Kansas History

 

Bloody Dawn: The Story of the Lawrence Massacre
by Thomas Goodrich
Documents the murderous raid by William Quantrill on the sleeping town of Lawrence, Kansas, August 21, 1863. Db
Listed under Civil War Kansas

Blacks in Topeka, Kansas: 1865-1915, A Social History
by Thomas C. Cox
Paperback from Louisiana State University Press
1982

A Century of Jayhawk Triumphs: The 100 Greatest Victories in the History of Kansas Basketball
by Blair Kerkhoff, Jeff Bollig
Listed under Basketball

Civil War on the Western Border, 1854-1865
by Jay Monaghan
Listed under Civil War Kansas

Daltons!: The Raid on Coffeyville, Kansas
by Robert Barr Smith
Listed under Wyatt Earp

Dodge City: Queen of Cowtowns: "the Wickedest Little City in America" 1872-1886
by Stanley Vestal, Jim Hoy
Paperback from Bison Bks Corp

Dryden Pottery of Kansas and Arkansas: An Illustrated History, Catalog, and Price Guide
by G. L. Dybwad, Joy V. Bliss
Paperback from The Book Stops Here

 

The End of Indian Kansas: A Study in Cultural Revolution, 1854-1871 by H. Craig Miner, William E. Unrau, Craig Miner, Williams Unrau Book Description: When Kansas became a U.S. territory in 1854 literally all of its land area was guaranteed by treaty to Indians. More than 10,000 Kickapoos, Delawares, Sacs, Foxes, Shawnees, Potawatomis, Kansas, Ottawas, Wyandots, and Osages, not to mention a number of smaller tribes, inhabited Kansas. By 1875 there were only a couple of bands left.  The forced removal of thousands of Indians from eastern Kansas between 1854 and 1871 affected more Indians and occupied more government time than the celebrated exploits of the military against the more warlike western tribes. In this volume Miner and Unrau show Kansas at midcentury to be a moral testing ground where the drama of Indian disinheritance was played out. They relate how railroad men, land speculators, and timber operations came to be firmly entrenched on Indian land in territorial Kansas. They examine remarkable incongruities in Indian policy, land policy, law, and administration, pointing to specific cases in which legal maneuvers by the federal government--within the framework of treaties, statutes, and executive pronouncements--heped to insure the pattern of tribal destruction.  Separate chapters deal with internal factionalism in the Indian tribes, the practice of government chief-making, and the "Indian Ring"--the sub rosa alliances influencing the treaty or sale process. The authors also include revealing portraits of the individuals, from territorial governors to railroad officials, who helped engineer the end of Indian Kansas.  Paperback from Univ Pr of Kansas 1990

Faded Dreams: More Ghost Towns of Kansas
by Daniel C. Fitzgerald
Paperback from Univ Pr of Kansas
1994

The Four Seasons of Kansas (Revised Edition)
by Daniel D. Dancer, William Least Heat Moon, Kansas Dept. of Commerce, Housing, William Least Heat-Moon
Hardcover from Univ Pr of Kansas

Fort Riley and Its Neighbors: Military Money and Economic Growth, 1853-1895
by William A. Dobak
Hardcover from Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt)

Flak at 12 O'Clock: A Teenage Kansas Farm Boy's Experiences That Led to His Becoming a B-17 Co-Pilot in the 8th Air Force During the Final Months of World War II
by Dean M. Bloyd
Paperback from Writers Club Press

For This Land: Meg's Prairie Diary, Book Two (My America)
by Kate McMullan
Hardcover from DEAR AMERICA

Grasslands
by Debra Seely
Hardcover from Holiday House

Haunted Kansas : Ghost Stories and Other Eerie Tales
by Lisa Hefner Heitz

Historical Atlas of Kansas
by Homer E. Socolofsky, Huber Self (Contributor)

Home Town News: William Allen White and the Emporia Gazette
by Sally Foreman Griffith
Listed under Kansas Genealogy

Horse of a Different Color : Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover
by Ralph Moody

Kansas: The History of the Sunflower State, 1854-2000
by H. Craig Miner
(Hardcover)

Katy Railroad and the Last Frontier
by V. V. Masterson, Donovan L. Hofsommer (Designer)
Listed under American Railroads

Kansas Jayhawks: History Making Basketball
by John Hendel
(Hardcover)

Kansas City: A Celebration of the Heartland
by Hallmark Cards Inc, Inc Hallmark Cards
Hardcover from Hallmark Cards
1992

Kansas Temperance: Much Ado About Booze, 1870-1920
by Kenneth J. Peak, Patricia A. Peak, Patricia Peak
Paperback from Sunflower University Press

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Kansas Quilts & Quilters
by Barbara Brackman, et al
Listed under Quilting

Kansas Past
by David Hann
KANSAS PAST is a compilation of 28 historical vignettes, all true, some tragic, some comic, illustrating the lesser-known people, places, and events that were shaped by or helped to shape the state known as Kansas
Paperback: 157 pages
Publisher: Penthe Pub; ; (November 20, )
ISBN: 0963247530

Kansas Facts and Symbols
by Kathleen W. Deady

Kansas Biographical Dictionary : People of All Times and Places Who Have Been Important to the History and Life of the State
Listed under Kansas Genealogy

On the Hill: A Photographic History of the University of Kansas
by Virginia Adams, et al
(Hardcover - September 1993)

Opothleyaholo and the Loyal Muskogee: Their Flight to Kansas in the Civil War
by Lela J. McBride Brockway Tindle, Lela J. McBride, Lela J. Mcbride Broc Tindle
Hardcover from McFarland & Company

Outlaws on Horseback: The History of the Organized Bands of Bank and Train Robbers Who Terrorized the Prairie Towns of Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory, and Oklahoma for
by Harry Sinclair Drago
Listed under Lawmen and Outlaws

Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
by Joanna L. Stratton, Arthur Meier, Jr. Schlesinger
Paperback from Touchstone Books
1982

Ranch Life in Southern Kansas and Indian Territory (Mid-American Frontier)
by Benjamin S. Miller
Hardcover from Ayer Co Pub
1975
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Roadside Kansas: A Traveler's Guide to Its Geology and Landmarks
by Rex C. Buchanan, et al
Listed under Roadside Geology

Schoolwomen of the Prairies and Plains : Personal Narratives from Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska, 1860s-1920s
by Mary Hurlbut Cordier

Sod and Stubble: The Unabridged and Annotated Edition
by John Ise, Von Rothenberger, Thomas D. Isern
Paperback from Univ Pr of Kansas

Sod-House Days: Letters from a Kansas Homesteader, 1877-78
by Howard Ruede, Ohn Ise, John Ise
Paperback from Univ Pr of Kansas

This Is America?: The Sixties in Lawrence, Kansas
by Rusty L. Monhollon
Hardcover from Palgrave Macmillan

True Tales of Old-Time Kansas: Revised Edition
by David Dary, Dary David
Paperback from Univ Pr of Kansas
1984

Tragic Prelude: Bleeding Kansas
by Karen Zeinert
Library Binding from Shoe String Press

The WPA Guide to 1930s Kansas
by Federal Writers' Project, James Shortridge
(Paperback - November 1984)
See also: WPA Guides

Watching Kansas Wildlife: A Guide to 101 Sites
by Bob Gress, George Potts
Paperback from Univ Pr of Kansas
1993

Waiting on the Bounty: The Dust Bowl Diary of Mary Knackstedt Dyck
by Mary Knackstedt Dyck, Pamela Riney-Kehrberg (Editor)
(Hardcover)

Yourowquains: A Wyandot Indian Queen: The Story of Caty Sage
by Bill Bland
Listed under Wyandot Indians

The Benders: Keepers of the Devils Inn
by Fern M. Wood
Book Description The book describes a series of murders perpetrated in the early 1870s by the four members of the so-called Bender family. The murders were committed at a roadside inn, on the prairie, nine miles from Cherryvale, Kansas. The author has sifted the reminiscences of long-forgotten neighbors for revelations; she has searched newspapers of the period and shares newly discovered documents; her skeptical eye examines the conclusions of previous chroniclers.
(Paperback - June 1992)
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