Western Kansas History Bibliography

Barnd, J.K. "Retrospective Views: Western Kansas-Past and Present." Kansas Scrap-Book Biographical Clippings, Ba-Be. Topeka, KS: KSHS, n.d. (K BB/13/B/V.6/pp. 196-198).

Bearth, Dan. "Hopes Rise High on the High Plains." Kansas Business News (August 1981): 24-27. (K381.05/K13b/V. 2/no. 9).

Buffum, Forest E. Perils of the Old West. Kingman, AZ: Author, 1979. (K/B/B864).

Coburn, Foster D. "A Voice from the Desert." Kansas Collected Speeches and Pamphlets. Topeka, KS: KSHS, n.d. (K815/K13/Misc./V. 16/no. 3).

Dean, Lillian. "We Meet Mr. And Mrs. Saint Peter." This is Our Land. New York, NY: Vantage Press, 1950. (GL 917.3/D345/pp. 82-92).

Fesler, Myrtle D. Pioneers of Western Kansas. New York, NY: Carlton Press, 1962. (K978.1/F422).

Guild, Edgar W. "Western Kansas: Its Geology, Climate, Natural History, Etc." Kansas City Review of Science and Industry 3 (December 1879): 461-467. (GL 505/K13/V. 3/no. 8).

Harger, Charles M. "The Short Grass Country." Harper's Weekly 45 (January 26, 1901): 88-89. (GL 051/H23w/V. 45/no. 2301).

Ikenberry, Larry. Kansas Past: A Photographic Essay of the Great Plains of Western Kansas. Olympia, WA: Cascade Photographics, 1979. (K917.81/Ik3).

Johnson, Willard D. "The High Plains and Their Utilization." Twenty-First Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1901. (GL 557/Un3/1899-1900/ Pt. 4/pp. 609-741).

Kansas House of Representatives. "House Resolution Number 6168: Honoring Western Kansas." Senate and House Journals (1982 Session). Topeka, KS: Division of Printing, 1982. (SP 328.1/K13/p. 1816).

Kansas State Historical Society. "Politics in the Short Grass Country Twenty Years Ago and More." Kansas Reminiscences Clippings. Topeka, KS: Author, n.d. (K978.1/K13/Clipp./V. 3/pp. 188-189).

Lawter, Ruth. Five Till Eleven. Enid, OK: MacFarline, 1975. (K/B/L448).

McFarland, J.M. Western Kansas. Topeka, KS: Crane Printers, 1895. (K332.14/K13).

Miner, H. Craig. West of Wichita: Settling the High Plains of Kansas, 1865-1890. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1986. (K978.1/M662).

Missouri Pacific Railroad. Western Kansas: The Land of Wheat and Alfalfa. St. Louis, MO: Author, 1909. (K385/M69m/Pam.v.2).

N.A. Stop for a Day Along the Way: Visit These Points of Interest in Western Kansas! N.p.: Prairie Printers, n.d. (K/Port./917.81/W524).

N.A. "West Fourth of Kansas is Wonder Spot." Wichita Eagle. July 6, 1947. [2 pp.]. (Reel: W1527).

N.A. Western Kansas Products on Parade." To the Stars 8 (April 1953): 8-9. (SP 338/K13t/V. 8/no. 4).

Peterson, Elmer T. "West of the Dead Line." Kansas Magazine 1 (April 1909): 17-20. (K050/K13/V. 1).

Rubright, Lynnell. "Development of Farming Systems in Western Kansas, 1885-1915." Master's thesis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1977. (K630.6/R826).

Shortridge, James R. "Vernacular Regions in Kansas." American Studies 21 (Spring 1980): 73-94. (SP 378/J/M584/Pam.v.1/no. 2).

Skaggs, Richard H. "Climatic Change and Persistence in Western Kansas." Annals of the Association of American Geographers 68 (March 1978): 73-80. (GL 910.6/As78/V. 68).

Strate, David K. From the Prairie. Dodge City, KS: Cultural Heritage and Arts Center, 1974. (K/BB/St82).

Vernon, Joseph S. Along the Old Trail: A History of the Old and a Story of the New Santa Fe Trail. Cimarron, KS: Tucker-Vernon Co., 1910. (K978.1/-P28/V59).

Wrobel, David M. and Michael C. Steiner. Many Wests: Place, Culture and Regional Identity. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1997. (GL 917.8/M319).

Zickefoose, Paul W. "Farmers Hardships in Clark and Meade Counties." Population and the Labor Force (July 1953): 2-4. (SP 378/Z/B96e/Pt. 2).