Up from the Sod

Book

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Up from the Sod

Entry/Object ID

L1968.1.565

Description

Up from the Sod is the life story of a Kansas prairie county. Rice county's first population were the native American Indians who first met the Spanish explorer, Coronado, They then had to deal with the Santa Fe Trail and the two Army outposts established within its borders to protect the travelers. The county set aside the main migration path of the buffalo from north to south , causing it to be the focal point of the slaughter of the beast by both red men and white. It became a crossroads of exploration, commerce, traffic and pioneering, It emerged from the sod to become the breadbasket of the nation and a strong link in its industrial life. 207/Hardbound/Illustrations/Maps/Photographs.

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Exploration, Settlements

Search Terms

Indian Interaction, Rice County, Kansas, Kansas History, Santa Fe Trail

Book Details

Author

Jones, Horace

Place Published

City

Lyons

State/Province

Kansas

Date Published

1968

Call No.

Western JO

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Coronado