Name/Title
Kansas Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1958Entry/Object ID
2009.3.18Description
Kansas Historical Quarterly, Spring, 1958, Vol XLVI, No. 4 . Historical essays selected by Kansas Historical Society for publication. Articles and photographs related to the Western Migration are included in this volume.
Cover is an 1859 photograph by Albert Bierstadt of an emigrant camp in Bellmont, Doniphan County, Kansas.
Page 1 is a Bierstadt photo #134 taken in St. Joseph, Missouri of Pike's Peaks emigrants getting ready ot shove off in 1859.
Page 2 is a Bierstadt photo #96 of the Wolf River Ford on the St. Joe Road in Doniphan County, Kansas.
Related articles:
"Some Rare Western Photographs by Albert Bierstadt Now in the Historical Society Collections" by Joseph W. Snell.
On page 4 is a listing of 51 photographs from Bierstadt's 1860 catalog, In addition to the photos above is
#56 Emigrant team, St. Joseph;
#63 Bellemont ferry-boat, Kansas;
#65 Market place, St. Joseph, Mo
#67 St. Joseph, MO;
#81 Emigrants waiting for the ferry, St. Joseph, Mo
#82 Shanty in Bellemont, KS
#83 Ford of the Big Blue, Kansas
#84 Bellemont, Kan.
#86 Waiting for the ferry, St. Joseph, Mo
#87 Bellemont, Missouri River, Kansas
#89 Near Troy, Kan
#91 Ferry on the Big Blue, Kansas
#92 Ford of the Little Blue, Kansas
#93 Log cabin, Kansas
#95 Indian pony, Kansas
The other articles in this volume are":
"Letters of Daniel R. Anthony, 1857-1862, Part One", edited by Edgar Langsford and R.W. Richmond.
"Early Theatre at Fort Scott" by James C. Malin
"An Army Hospital: From Horses to Helicopters--Fort Riley, 1914-1957, Concluded" by George F. Omer, Jr.
128/Softbound/Photographs/TablesCollection
Don and Maudie Reynolds CollectionLexicon
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Bellemont, Kansas, Bellemont Ferry, Pikes Peak Gold Rush, Big Blue River, Little Blue River, Wolf River Crossing, Emigrant era photographs, Nebraska History, Kansas State Historical Society, Trails, California Trail, Oregon Trail, Oregon-California Trail, Kansas History, St. Joseph History, Western MigrationBook Details
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Mechem, Kirke, EditorPlace Published
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TopekaState/Province
KansasDate Published
1958Call No.
Western MENotes
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Albert Bierstadt