Box A23

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains materials related to the post office in Bellefont, Ford County. More specifically, this collection consists of certificates documenting employees of the post office in Bellefont.

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Thirteen volumes of Reports of Explorations and Surveys to Ascertain the Most Practicable Route for a Railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean from 1853-1861. These surveys documented a series of three explorations to the Pacifici Coast in search of the best route for a railroad. These surveys documented the plants, animals, and minerals of the land, as well as the various Native American groups they encountered. Some of the books also contain large...

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to the post office in Bellefont, Ford County. More specifically, this collection consists of certificates documenting employees of the post office in Bellefont.

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This collection contains various maps of Kansas and other Western states, such as Nebraska, and Oklahoma. Some maps are related to immigration and railway companies, such as the Kansas Pacific Railway, while others are designed more for travel or immigration.

Scope and Contents This collection contains an autobiographical account of Leila Woolwine Johnson's life and her family in Dodge City Kansas, focusing primarily on the years from 1907 through the 1920s. Johnson writes about her father, Charles Woolwine, and his career as jailor, undersheriff, sheriff, businessman, and member of the local draft board during World War I. Much of the manuscript discusses the operation of the City Jail in the 1910s and various events related to prisoners. There is also a...

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This collection contains homestead certificates from the United States Land Office in Dodge City, Kansas.