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Marshall Marcellus Murdock
Portrait of Marshall Marcellus Murdock, 1837-1908, a newspaperman, founder of the Wichita Eagle, and State Senator.
previewSamuel Clarke Pomeroy
Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
This is a portrait of Samuel Clark Pomeroy, 1861-1873, Atchison, Kansas. He served as United States Senator from Kansas, April 4, 1861, to March 3, 1873, and as president of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.
previewThomas Andrew Osborn
This portrait represents Republican Kansas Governor, Thomas Andrew Osborn while he was in office from 1873 to 1877. After serving as Governor, Osborn worked as the director for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway from 1894 to 1898.
previewJames Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
Blakeslee, W.
This studio portrait shows James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok in buckskins ,1837-1876. The legendary lawman and gun-slinger begins his career in 1858 as peace officer of the Monticello Township in the Kansas Territory of Johnson County. For a number of years Hickok also works as a government scout, guide and deputy U.S. marshal across the Great Plains. His reputation as a skilled marksman proceeds him wherever he goes. In 1869 Hickok is elected marshal of Hays, Kansas and sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas; roles he serves until 1870. In 1871, he is hired as Abilene, Kansas' town marshal. As marshal he earns fame for being a quick draw and for spending most of his time playing cards. Hickok is killed on August 01, 1876 while playing a game of poker at a saloon in the Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
previewJames Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
Forney's Studio
This formal portrait taken in Abilene, Kansas shows James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok ,1837-1876. The legendary lawman and gun-slinger begins his career in 1858 as peace officer of the Monticello Township in the Kansas Territory of Johnson County. For a number of years Hickok also works as a government scout, guide and deputy U.S. marshal across the Great Plains. His reputation as a skilled marksman proceeds him wherever he goes In 1869 Hickok is elected marshal of Hays, Kansas and sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas; roles he serves until 1870. In 1871, he is hired as Abilene, Kansas' town marshal. As marshal he earns fame for being a quick draw and for spending most of his time playing cards. Hickok is killed on August 01, 1876 while playing a game of poker at a saloon in the Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
previewCharles Robinson
Robinson,Charles; 1st Governor of Kansas, 1861-63; Engraving of portrait 1879
previewEdmund Needham Morrill
This photograph represents Edmund Needham Morrill, 1834-1909, businessman and civil war veteran from Brown County, Kansas. A free state activist and actively involved in the development of Kansas politics, Morrill is elected, in October 1857, to represent Brown and Nemaha counties as a member of the first free state legislature. The start of the Civil War however puts a temporary hold on Morrill's political career. After the war he is elected, in 1872, as a Republican to the Kansas Senate serving District three from Brown County 1873 -1879. Recognized as a notable name in Kansas politics, Morrill is elected, in 1882, to serve in the U.S. Forty-Eighth and later in the Fifty-First Congress, 1883-1891. He accepts the Republican nomination , in 1894, for Kansas governor and is elected in the November election as the thirteenth governor, 1895-1897. Morrill's administration is noted for establishing a board of irrigation and establishing the appellate court process.
previewDavid Josiah Brewer, Kansas Supreme Court Justice
Bell, Charles Milton
Portrait of David Josiah Brewer, Kansas Supreme Court Justice,1871 - 1884, United States Circuit Court Justice, 1884 - 1889, and United States Supreme Court Justice, 1889 - 1910.
previewJames Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok
This formal portrait shows James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok,1837-1876. The legendary lawman and gun-slinger begins his career in 1858 as peace officer of the Monticello Township in the Kansas Territory of Johnson County. For a number of years Hickok also works as a government scout, guide and deputy U.S. marshal across the Great Plains. His reputation as a skilled marksman proceeds him wherever goes. In 1869 Hickok is elected marshal of Hays, Kansas and sheriff of Ellis County, Kansas; roles he serves until 1870. In 1871, he is hired as Abilene, Kansas' town marshal. As town marshal he earns fame for being a quick draw and for spending most of his time playing cards. Hickok is killed on August 01, 1876 while playing a game of poker at a saloon in the Deadwood, Dakota Territory.
previewProgramme of the Quarter-Centennial Celebration of the Settlement of Kansas at Bismarck Grove, Lawrence, on the Kansas Pacific Railway
This broadside lists the various events that were planed for the 25th anniversary celebration of the opening of Kansas Territory to settlement. The events were held at Bismark Grove near Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas. Church services were held on Sunday, September 14. Other activities included a Quarter-Centennial Salute by 25 guns at sunrise on Monday, Sept. 15, various musical entertainment; remarks by numerous early antislavery settlers in Kansas and current U.S. Senators and the Governor of Kansas J.P. St. John; an address by Eli Thayer of Worcester, Massachusetts, who was a supporter of the New England Emigrant Aid Company; a "Grand Barbecue Dinner" and a "Grand Farewell Sociable" followed by fireworks. This poster also includes advertisments from numerous Lawrence businesses.
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