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A 1952 drawing of the earliest ferry on the Kansas river. Established in 1831 by Moses Grinter, the Grinter Ferry operated at the Delaware Crossing where the Fort Leavenworth-Fort Gibson road crossed the Kansas river in Wyandotte County, Kansas.
Creator: Kensler, Gordon
Date: 1952
Item Number: 515
Call Number: FK2. W7 .512 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 515
Agriculture - Livestock - Oxen
Built Environment - Function - Transportation - Water-Related
Collections - Photograph
Environment - Water - Rivers
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Objects and Artifacts - Distribution & Transportation Artifacts - Land Transportation, Animal-Powered - Animal-powered
Objects and Artifacts - Distribution & Transportation Artifacts - Water Transportation, Equipment
Places - Counties - Wyandotte
Places - Rivers - Kansas
Transportation - Non-motorized - Covered wagons
Transportation - Water - Ferries
Type of Material - Photographs
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