History of Kansas
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The U.S. state of Kansas, located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, was the home of nomadic Native American tribes who hunted the vast herds of bison. In around 1450 AD, the Wichita people foun
Samuel Seymour's 1819 illustration of a Kansa lodge and dance is the oldest drawing known to be done in Kansas.
Frank Bond's illustration of the Louisiana Purchase
Chippewa named "One-Called-From-A-Distance"
1855 Free-State poster
Exodusters
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Exodusters was a name given to African Americans who migrated from states along the Mississippi River to Kansas in the late 19th century, as part of the Exoduster Movement or Exodus of 1879. It was th
History of Kansas
…were destinations for cattle drives from Texas. With the railroads came heavy immigration from the East, from Germany as well as some freedmen called "Exodusters". Farmers first tried to replicate Eastern patterns and grow corn and raise pigs, but they failed because of shortages of rainfall. The solution, as…
Refugees on a levee in Mississippi, April 17, 1897
"Ho For Kansas!" Copyprint handbill