Scrapbooks. No. 42 and 260, 1879-1935.

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Scrapbooks. No. 42 and 260, 1879-1935.

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Stevens maintained scrapbooks concerning social, political, and economic issues, and the management of his farm while spending the summers at his farm in Morris County, Kansas. Scrapbook no. 42 contains almost exclusively newspaper clippings, dating from 1885 to 1929 (not in chronological order). Much of what appears in this scrapbook are articles written by himself and John J. Ingalls, or concerns such subjects as Francisco Vasquez de Coronado; Senator Preston Plumb; Kansas history; agriculture; prohibition; John Brown; Kansas Governor W. Roscoe Stubbs; the prisons at Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; the Pony Express; eugenics; the Santa Fe Trail; the Dalton Gang; Mennonites in Kansas; and a wide variety of other Kansas miscellany. Scrapbook No. 260 pertains to the management and leasing of farmland in Morris County, Kansas owned by Walter B. Stevens.

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Stevens, Walter B. (Walter Barlow), 1848-1939

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Journalist, St. Louis Globe-Democrat; covered the Peralta Land Grant case. From the description of Scrapbooks of the Peralta land grant case, 1895-1899. (University of Arizona). WorldCat record id: 31269279 Walter Barlow Stevens was born in Meriden, Conn., on July 25, 1848. While still in his youth, his family moved to Peoria, Ill. In 1870, Stevens graduated from the University of Michigan. Soon thereafter, he went to work as a journalist for St. Louis newspapers; first the ...

Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900

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John James Ingalls was born December 29, 1833, in Middletown, Massachusetts. He was the son of Elias T. and Eliza (Chase) Ingalls. From the description of John J. Ingalls papers, 1833-1900, bulk (1858-1900). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 50435869 Ingalls lived in Atchison and served as Senator from Kansas, 1873-1891 He was an attorney, lecturer, and author. For a biography of Ingalls see Burton J. Williams, Senator John James Ingalls, Kansas' Iridesc...

Plumb, Preston B., 1837-1891

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Preston Plumb was born October 12, 1837 at Berkshire, Delaware County, Ohio. He was the first born of, David and Hannah Marie (Bierce) Plumb. He later added the middle name to improve the appearance of his signature. David was a wagon maker and Preston worked with him in his shop. The family moved to Berlin Township in 1843 and then to Marysville, Union County, Ohio in 1846. Preston attended prep school for three years. Preston attended Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio by working in the printing ...