When Kansas Was Young - Couverture souple

McNeal, T. A.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 144465019X ISBN 13 : 9781444650198

Editeur : Read Books, 2009

Synopsis

This early works on 'When Kansas was Young' is an absorbing collection of stories. FOREWORD: The Stories contained in this book have been written at odd times and published in the 'Daily Capital' of Topeka, Kansas. The stories present, I think, some pictures of frontier life and frontier characters not found in any other book. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900's and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

WHEN KANSAS WAS YOUNG the earlier days The Largest Indian Council Medicine Lodge, which has earned a place in Kansas history, is located at the confluence of the Medicine River and Elm Creek in the county of Barber. Few, if any, towns in the state have more sightly locations, and in the early days its natural beauty was accentuated by the fact that in order to reach it one had to travel across many miles of treeless prairie. My first sight of it was after a three days' tiresome ride in a freight wagon when, coming to the crest of a rise some three miles to the northeast, I saw the frontier village, at that distance, apparently almost surrounded by thick groves of cottonwood and elm trees, while here and there through rifts in the wooded fringe could be seen the swift flowing waters of the converging streams gleaming in the sunlight like ribbons of silver flecked with gold. The Medicine River derived its name from its supposed healing qualities and the thick grove at the junction of the two streams furnished a favorite camping place for the Indians who met there on stated occasions, and under the guidance of their medicine men, performed their savage rites and cleansed their systems with copious draughts of the sacred waters.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS; CHAPTER PAOB; I The Earliest Days:; The Largest Indian Council 1; A Frontier Court 4; When Slaves Were Hunted in Kansas 7; II Happenings in the Seventies:; A Frontier Foot Race II; Recollections of a Frontier Sheriff 16; The Looting of a County 20; The Old-Time Deestrict School 24; The Downfall of Pomeroy 29; When Newton Was the Wick-eedst Town 37; An International Episode 39; The Looting of Harper County 45; The Legislature of 1874 49; The Fight at Adobe Walls S3; The Kansas Runnymede 57; The Comanche Steal 61; The Legislature of 1875 65; A Whisky Murder 73; Circumstantial Evidence • 76; The First Paper in Barber County 80; The Wonderful Mirage 83;

Présentation de l'éditeur

This reproduction was printed from a digital file created at the Library of Congress as part of an extensive scanning effort started with a generous donation from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. The Library is pleased to offer much of its public domain holdings free of charge online and at a modest price in this printed format. Seeing these older volumes from our collections rediscovered by new generations of readers renews our own passion for books and scholarship.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Read Books
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 144465019X
• ISBN 13: 9781444650198
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 296
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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