Kansas 150/150
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3/150: Edward Everett Hale’s Kanzas and Nebraska, was published in August of 1854, with the sanction of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. It is the first book ever published about Kansas. Its purpose was to encourage pioneers to move to Kansas, settle there, and ensure that Kansas would become a Free State. While the NEEAC was intended to be a for-profit company, few people bought stock in it. Hale earned a little over $200 in royalties, and the company lost $108.
5/150: Sara T. L. Robinson, Kansas: Its Interior and Exterior Life, Including A Full View of its Settlement, Political History, Social Life, Climate, Soil, Productions, Scenery, Etc., Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company, 1856, 6th edition. Sara was the wife of Charles Robinson, both founders of Lawrence, Kansas. Charles Robinson later became governor of Kansas.
4/150: Frye W. Giles’ Thirty Years in Topeka: 1865-1885, original publication, Topeka, KS, Geo. Crane and Publishers, 1886. Frye Giles was one of the original nine founders.
2/150: Topeka’s Founders’ Cabin, photographic visiting card by Leonard & Martin, 1882. The original painting was by Henry Worrall, and is in the collection of the Kansas State Historical Society.
Kansas 150/150
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3/150: Edward Everett Hale’s Kanzas and Nebraska, was published in August of 1854, with the sanction of the New England Emigrant Aid Company. It is the first book ever published about Kansas. Its purpose was to encourage pioneers to move to Kansas, settle there, and ensure that Kansas would become a Free State. While the NEEAC was intended to be a for-profit company, few people bought stock in it. Hale earned a little over $200 in royalties, and the company lost $108.
5/150: Sara T. L. Robinson, Kansas: Its Interior and Exterior Life, Including A Full View of its Settlement, Political History, Social Life, Climate, Soil, Productions, Scenery, Etc., Boston: Crosby, Nichols and Company, 1856, 6th edition. Sara was the wife of Charles Robinson, both founders of Lawrence, Kansas. Charles Robinson later became governor of Kansas.
4/150: Frye W. Giles’ Thirty Years in Topeka: 1865-1885, original publication, Topeka, KS, Geo. Crane and Publishers, 1886. Frye Giles was one of the original nine founders.
2/150: Topeka’s Founders’ Cabin, photographic visiting card by Leonard & Martin, 1882. The original painting was by Henry Worrall, and is in the collection of the Kansas State Historical Society.