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Author
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Regional history at its best ... Many of the traditional tales of early hardships- grasshopper plagues, Indian attacks, the stress of loneliness and isolation, drought, blizzards, prairie fires, and the unaccostomed hazards of nature- are retold with vigor and a sense of immediacy. These gritty tales of pioneer persistence and stubbornness are used to illustrate the region's cyclical history of hope and despair ... Not the least is Miner's talents...
Author
Series
Butter in the well volume 1
Pub. Date
c1992
Language
English
Description
This is a fictionalized account of Kajsa Svensson Runeberg's first 20 years on her Kansas farm.--Pref.
Author
Publisher
Kansas State Historical Society
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Fort Wallace (ca. 1865?1882) was a US Cavalry fort built in Wallace County, Kansas to help defend settlers against Cheyenne and Sioux raids. All that remains today is the cemetery, but for a period of over a decade Fort Wallace was one of the most important military outposts on the frontier.