Print shows a bird's eye view of Lawrence, Kansas in 1880 numbered with 33 points of interest and indexed under the title "The New," to left of print's title caption; and, in the lower right, a map insert labeled, "Lawrence in 1855" numbered with 20 p...
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc39 880mo copy 1: Imperfect: lower right corner of sheet, upper right margin, and small section of right hand side broken off; a tear across sheet from right to center about one third up sheet. On sheet 62 x 82 cm.
Print shows a bird's eye view of Lawrence, Kansas in 1880 numbered with 33 points of interest and indexed under the title "The New," to left of print's title caption; and, in the lower right, a map insert labeled, "Lawrence in 1855" numbered with 20 p...
Description:
BEIN BrSides Zc39 880mo copy 1: Imperfect: lower right corner of sheet, upper right margin, and small section of right hand side broken off; a tear across sheet from right to center about one third up sheet. On sheet 62 x 82 cm.
Letters to George E. Hyde describe George Bent's life with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Comanches, Kiowas, Sioux and other tribes of the Arkansas and Platte valleys. They include accounts of the Indian wars, with personal narratives of the Chivington mas...
Description:
George Bent (1843-1918), son of Colonel William Bent, fur trader and founder of Bent's Fort, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, daughter of White Thunder, went to school in St. Louis. By 1904 he was living in Colony, Oklahoma.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Colorado, Julesburg Region (Colo.), and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Bent, George, 1843-1918. and Hyde, George E., 1882-1968.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Comanche Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Wars, Kiowa Indians, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, and History
Letters to George E. Hyde describe George Bent's life with the Cheyennes, Arapahoes, Comanches, Kiowas, Sioux and other tribes of the Arkansas and Platte valleys. They include accounts of the Indian wars, with personal narratives of the Chivington mas...
Description:
George Bent (1843-1918), son of Colonel William Bent, fur trader and founder of Bent's Fort, and Owl Woman, a Cheyenne, daughter of White Thunder, went to school in St. Louis. By 1904 he was living in Colony, Oklahoma.
Subject (Geographic):
Bent's Fort (Colo.), Colorado, Julesburg Region (Colo.), and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Bent, George, 1843-1918. and Hyde, George E., 1882-1968.
Subject (Topic):
Arapaho Indians, Cheyenne Indians, Comanche Indians, Dakota Indians, Indians of North America, Wars, Kiowa Indians, Little Bighorn, Battle of the, Mont., 1876, Sand Creek Massacre, Colo., 1864, and History
Manuscript diary in the hand of Henry Ridinger, 1878-1882. Ridinger describes his work as a herder in Colorado, landscapes and topography in Colorado, Navajo settlements, working in the hay trade, a shooting and arrest in Colorado, and his travel thr...
Description:
Henry Ridinger (1851-1938) was born in either Iowa or Illinois in 1851. His family moved to Kansas in 1857 and he left home at the age of 11, circa 1862. He worked as a cattle herder and hay farmer in Colorado, Kansas, and Oklahoma for several years i...
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado., Oklahoma., Oklahoma, Colorado, Indian Territory, and Kansas
Subject (Name):
Ridinger, Henry, 1851-1938. and Ridinger, Sam
Subject (Topic):
Agriculture, Cherokee Indians, Crime, Hay trade, Herders, Hunting, Indians of North America, Government relations, Jews, Navajo Indians, Osage Indians, Pawnee Indians, Ute Indians, Waco Indians, and Description and travel
Printed diary, completed in manuscript and signed, kept by John Hayes, Jr., 1863 January 1-1864 January 1. Hayes describes his service recruiting and scouting for Kansas military units during the Civil War at Fort Leavenworth and Fort Scott, including...
Description:
John Hayes, Jr. (1826- ) of Freeport, Ohio, was a lawyer in Corydon, Iowa, when he joined the Union Army. By 1861 September, he was a private in the 5th Kansas Volunteer Cavalry. By 1863 June, he was assigned to the 2nd Kansas (Colored) Volunteers as ...
Subject (Geographic):
Kansas., Fort Leavenworth (Kan.), Fort Scott (Kan.), Kansas, and United States
Subject (Name):
Hayes, John, Jr., 1826-, United States. Army, United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 11th (1863-1866), United States. Army. Kansas Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865), and United States. Army. Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1863-1864)
Subject (Topic):
African American troops, Officers, African American soldiers, African Americans, Soldiers, and History
Photographs of Kansas and Indian Territory, including views of the Railroad Strike of 1886 in Parsons, Kansas, the Baptist Indian University in Bacone, Indian Territory, a portrait of J. M. Perryman, and a group portrait of P. Porter, J. M. Perryman, ...
Description:
Advertisement on verso of earlier mounts for J. F. Standiford, Travelling Photographer in the Indian Territory with Resident Headquarters at Parsons, Kansas; advertisement on verso of later mounts for J. F. Standiford, The Only U. S. Licensed Photogr...
Photographs taken at Fort Dodge by William Soule and Philip Reade. The first is of John O. Austin, Chief of Scouts, with a group of 44 Indians taken captive in 1868 at Washita. Reade's caption states that "Soule taught me photography and I shot the b...
Description:
Photographs are pasted onto both sides of two cardboard mounts and are accompanied by clippings and extensive manuscript captions.
Subject (Geographic):
Kansas and Fort Dodge (Kan.)
Subject (Name):
Reade, Philip., Austin, John Osborne, 1849-1918., and United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 3rd.
Subject (Topic):
Indians of North America, Osage Indians, Kansa Indians, Military scouts, Soldiers, and Prisoners
