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An illustration copied from the New York Illustrated News showing a family dying of starvation in Black Jack, Kansas Territory. Kansas experienced a long period of drought from June 1859 through November 1860 and as a result settlers suffered particularly in the rural areas. With failed crops and limited supplies, thousands of destitute people packed up and went back East.
Creator: New York Illustrated News
Date: January 19, 1861
Item Number: 222221
Call Number: HV .1861 *3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 222221
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Famine
Date - 1861-1869 - 1861
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Newspaper - Illustrations
Places - Cities and towns - Black Jack
Places - Counties - Douglas
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Newspapers - Illustrations
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