John and Edith (Boop) Scheidegger, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1906 and 1920
John and Edith (Boop) Scheidegger in their covered wagon in Rossville, Kansas. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Covered wagon at Fort Hays
Date: Between 1850s and 1890s
Unmounted tintype of a covered wagon at Fort Hays, Kansas.

Oregon Trail
Date: Between 1900 and 1940
Letters, notes, and reminiscences of the Oregon Trail. Included are first hand accounts of traveling the trail, routes taken, and the hardships endured. The Oregon Trail was primarily used from 1840 through 1860 for pioneers heading west looking for new places to settle.

Famine in Kansas
Creator: New York Illustrated News
Date: February 23, 1861
An illustration copied from the New York Illustrated News showing people and a covered wagon pulled by oxen struggling through the snow in search of provisions. Kansas experienced a long period of drought from June, 1859 until November, 1860 and as a result settlers suffered particularly in the rural areas. With failed crops and limited supplies, thousands of people packed up and went back East.

Early scenes on Main Street in Ottawa
Date: Between 1865 and 1900
These four photographs show various scenes of Ottawa in its early years of development.

Address before the Old Settler's Reunion, Lincoln, Kansas
Creator: Stanley, Arthur Jehu, 1874-1967
Date: September 17, 1915
An address given by Arthur Stanley before the Old Settler's Reunion in Lincoln, Kansas. Stanley recounts life in Lincoln, of living in a dugout, the fear of prairie fires, prairie schooners passing through, the naming and meaning of places in Lincoln, and many other stories of the county and prairie life in general.

Covered wagons in Hoxie, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1915
This photograph shows a train of covered wagons "going further west." Photo possibly taken in 1907 or 1908, in Hoxie, Kansas, Main street.

Mrs. Lawrence Claar to Kansas State Historical Society
Creator: Claar, Mrs. Lawrence
Date: March 17, 1946
A letter from Mrs. Lawrence Claar, Oberlin, Kansas, to the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas. In the letter, Mrs. Claar writes that she is sending a story that describes a Kansas settlement called "Old Hawkeye". Along with the letter is the actual "Old Hawkeye" story to which she refers. The story is told by Amy G.C. Rezner, aunt to Mrs. Claar's husband, Lawrence.

Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: Bliss, W. P.
Date: Between 1863 and 1865
A carte-de-visite showing the east side of Kansas Avenue near the corner of 6th Street in Topeka, Kansas. Businesses along the avenue included the Topeka Meat Market; J. F. Osenburg, Saddle & Harness Manufacturer; Capitol Meat Market; and Provision Feed-Seed Store. Visible in the carte-de-visite is a covered wagon, a team of horses, and a horse standing in front of the Topeka Meat Market.

Soule ditch along the trail west of Ingalls, Kansas
Date: 1914
A panoramic photograph showing one of the Soule ditches along the trail west of Ingalls, Kansas. Visible are two covered wagons traveling on the trail.

Along the trail west of Ingalls, Kansas
Date: September 5, 1914
A colored photograph of a covered wagon traveling along the trail west of Ingalls, Kansas. Next to the trail is one of Soule's irrigation ditches.

KW outfit, Cimarron-Valley, Beaver County, Oklahoma
Creator: Wolf, Henry L. 1850-1924
Date: May 18, 1896
This photograph shows a man in a wagon with a team of horses. The photographer described this as the KW outfit in Cimarron-Valley, Beaver County, Oklahoma.

Covered wagon crossing the Arkansas River at Great Bend, Kansas
Date: 1872
Covered wagon crossing the Arkansas River at Great Bend, Kansas.

Covered wagons
Date: Between 1890 and 1910
This photo shows an unidentified family in their covered wagon in Comanche County, Kansas.

Covered wagons on Kansas Avenue, Topeka, Kan.
Date: 1879
A photograph showing covered wagons on Kansas Avenue in Topeka, Kansas.

Main Street of Ottawa, Kansas
Date: Between 1866 and 1875
This photograph shows a view of the Drug Store on Main Street in Ottawa, Kansas. Several other business buildings are visible, along with several horse-drawn covered wagons moving along the street.

Main Street, Beeler, Kansas
Date: 1887
This image from a lithograph shows a view of Main Street looking south in Beeler, Kansas. Brocker's Drug Store is visible on the right side of the picture. The sign on the front of the building reads, "City Drug Store." Several other buildings are visible along the street, including the Beeler House on the left side of the picture. The drawing also shows many people along the street, horse-drawn carriages, covered wagons, and a lady riding a horse. A windmill is in the middle of the street, and there appear to be railroad cars crossing behind the buildings far in the background of the picture.

Camp Comanche
Creator: Gregg, Josiah, 1806-1850
Date: Between 1831 and 1840
Camp Comanche, an illustration copied from Commerce Of The Prairies by Josiah Gregg.

Border ruffians invading Kansas
Creator: Share
Date: 1880
Illustration of presumed pro-slavery supporters entering Kansas during the 1850s. The illustration appeared in the 1880 edition of William Cullen Bryant's "A Popular History of the United States."

Landon Notification Day Parade
Date: July 23, 1936
Horses and covered wagons participating in Alfred Mossman Landon's Notification Day parade, July 23, 1936.

View from Pilot Knob, Leavenworth, Kansas. 309 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
One side of a stereograph showing a view from Pilot Knob, Leavenworth, Kan. In the background is a camp with covered wagons and tents.

Depot, Ellsworth Kansas. 508 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing the depot at Ellsworth, Kansas. Visible in the stereograph are people standing on the depot platform and on the ground. There is a horse drawn carriage next to the depot and covered wagons in the background. From Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

Walnut Street, Ellsworth, Kansas. 508 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing covered wagons on Walnut Street in Ellsworth, Kansas. Visible in the stereograph are a variety of business buildings and people on the street. From Alexander Gardner's series, "Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division."

Cattle fording the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas. On the old Santa Fe crossing 508 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing cattle crossing the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas. Visible in the stereograph is a covered wagon. From Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.

Bull train crossing the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas. On the old Santa Fe crossing 508 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
Creator: Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882
Date: 1867
A stereograph showing a bull train and cattle crossing the Smoky Hill River at Ellsworth, Kansas. Visible in the photograph is a covered wagon. From Alexander Gardner's series, Across the Continent on the Union Pacific Railway, Eastern Division.