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Barteldes' 1887 Price List and Descriptive Catalogue of Seeds
F. W. Barteldes Kansas Seed House catalog. A copy of the "1887 Price List and Descriptive Catalogue ...
Brown, George Washington
Editor of the "Herald of Freedom", the first newspaper in town. George Washington Brown (1820-1...
Germania Publishing Co. Stock Certificate
Stock Certificate for the German newspaper, 1902. This is an original $10 stock certificate in ...
Learnard, Mary Sophia (Eldridge)
Mrs. Oscar Learnard. Mrs. Oscar Learnard was born Mary Sophia Eldridge, daughter of Col. Shalor...
Learnard, Oscar Eugene
Free state activist, Haskell superintendent, and newspaperman. Colonel Oscar Eugene Learnard was...
Model of a mid-19th Century Printing Press
Printing press destroyed in Sam Jones' raid. This drawing of the Herald of Freedom printing pre...
Trask, Josiah
Newspaperman victim of Quantrill's raid.Mr. Josiah Chapin Trask was born May 9, 1837. His father, f...
Wood, Sam N.
Underground Railroad Conductor Samuel Newitt Wood was born in Mount Gilead, Ohio, December 30, 18...
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