Adolph Roenigk and George W. Martin correspondence
Creator: Roenigk, Adolph, 1847-1938
Date: October 10, 1904-January 24, 1908
In this correspondence with George W. Martin of the Kansas State Historical Society, Adolph Roenigk addresses issues related to the Pawnee Indians. In the letter dated October 10, 1904, Roenigk explains that "a Battle between the Potowatomie and the Pawnee Indians was fought here [Lincoln, Kansas] in 1863." According to Roenigk, between 14 and 16 Native Indians were killed during the fighting. Similarly, Roenigk's letter of October 24, 1906, concerns violence between Kansans and Native Indians during the late 1860s when a man named Solomon Humbarger and Solomon's brother were attacked by Native Indians. After killing one of their chiefs Roenigk states that Humbarger was shot in the thigh with an arrow.

Bird's eye view of Ogden, Riley County, Kansas
Date: 1881
This lithograph is a bird's eye view of Ogden, Riley County, Kansas. It is a small community. There are only a few streets, houses, and businesses. There is a railroad depot, but the railroad is not identified. The two insets in the upper corners are grocery stores. The lower left inset is the Pacific House, a hotel. The lower right inset is not identified.

Emigrants' guide to the Kansas Pacific Railway lands
Creator: Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Date: April 1871
A railroad company advertisement to emigrants promising cheap, abundant and good land for agricultural purposes.

G. U. Parsons, Minister, and Benj. R. Edmonds, Clerk of Congregational Society, to the Committee on Church Extension of the General Association
Creator: Parsons, G. U.
Date: March 19, 1858
Writing from Ogden, Kansas Territory, the authors state that they have been voted an appropriation by the Congregational Union of New York to build a church but that they had not received any of the money. However, their numbers have increased, and they have received subscriptions to begin work. They need additional money to finish the building and are requesting $200 from the committee. They describe the advantages of Ogden being where the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers flowed into the Kansas, near Fort Riley, and with prospects for a railroad.

Hand book for the Kansas Pacific Railway
Creator: Kansas Pacific Railway Company
Date: 1870
This Kansas Pacific Railroad publication advertises good abundant and cheap land readily available on its rail line between Kansas City, Missouri, and Denver, Colorado. The booklet contains descriptions of the country and cities and towns along the Kansas Pacific Railroad and its branches.

Historical plat book of Riley County, Kansas
Creator: Bird, M. E
Date: 1881
This volume contains state and Indian History, county and township history and illustrations.

Standard atlas of Riley County, Kansas
Creator: Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Date: 1909
This atlas shows maps of each township with the names of landowners. It has a patrons' directory, illustrations, and plats of towns as of the year of publication.

Testimony of Lemuel Knapp
Creator: National Kansas Committee
Date: January 5, 1857
This testimony, recorded by the National Kansas Committee, describes the Kansas experience of Lemuel Knapp, a settler who emigrated to the area near Fort Riley, Kansas Territory. His statement includes personal information as well as comments on the development of Pawnee City and the role that it played in the early years of Kansas Territory. It also relates an account of how the President ordered the destruction of Pawnee City because the newly drawn boundaries placed it on the Fort Riley Military Reserve.

Union Pacific Railroad Company depot, Ogden, (Ogdensburg),Kansas
Date: Between 1950s and 1960s
This photograph shows the Union Pacific Railroad Company depot in Ogden, Kansas. The name on the building reads Ogdensburg instead of Odgen.

William H. Bower to Governor John St. John
Creator: Bower, W. H.
Date: May 14, 1880
In this letter, Manhattan undertaker William Bower requests Kansas Governor St. John pay a visit to the cities of Ogden and Randolf, where a population of German and Swedish people are divided on the temperance amendment issue.

Wooden clogs
Date: between 1871 and 1881
Pair of hand-carved wooden clogs with pointed toes. Mostly unpainted, except for gold on inside and sole. Worn at Theodore Weichselbaum's brewery in Ogden, Kansas. Weichselbaum's brew house opened in Ogden in 1871 and employed several German brewers until state prohibition forced its closure in 1881. Wooden clogs were worn on the brewery floor and cleaned daily after wearing.