Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History

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Frank W Blackmar
Frank W Blackmar

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

Copyright 1912

by

Standard Publishing Company.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIOISrS

Page Agricultural College 34

Steam Plow in Action 48

Display of Agricultural Products 53

Beecher's Island 97

Baker University 130

Battleship Kansas 159

Bethany College 177

State School for the Blind 192

John Brown Monument 242

Campbell College 275

Old Capitol at Pawnee 283

State Capitol at Topeka 285

Council Oak at Council Grove 461

State School for the Deaf 496

Veather Building at Dodge City 524

State Hospital for Epileptics 595

State Home for Feeble Minded 635

Fort Riley 669

Old Guard House at Fort Scott 672

Old Government Building, Fort Scott 673

Geological Section 733

P'awnee Indians — Father and Son 905

Boys' Industrial School 934

Girls' Industrial School 935

Chapters (not individually listed)

Table of contents

A

B

  • 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

C

  • 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.)

D

  • 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

E

  • 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

F

  • 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

G

  • 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

H

  • 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

I

  • 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

J

  • 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

K

  • 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

L

  • 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

Mc

  • 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

M

  • 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

N

  • 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

O

  • 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

P

  • 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.)

Q

  • Quakers
    (See Friends.)
  • Quantrill, William Clarke
  • Quantrill's Raid
  • Quenemo
  • Quickville
  • Quincy
  • Quindaro
  • Quinter
  • Quinton Heights
  • Quivira

R

  • 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

S

  • 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

T

  • 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

U

  • 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

V

  • 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

W

  • 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

X

  • Xenia

Y

  • 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

Z

  • Zarah
  • Zeandale
  • Zella
  • Zenda
  • Zenith
  • Zinc
(See Lead and Zinc Mining.)
  • Zurich
  • Zyba


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