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Maps:
Kansas and Nebraska; Nebraska and Kanzas. Showing Pikes Peak
and the Gold Region. 1859 |
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Advertisement:
Maps, Atlases Guide-books, etc., published by J. H. Colton |
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Title
Page |
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Publication
information |
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Preface |
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Contents |
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This
Book and its Authorities |
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Boundaries
and Extent of Kansas |
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Population |
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Surface |
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Soil
and Products |
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Timber |
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Water
- Rivers |
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Minerals |
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Climate |
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Health |
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Position |
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Advantages
of Settlers |
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Who
Should Go to Kansas |
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Natural
Curiosities |
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| II. |
How
to Get, and What to Take, to Kansas |
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What
to Take |
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Baggage
and Freight |
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Miscellaneous
Hints |
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| III. |
Kansas
Literature |
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Kansas
Literature (continued) |
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| IV. |
Kansas
Newspapers |
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| V. |
Indian
Reservations |
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Delaware |
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Pottawattomie |
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Kickapoo |
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Sac
and Fox |
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New
York Indian |
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Osage |
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Kansas |
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Cherokee
Neutral Lands |
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| VI. |
Counties
and Towns in Kansas |
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| VII. |
Towns
on the Missouri Rver, in Kansas |
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Wyandotte |
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Quindaro |
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Delaware |
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Leavenworth |
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Kickapoo |
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The
Great Bend Towns |
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Sumner |
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Atchison
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Doniphan |
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The
Country Behind Them |
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Geary
City, Petersburg, Palermo |
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Elwood,
Iowa Point |
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Highland,
White Cloud |
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| VIII. |
Interior
Towns of Kansas |
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Lawrence |
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Topeka |
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Lecompton |
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Tecumseh |
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Ossawattomie
[Osawatomie] |
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Manhattan |
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Burlingame,
Emporia |
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Brownville |
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Moneka,
Hyatt |
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Wabonsé
[Wabaunsee] |
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Ottumwa,
Burlington, Leroy |
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Humbolt,
Hamlin, Ogden, St. George |
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Monrovia |
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Holton |
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Smoky
Hill Fork - Its Character - Towns |
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| IX. |
Material
and Commercial Resources |
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Forts |
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Military
Roads, Highways |
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Markets |
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Cattle
Raising, Wool Growing, Dairy Farming, Fruit Culture |
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Manufactures |
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Projected
Railroads |
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| X. |
Advice
to Emigrants |
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Gold
Regions of the Rocky Mountains [title page] |
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General
Description |
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General
Description (continued) |
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Gold
Discoveries, Evidence of Miners |
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Gold
Discoveries, Evidence of Miners (continued) |
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Physical
Geography of the Mountain Regions |
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Physical
Geography of the Mountain Regions (continued) |
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Bearings
and Distances |
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Streams,
Towns |
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How
to Go to the Mines |
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What
to Take |
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General
Hints |
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When
to Go |
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Routes |
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Arkansas |
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Smoky
Hill |
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Route
from Leavenworth via Republican |
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Northern
Routes, The Great Bend |
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St.
Joseph and Elwood Route |
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Hints
and Advice |
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Proposed
Territorial Organization |
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Signification
of Terms |
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Mountain
Passes |
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Indian
Tribes |
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Tents |
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New
Counties |
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Mining
Tools |
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Appendix.
- Pre-emption Laws Relating to the Public Lands |
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Pre-emption
Laws Relating to the Public Lands (continued) |
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Synopsis
and Recapitulation |
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Tracts
Liable to Entry |
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Description
of Land Exempted |
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Lands
subject to Private Entry |
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Confirmatory
Act |
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Certain
Provisions Repealed |
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Blank
Forms |
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Instructions
to Settlers |
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Advertisements:
Sibley Tent; Grover & Baker's Celebrated Family Sewing Machine;
Grand Trunk Railroad; Terre Haute, Alton and St. Louis Railroad
Line |
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Military
Map of Parts of Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota by Lieut. G. K.
Warren (1859) |
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