The Kansa Indians
The Kansa Indians

Author: William E. Unrau

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 1986-01-01

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 9780806119656

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After their first contacts with whites in the seventeenth century, the Kansa Indians began migrating from the eastern United States to what is now eastern Kansas, by way of the Missouri Valley. Settling in villages mostly along the Kansas River, they led a semi-sedentary life, raising corn and a few vegetables and hunting buffalo in the spring and fall. It was an idyllic existence-until bad, and then worse, things began to happen. William E. Unrau tells how the Kansa Indians were reduced from a proud people with a strong cultural heritage to a remnant forced against their will to take up the whites' ways. He gives a balanced but hard-hitting account of an important and tragic chapter in American history.

Print the Legend
Print the Legend

Author: Martha A. Sandweiss

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2002-01-01

Total Pages: 426

ISBN-13: 9780300103151

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Resurrecting scores of rare images of the 19th century American West, "Print the Legend" offers engaging tales of ambitious photographic adventurers, and misinterpreted images. Chronicling both the history of a place and the history of a medium, this book portrays how Americans first came to understand western photos and to envision their expanding nation. 138 illustrations.

The Battle of the Washita
The Battle of the Washita

Author: Stan Hoig

Publisher: Doubleday Books

Published: 1976

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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An account of Custer's massacre of an Indian village in its winter camp by the Washita River, the first successful military campaign against the Plains Indians.

Vanguards of the Frontier
Vanguards of the Frontier

Author: Everett Newfon Dick

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 1941-01-01

Total Pages: 664

ISBN-13: 9780803250482

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Faith is neither static nor instantaneous. It is not something we stumble upon and instantly understand. Neither is it a monolithic, one-dimensional, singular entity that has but one face, one color, one fragrance. It is many-faceted, multi-dimensional, and appears differently depending on one's angle to the Son. In Finding Faith in Slow Motion, Damon Gray examines faith from myriad angles and through gut-wrenching life experiences, as he asks regarding faith, "What is that stuff?" Spanning the emotional gamut from laughter to tears, Gray challenges us to define our faith and redefine it, to look at it from a multitude of perspectives and define it again. The writing is intentionally evocative and playful, offering the reader the ability to identify with Gray as he wrestles with the weighty subject matter of finding faith.

The Carriage Journal
The Carriage Journal

Author: Jill Ryder

Publisher: Carriage Assoc. of America

Published: 1992-04-01

Total Pages: 48

ISBN-13:

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View from the Box 154 The Mystery of Napoleon's Waterloo Carriage 155 C.A.A. Tour to Argentina 161 Wooden Spring Experiments of 1665 163 Carriages and their Care 165 Memories - Mostly Horsy 167 The Folkstone "Quicksilver" 170 Spring Tune-up for Harness 173 Thimble by & Shorland: Reading Auction 17 4 Fitting the Bridle 177 Snipebills 179 Abbot-Downing "Tally-Ho" Coaches 181 1992 Mid-Winter Conference 184 Trans-Mississippi Transport 186 Book Reviews

Custer, the Seventh Cavalry, and the Little Big Horn
Custer, the Seventh Cavalry, and the Little Big Horn

Author: Mike O'Keefe

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

Published: 2012-11-20

Total Pages: 946

ISBN-13: 0806188146

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Since the shocking news first broke in 1876 of the Seventh Cavalry’s disastrous defeat at the Little Big Horn, fascination with the battle—and with Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer—has never ceased. Widespread interest in the subject has spawned a vast outpouring of literature, which only increases with time. This two-volume bibliography of Custer literature is the first to be published in some twenty-five years and the most complete ever assembled. Drawing on years of research, Michael O’Keefe has compiled entries for roughly 3,000 books and 7,000 articles and pamphlets. Covering both nonfiction and fiction (but not juvenile literature), the bibliography focuses on events beginning with Custer’s tenure at West Point during the 1850s and ending with the massacre at Wounded Knee in 1890. Included within this span are Custer’s experiences in the Civil War and in Texas, the 1873 Yellowstone and 1874 Black Hills expeditions, the Great Sioux War of 1876–77, and the Seventh Cavalry’s pursuit of the Nez Perces in 1877. The literature on Custer, the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and the Seventh Cavalry touches the entire American saga of exploration, conflict, and settlement in the West, including virtually all Plains Indian tribes, the frontier army, railroading, mining, and trading. Hence this bibliography will be a valuable resource for a broad audience of historians, librarians, collectors, and Custer enthusiasts.

Doris Fleeson
Doris Fleeson

Author: Carolyn Sayler

Publisher: Sunstone Press

Published: 2011-11-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1611390370

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"She was my idol," said columnist Mary McGrory. McGrory, in writing of women, referred to Doris Fleeson as "incomparably the first political journalist of her time." Fleeson was, in fact, the first woman in the United States to become a nationally syndicated political columnist. In 1945, with the encouragement of Henry Mencken, she launched her column. In her career she would write some 5,500 columns during the next twenty-two years. Fleeson's appearance could be disarming. Once at a party Lady Bird Johnson exclaimed, "What a gorgeous dress, Doris. It makes you look just like a sweet, old-fashioned girl." The wife of Senator Stuart Symington interjected, "Yes, just a sweet old-fashioned girl with a shiv in her hand." CAROLYN SAYLER lives in Lyons, Kansas, ten miles from the town of Sterling where Doris Fleeson was born in 1901. Knowing members of the Fleeson family, she began researching the life of the columnist whose straightforward take on Washington became a daily fix for newspaper readers across the nation. Sayler has a background in journalism as a member of a Kansas newspaper family. She is the author of a history of Manhattan, Kansas, which tells of the town's founding during the Free State struggle, its strong connections with New England, and its abolitionist college, now Kansas State University.

History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Author: Keith L. Bryant|Frailey Jr. (Fred W.)

Publisher: U of Nebraska Press

Published: 2020-09

Total Pages: 429

ISBN-13: 1496222717

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Cyrus K. Holliday envisioned a railroad that would run from Kansas to the Pacific, increasing the commerce and prosperity of the nation. With farsighted investors and shrewd management, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway grew from Holliday's idea into a model of the modern, rapid, and efficient railroad. There were many growing pains early on, including rustlers, thieves, and desperadoes as well as the nineteenth century's economic and climatic hardships. The railroad eventually extended from Chicago to San Francisco, with substantial holdings in oil fields, timber land, uranium mines, pipelines, and real estate. This is the first comprehensive history of the iconic Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, from its birth in 1859 to its termination in 1996. This volume discusses the construction and operation of the railway, the strategies of its leaders, the evolution of its locomotive fleet, and its famed passenger service with partner Fred Harvey. The vast changes within the nation's railway system led to a merger with the Burlington Northern and the creation of the BNSF Railway. An iconic railroad, the Santa Fe at its peak operated thirteen thousand miles of routes and served the southwestern region of the nation with the corporate slogan "Santa Fe All the Way." This new edition covers almost twenty-five more years of history, including the merger of the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern railroads and new material on labor, minorities, and women on the carrier along with new and updated maps and photographs.