Jump to Navigation

Facet Browse

Collections (Remove)
Agriculture -- Labor (Remove)
Curriculum (Remove)
Date -- 1880s (Remove)
Business and Industry -- Occupations/Professions (Remove)
Page 1 of 1, showing 5 records out of 5 total, starting on record 1, ending on 5

<< previous| | next >>

Title | Creator | Date Made Visible | None

Cowboys and chuck wagon

This black and white photograph shows cowboys in front of a chuck wagon. In the background horses and rolled-up tents are visible.

previewthumb

Richard West to John P. St. John

Richard West, a resident of Barton Station, Alabama, wrote this letter to Kansas governor St. John requesting information about available land in Kansas. West was a farmer who described in some detail many of the concerns facing emigrants, including transportation and other expenses. In addition to his role as governor of Kansas, St. John also served on the Board of Directors of the Kansas Freedmen?s Relief Association.

previewthumb

1880 census of Farmer Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880

This excerpt of a census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of settlers in Farmer Township in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The county included a black population (B=Black) who had settled there in 1879 with the help of the Freedmen's Relief Association.

previewthumb

1880 census of Rock Creek Township, Wabaunsee County, Kansas

United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880

This excerpt of a census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of settlers in Rock Creek Township in Wabaunsee County, Kansas. The county included a black population (B=Black) who had settled there in 1879 with the help of the Freedmen's Relief Association.

previewthumb

1880 census of Nicodemus Township, Graham County, Kansas

United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880

This census schedule provides details--including the name, age, race, and occupation--of both white and black settlers in Nicodemus Township in Graham County, Kansas. This township had been settled by African Americans in 1877 along the south fork of the Solomon River.

previewthumb
<< previous| | next >>