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This is a history of the first settlement in Brown County, Kansas. Thurston Chase and James Gibbons marked claims on Wolf river on May 11, 1854.
Creator: Harrington, Grant W., b. 1865
Date: Possibly 1920s
Item Number: 220115
Call Number: Historical collections: Brown County
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220115
Collections - Manuscript - History - Brown County
Date - 1920s
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Policies and programs - Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
Places - Counties - Brown
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/220115