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William Boxberger's map of Township 14 South, Range 14 West, Russell...
A map drawn by William Boxberger showing creeks, the Denver Trail, and the homesteaders of Grant Township, Township 14 South, Range 14 West of Russell county. William also compiled a comprehensive...
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Edward Snider's map of Township 12 South, Range 37 West, Logan County
A map drawn by Edward M. Snider showing creeks, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the town of McAllaster of Township 14 South, Range 35 West (in McAllaster Township), Logan County. On a separate sheet,...
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Katie Meyer's map of Township 15 South, Range 12 West, Russell County
A map drawn by Widdifield School student Katie Meyer, showing the creeks, school houses, churches, and roads of Township 15 South, Range 12 West, of Russell County. This is one of several maps drawn...
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Elmer L. Cochrane's map of Township 12 South, Range 37 West, Logan County
A map drawn by Elmer L. Cochrane showing creeks, and the town of McAllaster of Township 14 South, Range 35 West (in McAllaster township), Logan County. On a separate sheet, Elmer writes "McAllaster...
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Myrtle Long's map of Elkorn [Elkhorn] Township, Lincoln County
A map drawn by Myrtle Long of Lincoln, Kansas, showing creeks, schools, churches, rural post offices, rural stores and the Union Pacific Railroad as well as the "West Proposed Railroad" of Elkhorn...
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Chipped stone Axe
This chipped stone axe was recovered from an Indian campsite in Wilson County, Kansas that dates to the Early to Late Ceramic periods. The axe could have been hafted onto a handle and used for working...
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Scraper
This scraper came from the surface of a Late Ceramic period camp site in Trego County. It was recovered during the 1997 Kansas Archeology Training Program and was knapped of a chert called Smoky Hill...
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Knife
This knife was recovered from a camp site in Wilson County, Kansas. It was made sometime during the Early to Middle Ceramic period, perhaps from Florence chert from the Flint Hills.
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Scrapers
These two scrapers were recovered from the surface of a camp workshop site (14TO313) near the Saline River in Trego County during the 1997 Kansas Archeology Training Program. The scraper on the left...
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J. G. Haskell to Cyrus K. Holliday
This is a letter from J. G. Haskell to Cyrus K. Holliday requesting the opportunity to revise and add to the existing architectural plans for the pending Kansas state capitol in Topeka, Kansas. The...
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William H. McBride
This is a cabient card showing William H. McBride, who lived in Kirwin, Phillips County, Kansas. He was a member of the Kansas House of Representatives serving District 112. McBride was elected to...
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Clara Helfferich's map of Indiana Township, Lincoln County
A map drawn by Clara A. (Helfferich) Hendrickson of Lincoln, Kansas, showing "The raid of May 30, 1869" made by American Indians on the settlers of Indiana Township (T. 12 S., R. 8 W.), Lincoln...
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Governor John Alexander Martin
This is a cabinet card of Kansas Governor John Alexander Martin. He was a Republican from Atchison, Kansas and served from January 12, 1885 to January 14, 1889.
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Otis Schwanbeck's map of Township 11 South, Range 24 West, Trego County
A map drawn by Otis Scwanbeck, age 13, from Collyer, Kansas, showing creeks, houses, railroads and the Saline River in Township 11 South, Range 24 West, Trego County. On a separate sheet, Otis has...
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Florence A. Tilton's map of Township 14 South, Range 23 West, Trego...
A map drawn by Florence A. (Tilton) Sparks, age 13 (7th grade), from Collyer, Kansas, showing creeks and the Smoky Hill River in Township 14 South, Range 24 West, Trego County. This is one of several...
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Fannie Palkovsky's map of Township 14 South, Range 24 West, Trego County
A map drawn by Fannie Palkovsky (mistakenly called Frances), age 16, from Collyer, Kansas, showing creeks, Old Fort Downer, the Old Denver Trail and the Smoky Hill River in Township 14 South, Range 24...
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Amy O. Tague's map of Augustine Township, Logan County
A map drawn by Amy Tague from Sunnyside, Kansas, showing creeks, schools, canyons and Twin Butte of Augustine Township (Township 15 South, Range 36 and 37 West), Logan County. Amy also includes an...
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Merle Hitt's map of Township 11 South, Range 25 West, Trego County
A map drawn by Leeta Merle (Hitt) Biehler, age 12 from Collyer, Kansas, showing creeks, schools, ranches and the Saline River in Township 11 South, Range 25 West, Trego County. On a separate sheet,...
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Maggie Hitt's map of Township 12 South, Range 25 West, Trego County
A map drawn by Maggie (Hitt) Dalby, age 14 from Collyer, Kansas, showing creeks, a school, the Union Pacific Railroad, the town of Collyer and the outpost of Coyote in Township 12 South, Range 25...
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Albert Krhut's map of Township 12 South, Range 24 West, Trego County
A map drawn by Albert Krhut, from Voda, Kansas, showing creeks, the railroad and the school house in Township 14 South, Range 24 West, Trego county. On a separate sheet, Albert includes a legend for...
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