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A letter from Horace D. Hickok, Olathe, Kansas Territory, to his brother Lorenzo Butler Hickok. Horace talks about the political activity in the territory and Missouri delegates coming to the Democratic Convention. He writes that people are returning from the Peak and the mines are paying from ten to twenty dollars per day. Horace is thinking about going to either Santa Fe or the Peak in the spring. He closes the letter and begins another one talking about making overalls and the Sunday sermon at church. Horace comments on Olathe's growth "like a pumpkin vine".
Creator: Hickok, Horace D
Date: August 21, 1859
Item Number: 209337
Call Number: Hickok Family Coll. #806
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209337
Agriculture - Agricultural methods and practices - Harvesting
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Corn
Agriculture - Crops - Vegetables - Potatoes
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - Hickok Family
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making
Home and Family - Clothing - Overalls
Home and Family - Daily life - Housework - Sewing
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Olathe
Places - Counties - Johnson
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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