A History of Kansas

by Anna E. Arnold

INDEX

• Abilene, [157].
• Actual Settlers’ Association, [68].
• Adams, Franklin G., [231].
• Adams, Zu, [231].
• Admission of Kansas, [98], [106].
• Agricultural College, [143], [163], [197], [201].
• Agricultural Society, [143], [163].
• Agriculture, Board of, [163].
• Agriculture, taught to the Indians, [45], [142];
  • Territorial days, [142];
  • during Civil War, [143];
  • 1860 to 1880, [147];
  • 1880 to 1887, [148];
  • 1887 to 1893, [148];
  • 1893 to 1918, [153];
  • basis of prosperity, [171];
  • in schools, [191], [195].
• Aid from the East, [106], [121].
• Air Service, [139].
• Alfalfa, [150], [151].
• Allerton, Ellen P., [233].
• Alliance, Farmers’, [161].
• Amendments to the Constitution, [136];
  • to National Constitution, [137].
• Ammunition Train, [139].
• Anderson, John A., [230].
• Andreas’ History of Kansas, [233].
• Anti-cigarette Law, [136].
• Appendix, [223-250].
• Apple Crop, [160].
• Aplington, Kate A., [234].
• Argonne, [139].
• Arizona, [29].
• Arkansas City, [128].
• “Army of the North,” [89].
• Ash Creek, [37].
• Atchison, D. R., [73], [74].
• Atchison, [21], [42], [68], [168];
  • county, [20].
• Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, building of, [178], [180].
• Attorneys-General, Territorial, [236];
  • State, [239].
• Auditors, Territorial, [235];
  • State, [238].
• Automobile, [184].

• Baker University, [204], [244].
• Balance of Power, [57];
  • table of, [246].
• Baptist Missions, [225].
• Barber, murder of, [83].
• Barton County, [207].
• Becknell, journey of, [29].
• Beecher, Henry Ward, [87].
• Beet Sugar Factory, [153].
• Berryman, Rev. J. C., [225].
• Bickerdyke, Mary A., [231].
• Black Jack, battle of, [86].
• Blackmar, F. W., [234].
• “Bleeding Kansas,” [91].
• Blue Lodges, [65].
• Bluemont College, [201].
• “Blue Sky” Law, [136].
• Board of Administration, [204].
• Board of Agriculture, [163].
• Bogus Legislature, [74], [76], [78], [80], [220], [223].
• Boom, [127], [148].
• Boston, [69].
• Branson, Jacob, [79], [80].
• Brewer, David J., [230].
• Brick, [167], [170].
• Broom Corn, [151].
• Brown, John, [85];
  • at Pottawatomie, [86], [97];
  • at Osawatomie, [86], [90];
  • site of battle field, [211];
  • monument, [212], [213].
• Buchanan, President, [98].
• Buffalo, [9], [18], [21], [25], [33], [36], [37], [48], [115], [123], [124], [143].
• Building Stone, [166].
• Butler County, [117], [168], [169].

• Cabeza de Vaca, [10], [11], [36].
• Cache, how made, [38].
• California, [29], [175];
  • gold seekers, [41];
  • gold fields, [41];
  • Road, [42], [69];
  • emigration to, [62].
• Camp Funston, [138].
• Capital, State, [99].
• Capitals, Territorial, [223].
• Capitol, State, [130].
• Carruth, William Herbert, [234].
• Carson, Kit, [41].
• Catholic priests, [16];
  • missions, [49], [226].
• Cattle Trade, [157-159].
• Census, first Territorial, [78].
• Cherokee County, [166].
• Chief Justices, Territorial, [236];
  • State, [240].
• Child-labor Law, [136].
• Cibola, [11].
• Cimarron Crossing, [38].
• Cimarron River, [32], [38].
• Civil War, [109-113], [115-129], [131], [143], [166].
• Clark, Esther M., [234].
• Clark, William, [20].
• Cloud County, [115].
• Coal, [166].
• Colby, [163].
• Coleman, [79].
• Colleges, list of, [244].
• College of Emporia, [204].
• Columbus, [9], [10].
• Colorado, [22], [29], [151], [153].
• Comanche Indians, [25], [33].
• Commercial Work, [195].
• Commission, Railroad, [182].
• Congressmen, [242], [243].
• Connelley, William Elsey, [234].
• Consolidated Schools, [191];
  • Districts, [195].
• Constitution, Topeka, [78], [94], [223];
  • Lecompton, [94], [95], [96], [223];
  • Leavenworth, [96], [223];
  • Wyandotte, [98], [99], [106], [223].
• Constitutions, summary of, [223].
• Corn, [156].
• Coronado, [10-14], [49];
  • monument for, [213];
  • sword of, [215].
• Cortez, [10], [29].
• Cotton Gin, [55].
• Council Grove, [33], [34], [72], [210].
• Counties Organized, [113], [122];
  • lists of, [248-250].
• County High School, [193].
• Cowboy, [158], [159].
• Crawford County, [166].
• Crawford, Samuel J., [117], [234].
• Crops of Kansas, [147], [148].

• Dairying, [157].
• Daughters of American Revolution, [210].
• Democratic Party, [98].
• Denominational Schools, [204], [244].
• Denver, Governor, [97].
• Dodge City, [12], [163];
  • cattle trade center, [158].
• Domestic Science, [192].
• Don Carlos, Mrs. Louise Cooke, [234].
• Doniphan County, [20].
• Douglas County, [79].
• Douglas, Stephen A., [58].
• Dow, [79].
• Drouth, [67], [104], [105], [106], [119], [127], [142], [148].
• Dugout, [102].

• Education, [187-206];
  • see [Schools].
• Eldridge, [85].
• Election, first Territorial, [72];
  • second Territorial, [73].
• Electric Railways, [182], [183].
• Elwood, [176].
• Emigrant Aid Company, [63], [64], [65], [85].
• Emporia, [197].
• English, [17].
• Exodus, [125].
• Experiment Station, [163].
• Extension Work, [204].

• Farmers’ Alliance, [161].
• Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union, [163].
• Farmers’ Institutes, [162].
• Farmers’ Organizations, [160].
• Farming Implements, [143-146].
• Father Padilla, [48].
• Feterita, [153].
• Fire-escape Law, [136].
• Floods, [133].
• Foreign Settlements, [180], [181].
• Fort Dodge, [38], [52], [228].
• Fort Hays, [52], [228].
• Fort Hays Kansas Normal School, [194].
• Fort Leavenworth, [50], [52], [139], [227].
• Fort Riley, [51], [52], [72], [75], [139], [211], [212], [227].
• Fort Scott, [52], [166], [227].
• Forts, list of, [227-229].
• “Forty-niners,” [41].
• Fourth of July Creek, [21].
• France, [16], [139];
  • end of claims in America, [17-18].
• Franklin, [33], [89].
• Fremont, John C., [41].
• Friends Missions, [49], [225].
• Friends University, [204].
• Funston, Fred, [129].
• Fur Traders, [47].

• Garden City, [153], [163].
• Gardner, [42].
• Gas, [167], [168], [171].
• Gasoline Tractor, [147].
• Geary, John W., [90], [91], [92], [94].
• Giles, F. W., [233].
• Glass, [171];
  • factories, [167], [171].
• Gleed, Charles, [233].
• Glick, Geo. W., [211].
• Gold Seekers, [41], [42].
• Good Roads, [183], [193];
  • federal aid, [183].
• Goss, Nathaniel S., [233].
• Governors, Territorial, [235];
  • State, [237].
• Graham, Effie, [234].
• Grange, [160].
• Grasshopper Invasion, [121], [122], [127].
• Gray, Alfred, [231].
• Great American Desert, [24], [25], [29], [106], [122].
• Great Bend, [12-13].
• Great Salt Lake, [41].
• Great Seal of Kansas, [116].
• Greenwood County, [117].
• Gregg, Josiah, [34].
• Gypsum, [168], [170].

• Hall of Fame, [211].
• Hamelton, [97].
• Hand Planter, [143], [144].
• Hard-surfaced Roads, [184].
• Harger, Charles M., [234].
• Harris, William A., [230].
• Harvey, Henry, [225-226], [233].
• Hays, [163].
• Highland College, [49], [225].
• High Schools, accredited, [193], [195], [197];
  • purpose of, [195];
  • courses, [195].
• Hinton, R. J., [233].
• Historical Society, [214], [215].
• History of Kansas, [207], [221].
• Homes of Kansas, poem, [101].
• Homestead Law, [117], [118].
• Horner, Hattie, [233].
• Horses, used on Santa Fe Trail, [33].
• Horticulture, [159].
• Household Arts, [191], [195].
• Howe, E. W., [233], [234].
• Hudson, Mary W., [233].
• Hutchinson, [167], [169].

• Illinois, [64].
• Immigration, [64], [65], [67], [88], [105-106], [115], [117-118], [122], [129], [180], [181].
• Independence, [33].
• Independence Creek, [21].
• Indiana, [64].
• Indian Territory, [46].
• Indians, [9], [20], [21], [22], [55], [72], [135];
  • tribes of, [25];
  • and traders, [31];
  • experience with, [38];
  • possessed Kansas, [45-53];
  • reservations, [46];
  • taught in missions, [49];
  • removal of, [45-46];
  • raids, [109], [115], [117];
  • as farmers, [142];
  • raised corn, [156].
• Industrial Training, [195].
• Industries of Kansas, [142-171].
• Ingalls, John J., [87], [211], [218], [233].
• Inman, Henry, [233], [234].
• Institutions, State, [244], [245].
• Insurance, Superintendents of, [241].
• Interstate Commerce Commission, [182].
• Interurban Lines, [183].
• Iowa, [64], [88], [89].
• “Iron Trail,” [179].
• Irrigation, [149].
• Irving, Washington, [24].
• Irwin, Rev. S. M., [225].

• Jayhawkers, [96].
• Jefferson, President, [17], [20].
• Jesuits, [16], [48].
• Johnson, Mrs. Elizabeth A., [209].
• Johnson, Rev. Thomas, [50], [225].
• Johnson, William, [225].
• Joliet, [16].
• Jones, Sheriff, [79], [81], [83].
• Junction City, [13].
• Juvenile Courts, [136].

• Kafir Corn, [151].
• Kansas, admission of, [98], [106].
• Kansas City, [39], [50], [65], [66], [68], [112], [133], [166], [167], [174], [177].
• Kansas History, in the making, [221].
• Kansas-Nebraska Bill, [58], [63].
• Kansas Pacific Railroad, [177].
• Kansas Spirit, [217-221].
• Kansas Territory, map, [56];
  • organization, [58].
• Kansas To-day, [135], [136].
• Kanza Indians, [25], [33], [45].
• Kaw Indians, same as Kanza Indians.
• King, Henry, [233].
• Kingman, Samuel A., [230].

• La Croix, Father, [226].
• Land Grants, [180].
• Lane, James H., [78], [79], [87], [89], [99].
• La Salle, [16].
• Lawrence, [65], [68], [79], [80], [83], [88], [99], [167];
  • sacking of, [83];
  • defense of, [91];
  • Quantrill raid, [111];
  • floods, [133], [135].
• Lawrence, Amos A., [67].
• Lead and Zinc, [167].
• Leavenworth, [42], [68], [168].
• Leavenworth Constitution, [96], [166], [223].
• Lecompton, [68], [69], [88], [95].
• Lecompton Constitution, [94], [95], [223].
• Leedy, Governor, [161].
• Legislature, Bogus, [74], [76], [79], [80];
  • second Territorial, [94].
• Legislature, first Free-state, [95].
• Legislatures, summary of, [223].
• Length of school term, [187], [190].
• Lerrigo, Dr. C. H., [234].
• Lewelling, Governor, [161].
• Lewis and Clark, expedition of, [20-21], [25].
• Lieutenant-Governors, [237].
• Lincoln, [110].
• Lindsborg, [181].
• Linn County, [97], [112].
• Live Stock, [156-159].
• Locomotive, invention of, [174];
  • old and modern, [182].
• Long, Major, [24].
• Louisiana, naming of, [16];
  • purchase of, [17], [20], [45], [57];
  • exploration of, [20].
• Lykins, Dr. David, [225].
• Lykins, Dr. Johnson, [225].

• Manhattan, [68], [69], [177], [200], [201].
• Manual Training, [191], [192].
• Manual Training Normal School, [198], [201].
• Manufactures, [165].
• Marais des Cygnes Massacre, [97], [212].
• Marion County, [117].
• Markham, Thomas B., [225].
• Marne, Battle of the, [139].
• Marquette, [16].
• Marysville, [176].
• Mason, Walt, [234].
• McCarter, Margaret Hill, [234].
• McCoy, Rev. Isaac, [49], [225].
• McCoy, Joseph G., [233].
• McKeever, W. A., [234].
• Meat Packing, [166], [181].
• Meeker, Jotham, [49], [225].
• Memorial Hall, [2], [213], [214].
• Memorials of Kansas, [207-215].
• Mendenhall, Rev. M., [226].
• Mennonites, [156], [180].
• Methodist Missions, [49], [50], [225].
• Mexico, [17], [21], [29];
  • war with, [40], [50].
• Miller, Sol, [101].
• Milling, [165], [181].
• Milo, [153].
• Mine Creek, [112].
• Mineral Resources, [166].
• Minneola, [223].
• Mirage, [40].
• Missionaries, [47], [48], [49], [142].
• Missions, [53], [142];
  • established, [49], [50];
  • list of, [225], [226].
• Missouri Compromise, [57], [58], [246].
• Missouri River closed to free-state immigration, [88].
• Montgomery, James, [96].
• Monuments, [210-214].
• Moody, Joel, [233].
• Morgan, Wm. Y., [234].
• Mormons, [41], [52].
• Mormon Trail, [42].
• Mortgages, [128].
• Motor Trucks, [184].
• Mounds, [112].
• Mount Oread, [67], [203].
• Munger, Mrs. Dell H., [234].
• Music, [191], [195].
• Mutual Benefit Association, [160].

• Narvaez, [10].
• National Army, [138], [139].
• National Government, protected traders, [32];
  • sent out Fremont, [41];
  • removal policy of, [45];
  • established Fort Leavenworth, [50], [52].
• National Guard, [139].
• Nebraska, [25], [42], [88], [89], [153].
• Neosho Valley, [33].
• Nevada, [29].
• New England Emigrant Aid Company, first party, [65];
  • second party, [67];
  • third and fourth parties, [68].
• New Mexico, [11], [21], [29], [39].
• New Spain, [10], [11], [14].
• Nichols, Mrs. C. I. H., [231].
• Nineteenth Kansas, [117].
• Normal Schools, [196], [197], [198], [199], [201], [203], [204], [244].
• Northern Route to Kansas, [88].
• Nurses in World War, [139].

• Officers, Territorial, [235], [236];
  • State, [237-243].
• Officers’ Training Camps, [139].
• Ohio, [64].
• Oil, [167], [168], [169].
• Oklahoma, [24], [46], [59], [167];
  • opening of, [128].
• “Old Mill,” [144].
• Oregon, Emigrants to, [41].
• Oregon Trail, [42].
• Organization of Kansas Territory, [55-59].
• Osage County, [166].
• Osage Indians, [21], [25], [33], [34], [45], [225].
• Osawatomie, [85];
  • pillaged, [86];
  • burned, [90].
• Ottawa University, [49], [204].
• Oxen, [33].

• Pack Mules, [31].
• Padilla, Father, [48].
• Padoucas, [25].
• Paine, Albert Bigelow, [233], [234].
• Panic of 1893, [129], [153].
• Patrons of Husbandry, [160].
• Pawnee Capitol, [51], [75], [212].
• Pawnee Fork, [37].
• Pawnee Indians, [13], [22], [25], [33], [37];
  • village, [21], [209].
• Pawnee Rock, [36], [37], [207], [209].
• Pawnee, town of, [75].
• Peck, George R., [233].
• Peffer, William A., [233].
• Peery, Rev. E. T., [225].
• Pennsylvania, [64].
• People’s Party, [161].
• Phillips, William A., [233].
• Pierce, President, [62].
• Pike’s Peak, [22].
• Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, [21-23], [25], [29], [30], [209].
• Pioneer life, [102-107], [122], [123], [124].
• Pioneer Schools, [189], [190].
• Pipe Lines, [167], [168].
• Plumb, Preston B., [230].
• Pomeroy, Samuel C., [67];
  • made Senator, [99].
• Pony Express, [175].
• Popular Sovereignty, [58], [73].
• Population of Kansas, 1854, [53];
  • 1855, [73];
  • 1859, [105];
  • 1865, [113].
• Populist Party, [161].
• Portland Cement, [167], [170].
• Pottawatomie Massacre, [86], [97].
• Prentis, Noble L., [232], [233].
• Presbyterian Missions, [49], [225].
• Price Raid, [112].
• Printers, State, [240], [241].
• Prohibition Amendment, [136], [220];
  • National, [137].
• Public Instruction, Superintendents of, [240].
• Public Utilities Commission, [182];
  • law, [136].

• Quantrill Raid, [111];
  • loss from, [112];
  • monument, [214].
• Quivera, poem, [8].
• Quivira, land of, [11], [13];
  • Indians, [25], [48].

• Railroad Commission, [182].
• Railroads, [127], [148], [174-183];
  • first one in Kansas, [176];
  • Kansas advertised by, [180];
  • relation to industries, [181];
  • regulation of, [182];
  • mileage, [181].
• Rainbow Division, [139].
• Realf, Richard, [233].
• Redpath, James, [233].
• Reeder, Andrew H., [72], [75], [78], [87].
• Regiments of Kansas soldiers, [117], [129].
• Regulation of Railroads, [182].
• Reign of Violence, [83-92].
• Removal Policy, [49].
• Republican Party, [98].
• Republic County, [21], [115], [209].
• Richardson, Albert D., [233].
• “Rifle Christians,” [87].
• Road Materials, [184].
• Robinson, Dr. Charles, [67], [78], [79], [187], [233];
  • home burned, [85];
  • held prisoner, [88];
  • first Governor, [99].
• Robinson, Mrs. Sara T. D., [231], [233].
• Ross, Edmund G., [231].
• Round Mound, [39].
• Rural Schools, pioneer, [189];
  • modern, [190], [191].

• Sacramento, [41].
• Salt, [169].
• Salt Lake, [175], [176].
• Salt Lake Trail, [69].
• San Francisco, [175], [176].
• Santa Fe, city, [29], [30], [40], [175].
• Santa Fe Trail, [29-41], [174], [179];
  • map of, [28];
  • length of, [33], [42];
  • marking of, [210].
• Schoenmaker, Rev., [226].
• Schools, established by missions, [49];
  • Territorial, [187];
  • first in Lawrence, [187];
  • subscription, [187];
  • length of term, [187];
  • during Civil War, [188];
  • pioneer schools, [190];
  • rural, [191], [193];
  • consolidated, [191];
  • high schools, [193];
  • State, [196-205], [244];
  • “Standard,” “Superior,” [191];
  • for blind, [203];
  • for deaf, [203];
  • denominational, [204], [244].
• School Teachers, qualifications, [191].
• Scott, Charles F., [233].
• Seal of State, [116].
• Secretaries, Territorial, [235];
  • State, [238].
• Senate, [55].
• Senators, United States, [241].
• Seven Cities of Cibola, [11].
• Shannon, Wilson, [76], [80], [86], [89].
• Shawnee Indians, [50].
• Shawnee Mission, [50];
  • as capital, [75].
• Sheldon, Charles M., [233], [234].
• Simmerwell, Rev. Robert, [225].
• Slavery in United States, [57], [63].
• Slaves, [62], [63], [73], [74].
• Smith, F. Dumont, [234].
• Snow, Francis Huntington, [230].
• Sod Corn, [144].
• Sod House, [105].
• Sod Schoolhouse, [189].
• Soldiers, [41], [47], [213];
  • furnished by Kansas, [109].
• Song of the Kansas Emigrant, [61].
• Sorghum Crops, [148], [151].
• Soudan Grass, [151].
• Southeastern Kansas, [96].
• Southern Aid, [88].
• Southwestern University, [204].
• Spain, [9], [13], [17].
• Spanish-American War, [129].
• Speer, John, [233].
• Spring, L. W., [233].
• Squatter Sovereignty, [58].
• Stage Lines, [174], [175].
• State Capitol, [130].
• State Fair, Leavenworth, [143].
• Steele, James W., [233].
• St. John, Governor, [136].
• St. Joseph, [42], [175], [176].
• St. Mary’s College, [49].
• St. Mihiel, [139].
• Stockyards, [154].
• Stone, building, [166];
  • quarry, [170].
• Stringfellow, B. F., [74].
• Sugar Beets, [153].
• Superintendents of Public Instruction, Territorial, [236];
  • State, [240].
• Supplies Taken by Traders, [33].
• Swedish Settlements, [181].
• Sweet Clover, [151].
• Sword, old Spanish, [215].

• Tank Cars, [168].
• Teacher Training, [195].
• Tecumseh, [89].
• Telegraph, [176], [182].
• Telephone, [123], [182].
• Territorial Officers, [235], [236].
• Territory, government of, [72].
• Texas, [18], [23], [159].
• Thayer, Eli, [63], [65].
• The Caches, [38].
• The Three R’s, [189], [191].
• The “2700,” [91], [92].
• Tomlinson, W. P., [233].
• Topeka, [68], [69], [88], [99], [133], [135], [167].
• Topeka Constitution, [78], [94], [223].
• Topeka Movement, [223].
• Trading Post Ford, [112].
• Trading Posts, [47], [53].
• Trail Markers, [210].
• Trails, Santa Fe, [29-41];
  • Oregon, [42];
  • California, [42], [69];
  • Mormon, [42];
  • Salt Lake, [69].
• Trappers, [125].
• Traveling Libraries, [204].
• Treasurers, Territorial, [236];
  • State, [238-239].
• Truancy Law, [136], [190].
• Turk, [11].
• Twentieth to Twenty-third Kansas Regiments, [129].

• Underflow, [151].
• Union Pacific Railroad, [157], [176], [177], [178], [213].
• University of Kansas, [65], [197], [202], [203], [204].
• Utah, [29].

• Van Quickenborn, Father, [226].

• Wagons, used on Trail, [31], [39].
• Wakarusa War, [79-81].
• Walker, Governor, arrival of, [94];
  • resigned, [97].
• War, Civil, [107], [109-113], [129], [131];
  • French and Indian, [17];
  • Revolutionary, [17];
  • Spanish-American, [129];
  • World, [137], [183].
• Ware, Eugene F., [208], [232], [234].
• Washburn College, [204], [244].
• Wattles, Willard, [234].
• Wellhouse, Frederick, [231].
• Wellington, [167].
• Western Kansas, [148], [149], [180].
• Westport, [33], [42], [79], [112].
• Wheat, [152], [155], [156].
• White, William Allen, [234].
• Wichita, [167].
• Wilder, Daniel W., [232], [233].
• Windmill, at Lawrence, [144];
  • irrigation, [149].
• Winter of 1855-’[56], [83].
• Woman’s Kansas Day Club, [207].
• Woman’s Relief Corps, [211].
• Woman Suffrage, [137].
• Wood, S. N., [87].
• Woodson, Daniel, [75];
  • opened Kansas to invaders, [90].
• Woodward, Brinton W., [233].
• World War, [137], [183].
• Writers, Kansas, [233], [234].
• Wyandotte Constitution, [98], [106], [223].

• Zinc Smelters, [167].

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Transcriber’s Note:

Only a few photographs have a source attribution. Many may have been copied from newspapers, and some are not in focus. The texture was not improved, so that the electronic images would be similar to the originals.

Inconsistent hyphenation, dialect, obsolete and alternative spellings were left unchanged.

Footnotes were renumbered sequentially and moved to the end of the book, preceding the Index. There are two anchors to Footnotes 36 and 37.

The following were changed:

Changed comma to stop at end of index entry: Democratic Party, 98.

Added stop to end of caption: STAGE COACH.

Added names of Governors to captions.

Corrected spelling: ecomomics to economics.

Removed space from Wa Keeney in appendix.