Kansas Collection

Earth lodge of the Omaha tribe, Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Free Soil versus slavery conflict in Kansas, 1850s
Kansas Free Soil " peace convention" at Fort Scott, Kansas, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wichita, Kansas, 1870s
Main street in Wichita, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pro-slavery poster in Kansas, 1850s
Kansas poster calling for homesteaders to rally under pro-slavery governor Charles Robinson, 1850s. Printed color reproduction of a document

Cowboys guarding the herd at night during a Texas to Kansas cattle drive 1800s Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains
Passengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dugout home covered with prairie sod
A dugout covered with sod, home of a prairie homesteader, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad across the Great Plains
Transcontinental railroad track to a station on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Laying railroad track across the Great Plains
Workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

A pioneer familys sod house on the Kansas plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Sod house of a homesteader family on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Rescue of flood victims on the Mississippi River, 1800s
Residents rescued at night from the flooded Mississippi River, 1882. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Neighbors sharing farm work on the Great Plains
Prairie settlers helping a neighbor with his farm work, circa 1900. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a photograph

Homesteader plowing a western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Quantrill raid on Lawrence, Kansas, US Civil War
Confederate raiders destroying Lawrence, Kansas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cattle loaded on the railroad at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s
Loading Texas cattle on the Union Pacific Railway at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo herd on the American prairie
Herd of bison crossing a river bottom on the Great Plains. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century painting by Hays

Map of slave and free areas of the United States in 1854, at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Printed color lithograph 19th century

Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroads first section of track, 1865
First spike on the Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Prairie settlement along the transcontinental railroad
Railroad stop near a new town on the Great Plains, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Wagon train in a snowstorm on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Families camped beside their covered wagons on the prairie. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlers on the Great Plains fighting a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Family in a covered wgon
Family with many children traveling in a covered wagon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Settlers sod house and outbuildings in winter, western prairie, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Family in a covered wagon at the approach of a prairie storm, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Covered wagons escaping a prairie fire
Wagon train crossing a stream to escape a prairie fire. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

Covered wagon of a homesteader family heading west with their belongings, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Farmer in his cornfield praying for rain, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone of a 19th-century illustration

Homesteaders planting corn on the prairie
Homesteaders dropping seeds to sow corn on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Father Marquette and Louis Joliet, the first white men on the upper Mississippi River, 1673. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Former slaves fleeing to Kansas from yellow fever outbreak in South, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Lawrence, Kansas, sacked by Confederates raiders under Quantrill
Confederate Quantrill raid burns Lawrence, Kansas, 1863. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

First Butterfields Overland stagecoach, Atchison, Kansas, 1866
Butterfields Overland mail-coach starting out for California, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pony Express rider changing horses. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration by Frederic Remington

Cowboys driving a longhorn herd on the great cattle trail 1800s Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century illustration

Stagecoach caught in a prairie blizzard, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mat lodges of the Omaha tribe. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Army outpost Fort Larned, Kansas, 1860s
Soldiers digging in for the winter at Fort Larned, Kansas, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pioneers and their ox-teams plowing the prairies west of the Mississippi, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Grasshopper, an agricultural pest of the US plains
Kansas grasshopper. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pro-slavery voters from Missouri entering Kansas Territory, 1850s
Missouri " border ruffians" entering Kansas to vote for slavery in the territory, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Proslavery voters invading Kansas, 1850s
Pro-slavery forces ferrying Missouri voters to the Kansas shore to vote against free soil, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Pony Express rider changing horses at a relay station. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Traders and soldiers in the sutlers store at Fort Dodge, Kansas, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

African-American cowboy pulling a longhorn out of the mud. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century Frederic Remington Illustration

Cowboys driving a cattle herd from Texas to Kansas on the Chilsholm Trail 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cowboys cutting out cattle to drive a herd from Texas to Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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