Shawnee County Historical Society, No. 53

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Title AlternativeWitness of the times : a history of Shawnee CountyCreatorWallace, Douglass W.Bird, Roy, 1952-Richmond, Robert W.Snell, Joseph W.PublisherShawnee County Historical SocietyTable of Contents[Front matter, no. 53]
Witness of the times : a history of Shawnee County
On the banks of the Kanzas: the territorial period
Sounds of rifle fire: military history
From place to place: transportation
From the land: agriculture
The work of a people: industry
The electorate's nightmare: politics
The parading mistress: woman's suffrage
Drink: the temperance movement
A people's faith: religion
Man's folly and pleasure: crime and violence
The intellectual realm: country schools
The intellectual realm: city schools and colleges
The printed word: newspapers
The beau-arts: writers and artists
Rise of the city: Topeka's metamorphosis
Divergence: people's lineages
The tempest: flood, fire, and disaster
Date of VolumeJune 1976VolumeNo. 53Decade1840s-1970sSubjectFarm lifeRural developmentAgricultureFarmersFarmsTransportationRoadsFerriesTrailsRailroadsAutomobilesAirplanesNatural disastersTornadoesFloodsFiresNewspapersJournalismMass mediaPolitics and governmentCapitols--U.S. statesSlavery--Extension to the territoriesPolitical violenceAmerican Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)African Americans--MigrationsIndians of North America--Land tenurePovertyPoorEconomic conditionsSocial conditionsCity and town lifeEducationSchoolsUniversities and collegesArtsArtistsAuthorsRural schoolsSchool districtsIndustriesEmployeesLabor unionsTerritorial expansionBibliographyProhibitionTemperanceAlcohol--Law and legislationBars (Drinking establishments)CrimeCriminalsProstitutionMurderRobberyCities and townsExtinct citiesReligionChristianityChurch buildingsHospitalsIndexesPoliticiansMinoritiesSwedish AmericansGerman AmericansAfrican AmericansMexican AmericansImmigrantsCities and towns--GrowthCommunity development, UrbanWomen--SuffrageVotingLocal electionsElectionsFormatPDFLanguageengIdentifierTSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0630 to TSCPL_LH_SCHSB_0652

SeriesBulletin of the Shawnee County Historical SocietyPlaceTopeka, KSShawnee County, KS

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