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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Escondido, California

February 23, 2015, 7:07 pm
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This sepia colored photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Escondido, California. The one-story wooden structure, built in 1887, provided passenger service until it closed in 1978. In 1985, the depot was moved to Grape Day Park in Escondido, California.
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Lula Ford Richard and Charles A. Richard

February 24, 2015, 7:23 pm
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Here are photographs of Lula Ford Richard and Charles A. Richard. Charles was a minister at the First Christian Church in Lawrence, Kansas; State Senator representing Seneca, Kansas; Kansas Cooperative executive; member of the Topeka Council of Churches; and a farmer in Nemaha County, Kansas.
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Governor Lorenzo Lewelling, Correspondence, Box 3

February 24, 2015, 7:23 pm
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These folders contain correspondence subject files with Governor Lewelling, twelfth governor of the State of Kansas, 1893?1895, and the first Populist governor of the state. Subjects included are fairs, legislation, military affairs, mining operations, oil inspector, railroads, resources for Western Kansas, and tramp letters.
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Governor Lorenzo Lewelling, Correspondence, Box 2

February 24, 2015, 7:23 pm
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These folders contain correspondence subject files with Governor Lewelling. Subjects included are applications for jobs, endorsements, and remonstrances, as well as appointments to State positions; bonds; charitable and correctional institutions; cities and towns; claims; counties and county organization; crime and criminals, extraditions, and rewards; fairs; immigration; Indians; invitations; Indian, school, railroad, & other land; legislation; federal and State military affairs; railroads; relief; aerial navigation, forestry, livestock, pharmaceuticals, mines, silk, the State soldiers (orphans) home, and the United States government.
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Quantrill massacre

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This is a recollection of Quantrill's raid on Lawrence, Kansas written by Cosma Torrienta (C. T.) Colman. Colman was born October 8, 1845 in Concord, Massachusetts. He came to Kansas Territory with his parents in 1854 where he lived on the family farm west of Lawrence, Kansas. At the beginning of the Civil War, Colman joined the 14th Kansas Cavalry. When Quantrill attacked Lawrence on August 21, 1863, he was camped with fellow recruits at New Hampshire and Berkeley streets in Lawrence. Early in the morning of August 21, Quantrill attacked the camp and killed many of the soldiers. Colman was among the four survivors. His recollection gives a detailed account of the raid and attack on the camp. The recollection was written for the 50th anniversary of the Lawrence massacre.
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Aaron Lane Lanning's household expense ledgers

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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Here are two household expense ledgers belonging to Aaron Lane Lanning, Melvern, Kansas. Early in his life, Aaron's parents moved the family to Jerseyville, Illinois where in April 1862, he joined the 122nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was promoted to sergeant in 1864 and discharged in June 1865. After the war, Aaron, his parents and siblings settled in Mound City, Kansas. He married Sarah Emma Preston on November 3, 1867, and they eventually moved near Melvern, Kansas where he farmed. Aaron and Emma had five children.
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Harry Percival Adams Smith to Hugh

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This is a letter written by Harry Percival Adams Smith, Lecompton, Kansas Territory, to Hugh _______. Smith tells about the difficulties and unrest at Fort Scott, Kansas Territory. He describes Kansas as a "beautiful country in the summer and a great agricultural country" and "it will compare favorable with any land in the world." He writes about settlers and their reliance on money from aid societies rather than by working. Smith was born in Franconia, New Hampshire in 1820. He was an attorney and was admitted to the bar in Maine. After being admitted to the bar, he migrated to the west coast to practice law. In the early 1850s, Smith won election to California's state assembly. In 1855, he traveled to Kansas where he served as U. S. Marshall at Fort Scott, Kansas Territory. The territorial governor appointed Smith and three others to organize Arapahoe County. In November, 1858 the four men proceeded to lay out a town site on both banks of Cherry Creek. The frontier settlement proposed by Smith and others was called Denver, and it became part of Colorado Territory. Not long after Denver was founded, Smith and fellow attorney Samuel McClean went to the northern mines. In 1870, Smith died in Helena, Montana.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, La Grande, Los Angeles, California

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This sepia colored photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's La Grande depot in Los Angeles, California. The Moorish designed depot opened in 1893 and served as a passenger terminal until it was replaced in 1939 by Los Angeles' Union Station.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, San Diego, California

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This photograph shows an interior view of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in San Diego, California.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Santa Ana, California

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Santa Ana, California. The Spanish Revival depot, built in 1939, featured whitewashed walls and a red tile roof. The depot provided passenger service until it closed in the 1980s. A fire damaged the structure resulting in its demolition.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Topeka, Kansas

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Topeka, Kansas. The modern design depot, built in 1950, features a flat roof, with corner windows and square panes of glass.
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John Quincy Adams Norton's law office in Lawrence, Kansas

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This is a photograph of John Quincy Adams Norton at his law office in the Lawrence National Bank, Lawrence, Kansas. Walter Thiele, who later became a Kansas Supreme Court Justice, started working for Norton in the fall of 1909.
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Frank Richard and Charles A. Richard

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This is a photograph of twins Frank Richard and Charles A. Richard.
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August and Edith Morawetz with their family

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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This is a photograph of August Morawetz and his family. People in the photograph are front row (left to right) Bermita, Marcella and Lorita and the back row (left to right) August Morawetz, Edith Morawetz and Francis.
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Robert Crozier

February 25, 2015, 7:32 pm
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These two photographs show Robert Crozier, 1827-1895, a native from Ohio who came to the Kansas Territory in 1856 to practice law in Leavenworth. He was also instrumental in establishing the Leavenworth Daily Times. In 1861, Robert was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln to serve as the United States attorney for the district of Kansas, a position Crozier held until 1864 when he resigned to become the fourth chief justice of the Kansas supreme court, 1864-1867. He continued his career as a public servant when he was appointed by Governor Osborn in 1873 to the United States senate to fill the unexpired term of Alexander Caldwell. Crozier served from 1873 to 1874 until a successor was elected. He returned to Kansas and served as judge of the First District of Kansas from 1876 to 1892. In addition to his judgeship, he was a member of the board of directors to the Kansas Historical Society from 1886 to 1889. In 1895, Robert Crozier passed away at age sixty-eight in Leavenworth, Kansas.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot, Claremont, California

February 26, 2015, 8:10 pm
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This photograph shows a group of people standing in front of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company depot in Claremont, California. The one-story wooden structure was built in 1887 but has since been demolished.
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Charles A. and Lula Richard

February 26, 2015, 8:10 pm
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This is a photograph of Charles A. and Lula Richard at their home on Ohio Street in Lawrence, Kansas. Charles A. Richard was a minister at the First Christian Church in Lawrence, Kansas.
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Charles A. and Lula Richard in the Kansas Senate chambers, Topeka, Kansas

February 26, 2015, 8:10 pm
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This is a photograph showing Charles A. and Lula Richard in the Kansas Senate chambers at the capitol in Topeka, Kansas. Charles Richard, a minister, served four years in the Kansas Senate representing Seneca and Nemaha County, Kansas.
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Joseph Ford

February 26, 2015, 8:10 pm
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This is a photograph of Joseph Ford who lived in Seneca, Kansas. Ford School located in Nemaha County was named for him.
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Joseph Ford and his sons

February 26, 2015, 8:10 pm
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This is a photograph of Joseph Ford with his sons. The photograph was probably taken in Delphos, Ohio.
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