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Portrait of Mary Holliday and Cyrus Kurtz Holliday of Topeka, Kansas Territory. Cyrus came to Kansas Territory from Meadville, Pennsylvania, as an agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company. He was the first president of the Topeka Town Association, and was involved in founding and settling Topeka. Holliday was very active in territorial political activities, including the Topeka movement, and he was a delegate to the Topeka Constitutional Convention, as well as served as president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Item Number: 7779
Call Number: B Holliday Cyrus Kurtz *10
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 7779
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Entrepreneur
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Politicians
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
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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