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Perry Packing Company Truck, Manhattan, Kansas

This sepia colored photograph shows the Perry Packing Company from Manhattan, Kansas transporting crates filled with chickens to a unknown destination.

Blue River ferries

Root, George Allen, 1867-1949

A history of the ferries and ferry companies that operated around Kansas's Blue River, more commonly known as the Big Blue.

Crandall House, at depot Lawrence, Kansas. 323 miles west of St. Louis Mo.

Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882

This stereograph shows people standing on a platform in front of the Crandall House in Lawrence, Kansas. The Kaw Valley Saloon is visible in the photograph. The photograph is from Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

Kansas River ferries

Histories and descriptions of ferries and ferry companies that used the Kansas River. Some of the ferries listed are the Wyandot National, Silas Armstrong, Santa Fe Road, Eureka, Muncie, Grinter, Toulee, Keeler, Chouteau also known as the Campbell, and Tiblow also known as the Parrish. The oldest of these is reported to be the Grinter Ferry which was established in 1831.

Ferries at Lawrence

Bumgardner, Edward

A history of ferries that were used along the Kansas River near Lawrence, Kansas. Accompanying the history is a letter from the author to his friend, George Root.

Steffen's delivery truck, Wichita, Kansas

This black and white photograph shows a delivery driver from the Steffen's Dairy Food Company in Wichita, Kansas.

Republican River ferries

Strom, Peter T.

These two letters from Peter Strom to George Root discuss the ferries and ferry companies that operated around the Republican River.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Gainesville, Texas

The black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Gainesville, Texas. This two-story red brick structure was built around 1902 and housed a Fred Harvey House until 1931. Restoration on the building was completed in 2001 and today houses city offices and a museum.

Missouri River ferries

A history of the ferries and ferry companies that operated in and around the Missouri River, one of which was the Wyandotte Ferry.

Official guide to the New Santa Fe Trail

Taylor Motor Company (Hutchinson, Kan.)

This promotional guide book was designed to encourage the improvement of conditions of all roads that make up the integral part of the Santa Fe Trail. The automobile is advertised as the main means of transportation in the new age of discovering old trails of commerce through Kansas.