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61. Charles Sanders Charles Sanders Circa 1890s Charcoal portrait of Charles Sanders (Saunders) in suit coat, vest, shirt, and tie. The drawing is unsigned but attributed to A. L. Dillenbeck. At the bottom right corner, handwritten in black ink is "Chas....
62. Checkmate the Attack on Westport Checkmate the Attack on Westport June, 2003 Typescript of a letter written from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, dated August 8, 1861, addressed to Major R. T. Van Horn, Commanding U. S. Home Guards, Kansas City, from W. E. Prince. Concerns possible Jayhawker...
63. Cinema and the Kansas/Plains Past Cinema and the Kansas/Plains Past Summer 2007 Article is a survey of recent and past films that detail Kansas and Great Plains history in some way. "This year's selection of films vary in subject matter from those about territorial Kansas and Westerns...
64. Civil War on the Border Civil War on the Border 1899 Story of the Rock Creek affair, a military confrontation involving Independence, Liberty, and Kansas City.
65. Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border Civil War on the Missouri-Kansas Border 2006 The border warfare experienced between Kansas and Missouri in the decade before the Civil War is examined in this book. The author states his belief that the raids and atrocities committed by the Kansas...
66. Civil War Prison Collapse In Kansas City Civil War Prison Collapse In Kansas City November/19/1911 Article about the collapse of a three-story building being used as a Civil War prison or guard house, killing four of the nine women prisoners inside, on August 13, 1863. Incident linked to the raid on...
67. Civil War Scrapbooks Civil War Scrapbooks Information on the Civil War, mostly newspaper clippings, with general information on Roll 20 and chronology on Rolls 18-20.
68. Civil War Soldier and Preacher in County Jail Civil War Soldier and Preacher in County Jail Winter//1999 Biographical article about Reverend Abner Holt Deane, or Abner Deane, a minister in the Kansas City area in the 1850s and 1860s. Victim of guerrilla warfare and unfair imprisonment at Independence as a...
69. Clelland (Clell) B. Miller, Deceased Clelland (Clell) B. Miller, Deceased Circa 1890s Charcoal portrait of deceased Clell Miller without shirt showing bullet wound above the heart dripping blood. The drawing is signed by the artist. Below the signature is "Clell Miller" written in different...
70. Colonel George S. Park Colonel George S. Park January//1926 Photo and biographical article about Colonel George Park (1811-1890), founder of Park College in Parkville, Missouri, in 1875 (celebrating its 50th anniversary in 1925). Description of his life and career...
71. Colonel Robert T. Van Horn: His Life and Public Service Colonel Robert T. Van Horn: His Life and Public Service October 1924 Description of the position taken by Van Horn and the conservative Democrats in 1860 of being anti-war and supporting Stephen Douglas in the presidential election.
72. Colonel Robert T. Van Horn: His Life and Public Service Colonel Robert T. Van Horn: His Life and Public Service October 1924 Description of Robert T. Van Horn's role in the execution of Order Number 11 in deporting citizens in a civil manner.
73. Colonization of Kansas Colonization of Kansas October/21/1854 Report by "the first party of the Massachusetts Emigration Company" upon their return to Boston from their settlement in Kansas Territory in 1854, describing conditions (including border fighting over...
74. Commemorating Kansas Territory's 150th Anniversary, 1854-2004 Commemorating Kansas Territory's 150th Anniversary, 1854-2004 Spring 2004 Photo illustration introducing _Kansas Heritage_ magazine's coverage of the 150th Anniversary of the founding of Kansas Territory. Includes a rare reproduction of the official seal of the Territory of...
75. David Rice Atchison of Missouri: Border Politician David Rice Atchison of Missouri: Border Politician 1961 Book about David Rice Atchison, or David Atchison (1807-1886), a lawyer and theater actor in Missouri starting in 1827, county judge starting in 1830 and later military officer in Clay County, Missouri,...
76. Death of Quantrill Aide Death of Quantrill Aide March 4, 1932 Article reports the death of Frank Smith, who died on his eighty-sixth birthday, March 3, 1932. Smith was 17 years old when he participated in William Clark Quantrill's August 21, 1863 raid on Lawrence,...
77. Decade of Decision: 1855-1865 Decade of Decision: 1855-1865 1960 Stories taken from narrations on weekly radio program, the "Kansas City Hour," regarding the Civil War and the border warfare involving William C. Quantrill and Order Number 11.
78. Desperate Characters: The Development and Impact of the Confederate Guerillas in Kansas Desperate Characters: The Development and Impact of the Confederate Guerillas in Kansas Autumn//1991 Article about the Confederate guerrilla raids of Kansas towns before and during the Civil War, with large illustrations.
79. Dictionary of Missouri Biography Dictionary of Missouri Biography 1999 Biography of William Clarke Quantrill (1837-1865), one of the most notorious of Confederate guerrillas or Bushwhackers in the border warfare period and during the Civil War in the Kansas City area, including...
80. Dictionary of Missouri Biography Dictionary of Missouri Biography 1999 Short biography of Civil War General Thomas E. Ewing (1829-1896) written by Charles R. Mink. Ewing is noted for issuing Order No. 11 in which persons residing in Bates, Cass, Jackson, and upper Vernon...