Order.)

Lawndale Lawrence Lawrence, Amos Adams Lawrenceburg Lawson Lawton Lead and Zinc Mining Leanna Learnard, Oscar E. Lease, Mary Elizabeth Leavenworth Leavenworth County Leavenworth, Henry Lebanon Lebo Lecompte, Samuel D. Lecompton Lecompton Constitution (See Constitutions and Constitutional Conventions.) Lee, Albert Lindley Leeds Leedy, John W. Leedy's Administration Leesburg Lehigh Leland Le Loup Lenape Lenexa Lenora Leon Leona Leonardville Leoti Lerado Le Roy Levant Lewelling, Lorenzo D. Lewelling's Administration Lewis Lewis, Meriwether Lewis and Clark Expedition Lexington Liberal Liberty Libraries Liebenthal Lien Laws Liguest, Pierre Laclede Lillis, Thomas Francis Lincoln Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln County Lincolnville Linda Lindsborg Lindsey Linn Linn County Linton Linwood

Lippincott, Joshua Allen Liquor Laws (See Prohibition.) Lisa, Manuel (See Fur Traders.) Litchfield Literature Little Arkansas River Little River Little Rock Live Stock Lobdell Lockport Loco Logan Logan County Logan Grove Loisel, Regis Lomando Lomax Lone Elm Lone Jack Lone Star Lone Star Order Long, Chester I. Long, Stephen H. Long's Expedition Longford Long Island Longton Lorena Loring Lorraine Lost Springs Louisburg Louisiana Purchase Louisiana Purchase Exposition (See Expositions.) Louisville Lovewell Lowe Lowe, David P. Lowell Lowemont Loyal Legion Lucas Lucerne Luctor Ludell Lund Luray Luther Lutheran Church Lydia Lykins County (See Miami County.) Lykins, David Lyle Lyndon Lyon County Lyons

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McAllaster McBratney, Robert McCandless McCarter, Margaret Hill McKeever, William A. McClung, Clarence Ervin McCormick, N. B.

McCoy, Isaac McCoy, Joseph G. McCracken McCune McDonald McFarland McGee County

McGraw McLain McLouth McPherson McPherson College McPherson County McVicar, Peter

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MacGraw Macksville Macyville Madison Madison County Madison, Edmond H. Magda Mahaska Maize Majella Malgares, Don Facundo Manchester Manhattan Mankato Manning Mansfield Manteno Mantey Manual Training (See Education and Public School System.) Manufacturing Maple City Maplehill Mapleton Marais des Cygnes, Massacre of Margaret Marienthal Marietta Marion Marion County Marmaton Marquette Marshall County Martin, David Martin, George W. Martin, John Martin, John Alexander Martin's Administration Marvin, Frank Olin Marvin, James Marysville Mason, Walt Masterson, William Barclay Mastin Matfield Green Mathewson Maxson May Day Mayetta Mayfield Mayview Maywood Meade Meade County Medel of Honor Legion Medary, Samuel Medary's Administration Medical Association Medical Colleges Medical Societies, State Medicine Lodge Medicine Lodge River Medina

Medora Meeker, Jotham Melrose Melvern Memorial Building Memorial Day Menager Junction Menda Mendota Menlo Menno Mennonites, The Menoken Mentor Meredith Meriden Merriam Mertilla Messer Methodist Episcopal Church Miami County Michigan Valley Middletown Midland Medland College Midway Miege, John B. Milan Milberger Mildred Miles Milford Military Order of the Loyal Legion (See Loyal Legion.) Military Posts (See Forts and Camps.) Militia Millard Miller Miller, James Monroe Miller, Josiah Miller, Orrin L. Millerton Millspaugh, Frank Rosebrook Milo Milton Miltonville Mina Mine Creek, Battle of Mineral Mineral Springs Mingo Minneapolis Minneha Minneola Mirage Missions Missouri Compromise (See Kansas-Nebraska Bill.) Mitchell Mitchell, Alexander C. Mitchell County

Mitchell, Robert B. Modoc Moline Monahan, Deane, psuedonym (See Steele, James w.) Monett Monmouth Monrovia Montana Montana County Montezuma Montgomery County Montgomery, James Monticello Mont Ida Montrose Monument Monument Rock Monuments Moodyville Moonlight Moonlight, Thomas Moore, Horace L. Moran Moray Morehead Morganville Morland Mormons (See Latter Day Saints.) Mormon Trail Morrill Morrill, Edmund Needham Morrill's Administration Morris Morris County Morrowville Morse Mortgages Mortimer Morton County Moscow Mound Builders Mound City Moundridge Mound Valley Mount Hope Mount Oread Mudge, Benjamin F. Mulberry Mullinville Mulvane Mumford Muncie Munden Munjor Murdock Murdock, Victor Muscotah Mushroom Rock Myers Valley Myrtle

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Nadeau Narka Naron Nashville Nation, Carrie National Guard (See Militia.) National Military Home Natoma Natural Bridge Natural Gas Natural History Society (See Academy of Sciences.) Navarre Neal Neely Negro Exodus Nekoma Nelson Nemaha County Neodesha Neola Neosho County Neosho Falls Neosho Rapids Neosho River Ness City

Ness County Netawaka Neuchatel Neutral Neutral Lands Neville New Albany New Almelo New Cambria New Chillicothe New Haven Colony (See Beecher Rifle Church.) New Lancaster Newman New Orleans Exposition (See Expositions.) New Salem New Sam Gaty Newspapers Newton New Ulysses Niagara Nickel Nickerson Nicodemus Niles Ninnescah River

Niotaze Noble Noll No Man's Land Nonchalanta Nonsectarian Churches of the Bible Faith Nora Norcatur Norfolk Normal Institutes Normal School (See State Normal School.) North Branch North Cedar Northcott Northfield North Lawrence North Wichita Norton Norton County Nortonville Norway Norwich Norwood Notts Numa Nunez, Alvarez

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Oakhill Oakland Oakley Oak Mills Oak Ranch Oakvale Oak Valley Oakwood Oanica Oatville Oberlin Obern Ocheltree Octagon Settlement Company Odd Fellows Odee Odense Odin Offerle Ogallah Ogden Ohio Oil Okaw Oketo Olathe Olcott Old Crow Oliver, Robert W. Olivet

Olmitz Olpe Olsburg Olympia Omaha Exposition (See Expositions.) Omnibus Bill Onaga Onate, Don Juan de One Hundred and Ten Oneida Ontario Opolis Orange Orchard Order No. 11 (See General Order No. 11.) Oregon Trail Organic Act (See Kansas-Nebraska Bill.) Orion Oro County Oronoque Osage City Osage County Osage Mission (See Missions.) Osage Trail Osawatomie Osawatomie, Battle of

Osawatomie State Hospital Osage River Osborn, Thomas A. Osborn's Administration Osborne Osborne County Oscar Oskaloosa Ost Oswego Oswego College Otego Otis Otis, John Grant Otoe County Ottawa Ottawa County Ottawa Mission (See Missions.) Ottawa University Otto Ottumwa Ottumwa College Oursler Overbrook Overland Pony Express (See Pony Express.) Oxford Ozawkie

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Padilla, Francisco Juan De Padonia Page Palacky Paleontology Palco Palermo Palmer Pana Panics Pansy Paola Paradise Parallel Pardee Pardons, Board of Paris Exposition (See Expositions.) Park Parker Parkerville Parnell Parrott, Marcus J. Parsons Partridge Pate, Henry C. Pathfinder, The (See Fremont, John C.) Patrol Guard Patrons of Husbandry Patterson Pauline Pavilion Pawnee Pawnee County Pawnee Republic Pawnee River Pawnee Rock Pawnee Station Pawnee Trail Paxico Peabody Peacecreek Pearl Peck Peffer, William A. Peketon County Pekin Pelathe Penalosa Penalosa, Don Diego Dionisio de Pence Pendennis Pendleton Penitentiary, State Penokee Pensineau, Paschal Pentecostal Church

Pentheka (See Oak Ranch.) Peoria Perkins, Bishop W. Perry Perth Peru Peters, Mason Summers Peters, Samuel Ritter Peterton Petrolia Petroleum (See Oil.) Pettit, John Pfeifer Phelps Philippines, War in (See Spanish-American War.) Phillips County Phillips, William Addison Phillipsburg Piedmont Pierce, Franklin Pierce Junction Pierceville Pike, Zebulon Montgomery Pike's Expedition Pike's Peak Trail Pioneer Piper Piqua Pittsburg Plains Plains, Great (See Desert.) Plainville Platte Purchase Pleasant Green Pleasant Grove Pleasant Hill Pleasanton Pleasantview Plevna Plum Buttes Plumb, Preston B. Plymouth Plymouth, Brethren Poe Poetry (See Literature.) Point Rocks Point View Pollard Pomeroy Pomeroy, Samuel Clark Pomona Pontiac

Pony Express Ponziglione, Paul M. Population (See Census.) Porterville Portis Portland Portland Exposition (See Expositions.) Post Pottawatomie Pottawatomie County Pottawatomie Massacre Pottawatomie Mission (See Missions.) Pottawatomie River Potter Pottersburg Potwin Powell Powhattan Prairie Center Prairie Dogs Prairie View Pratt Prattsburg Pratt County Prentis, Noble Lovely Presbyterian Church Prescott Press Association (See Editorial Association.) Pressonville Preston Pretty Prairie Preyer, Carl Adolph Price Price Raid (See War of 1861-65.) Primary Election Laws Princeton Prohibition Protection Protective Union Protestant Episcopal Church Provo Public Lands Public Libraries (See Libraries.) Public School System Purcell Pure Food Laws (See Health, State Board of.) Putnam Pythian Sisters (See Knights of Pythias.)

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Quakers (See Friends.) Quantrill, William Clarke Quantrill's Raid

Quenemo Quickville Quincy Quindaro

Quinter Quinton Heights Quivira

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Rago Railroad Commission Railroads Ramona Randall Randolph Randolph, Asa M. F. Ransom Ransomville Rantoul Ravanna Rawlins County Realf, Richard Reamsville Red Bluff Redbud Redfield Red Legs Redwing Reece Reeder, Andrew Horatio Reeder's Administration Reeder, William A. Reedsville Rees, Rollin R. Reformatory, State Industrial Reform School (See Industrial Schools.) Reformed Church Reinert Remsburg, George J. Remsburg, John E. Reno Reno County

Republic Republic County Republican River Reserve Rest Rexford Reynolds, Charles, D. D. Reynolds, Milton W. Rhine Rice Rice County Richardson County Richey, William E. Richfield Richland Richmond Richter Ridge Ridgley, Edwin Reed Ridgeton Ridgeway Riley Riley County Roanoke Roberts Robinson Robinson, Charles Robinson's Administration Robinson, Sara Tappan Doolittle Rock Rock City Rock Creek Rockford Rockport

Rocks of Kansas (See Geology.) Rock Saline Rockville Rockwell City Rogers Rolla Rollin Roman Catholic Church Rome Rooks County Rose Hill Roseland Rosemont Rosette Ross, Edmund G. Rossville Roundmound Roxbury Rozel Rubens Ruble Ruleton Runnymede Rush Center Rush County Russell Russell County Russell Springs Ruth Ruweda Ryan Ryan, Thomas Rydal

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Sabetha Sacramento Cannon Saffordville St. Benedict's College St. Clere St. Francis St. George St. John St. John County St. John, John Pierce St. John's Administration St. John's College St. John's Military Academy St. Joseph St. Louis Exposition (See Expositions.) St. Mark St. Marys St. Mary's College St. Mary's Mission (See Missions.) St. Paul St. Peter St. Theresa Salem Salemsburg Salina Saline County Saline River Salt Salt Lake Trail Saltville Salvationists Sanborn, Franklin B. Sandago Santa Fe Santa Fe Trail Sarcoxie Satanta Saunders Savage, Isaac O. Savannah Savonburg Sawyer Saxman Sayre, Lucius Elmer Scammon Scandia Schoemakers, John Schoenchen Schools (See Public School System and the sketches of the higher educational institutions.) Schroyer Schulte Scio Scipio Scott Scott, Charles F. Scottsville Scranton Scrip, Union Military (See Claims.) Seal of State Seaman Sedan Sedgwick Sedgwick County Seeley Sego Seguin Selden Self Defensive Association Selkirk Selma Seneca Sequoyah Sequoyah County Settlers' Protective Association Severance Severy Seward Seward County Sexton Shady Bend Shaffer Shannon

Shannon Guards Shannon, Wilson Sharon Sharon Springs Sharpe Shaw Shawnee Shawnee County Shawnee Mission (See Missions.) Sheldon, Charles M. Sherdahl Sheridan County Sherman Sherman County Sherwin Junction Sherwood Shields Shirley County Shook Shorey Short Grass Country Sibley Sidney Silica Silk Culture Silverdale Silver Lake Simerwell, Robert Simpson Simpson, Jerry Singleton, Benjamin (See Negro Exodus.) Sitka Skiddy Skidmore Slate Slavery Slough Creek, Battle of Smelting (See Lead and Zinc Mining.) Smith Center Smith County Smoky Hill Smoky Hill River Smoky Hill Trail Smolan Smyth, Bernard B. Snokomo Snow, Francis Huntington Social Science Federation (See Women's Clubs.) Society for the Friendless Soldier Soldiers' Home, National Soldiers' Home, State Soldiers' Monuments (See Monuments.) Soldiers' Orphans' Home (See State Orphans' Home.) Solomon Solomon Rapids Solomon River Somerset Sons of the American Revolution Sorghum South Cedar South Haven South Hutchinson South Mound Southwestern College Spangler, William Cornelius Spanish-American War Sparks Spearville Speed Speer, John Spencer, Joab Spiritualists Spivey Spring Creek Springdale Springfield Spring Hill Springs Springside Springvale Spurs, Battle of the

Squatter Sovereignty Stafford Stafford County Stage Routes Stanley Stanley, William E. Stanley's Administration Stanton Stanton County Stanton, Frederick Perry Stanton's Administration Star Stark State Fairs State Flower State Library (See Libraries.) State Normal School State Orphans' Home State Reform School (See Industrial Schools.) State Seal (See Seal of State.) State University (See University of Kansas.) Steamboats (See Early River Commerce.) Steele, James William Sterling Steuben Stevens County Stickney Stilwell Stippville Stitt Stockdale Stockholm Stockrange Stockton Stoddard, Amos Stone (See Geology.) Stone City Storms Stotler Stowell Straight Creek Strawberry Strawn Strickler Strikes (See Labor Troubles.) Stringfellow, Benjamin F. Stringfellow, John H. Strong City Strong, Frank Stuart Stubbs, Walter Roscoe Stubbs' Administration Stidley Stull Stuttgart Success Sugar Sugar Creek Mission (See Missions.) Sugarloaf Sugarvale Summerfield Sumner County Sun City Sunflower (See State Flower.) Sunnydale Sunnyside Supreme Court Sutton Swedenborgians Swedish Evangelical Bodies Swedish Settlements Swinburn Swissvale Sycamore Sycamore Springs Sylvan Grove Sylvia Syracuse

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Tablemound Table Rock Taggart, Joseph Talmage Talmo Tampa Tappan, Samuel F. Tauromee Taw Taxation (See Finances, State.) Tax Commission Teachers' Association, State Tecumseh Tehama Temperance (See Prohibition.) Templin Terracotta Terryton Tescott Tevis Thacher, Solon O. Thacher, Timothy Dwight Thayer Thayer, Eli Thelma Theosophical Societies Thomas

Thomas County Thompsonville Thornburg Thrall Throop Thurber Thurman Timber (See Forestry.) Timken Tint Tipton Tisdale Titus, Henry T. Tobacco Togo Toledo Toluca Tonganoxie Tonovoy Topeka Topeka State Hospital Tornadoes (See Storms.) Toronto Torrance Toulon Towanda Tower Spring

Townsend Trading Post Trading Posts (See Fur Traders.) Traer Trails Trans-Mississippi Exposition (See Expositions.) Traveling Libraries (See Libraries.) Travier Treaty of Paris (See Louisiana Purchase.) Trego County Trent Tribune Trivoli Trousdale Trusts Tully Turkville Turner Turner, Erastus J. Turon Tweed Twin Creek Twin Mound Tyner Tyro

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Udall Underground Railroad Uniontown Unitarian Church United Brethren Church

United States Courts United States Penitentiary Universalist Church University Extension University of Kansas

Upland Upola Urbana Utica Utopia

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Valeda Valencia Valhalla Valley Valley Center Valley Falls Vance Varck Varner Vassar Vaughn Vega Vegetarian Settlement Company

Venango Vera Verbeck Verdi Verdigris Verdigris River Vermillion Vernon Vesper Veteran Brotherhood (See Grand Army of the Republic.) Victor Victoria

Videttes Vigilance Committees Vilas Villazur's Expedition Vincent, William D. Vine Vining Vinland Vinton Viola Virgil Vliets Volland

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Wabaunsee Wabaunsee County Waco Waconda Springs Wade Wagner Wagonda Da (See Great Spirit Spring.) Wagstaff Wakarusa Wakarusa Creek Wakarusa War Wakeeney Wakefield Wakefield Colony Waldeck Waldo Waldron Walker Walker, Robert James Walker's Administration Walkerton Wallace Wallace County Wall Street Wallula Walnut Walnut River Walsburg Walsh, Hugh Sleight Walsh's Administration Walton Wamego Wanamaker War of 1861-65 Ward Ward, John, D. D. Ware, Eugene Fitch Warren Warrendale Warwick Washburn College Washington Washington County Washington Monument Waterloo Waters, Henry Jackson Waterville Wathena Wauneta Waveland Waverly Wayne Wayside Wea Weaver Webb, Thomas Hopkins Webber Webster Weir

Welcome Welda Weller County Wellington Wellmanville Wells Wellsford Wellsville Weskan Wesleyan University (See Kansas Wesleyan University.) Western Christian University (See Ottumwa College.) Western Engineer (See Early River Commerce.) Western Park Western University Westgate West Mineral (See Mineral.) Westmoreland Westola Weston Westphalia Wetmore Wettick Wheat Wheaton Wheel (See Agricultural Wheel.) Wherry White Church White City White Cloud White Hair Whitelaw White Plume White Rock White Rock Massacre White Water Whitewater River White, William Allen Whitfield, John W. Whiting Whitman Whittier, John Greenleaf Wichita Wichita County Wichita University Widerange Wiggam Wilburn Wild Hog Wilder Wilder, Abel Carter Wilder, Charlotte Frances Wilder, Daniel Webster Willard

Williamsburg Williamstown Willis Williston, Samuel Wendell Willowdale Willow Springs Wills (See Descent and Distribution of Property.) Wilmington Wilmore Wilmot Wilsey Wilson Wilson County Wilsonton Winchester Winchester Windom Winfield Winkler Winona Wise Wittrup Wolcott Woman Suffrage Women's Christian Temperance Union Women's Clubs Women's Relief Corps (See Grand Army of the Republic.) Womer Wonderly Wonsevu Wood, Samuel Newitt Woodbine Woodlawn Woodlief Woodruff Woodsdale Woodson County Woodson, Daniel Woodson's Administration Woodston Woodward, Brinton Webb Wooster, Lyman Child Wooten, Richens Lacy Worden World's Fairs (See Expositions.) Worrall, Henry Wreford Wright Wyandotte (See Kansas City.) Wyandotte County Wyandot Floats (See Floats.) Wycoff Wyoming

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Yale Yates Center Yeager Raid (See Guerrillas.) Yocemento

Yoder Yorktown Young, I. D. Young Men's Christian Association

Young Women's Christian Association Youngsville Youngtown Yuma

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Zarah Zeandale Zella

Zenda Zenith Zinc (See Lead and Zinc Mining.)

Zurich Zyba