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A formal portrait of Cyrus Kurtz Holliday (1826-1900), of Topeka, Kansas. Holliday came to Kansas Territory in 1854 from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was an agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company, one of the founders of Topeka, and was the first president of the Topeka Town Association. He was very active in territorial political activities, including the Topeka movement, he was a delegate to the Topeka Constitutional Convention, and served in the Kansas State Senate in 1861. Holliday was also the first president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, and served as one of the railroad's directors for nearly 40 years.
Date: Between 1850 and 1855
Item Number: 7773
Call Number: B Holliday Cyrus Kurtz *9
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7773
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Local Government
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Daguerreotypes
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania - Meadville
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Daguerreotypes
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