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In this first, rather lengthy letter from Sumner, K.T., Ingalls recorded his "impressions" of St. Louis, Missouri, and detailed the combination rail and steamboat trip across Missouri to Kansas Territory. St. Louis had "a hasty, unfinished appearance," from Ingalls's perspective, and "So much filth and poverty. . . ." He was delighted to leave that city and soon rode the "Pacific Railroad" as far as Herman, Missouri, where he boarded the steamer "Duncan S. Carter," which is described in some detail, along with the trip up river. Ingalls arrived at his Kansas destination on Monday, October 4, 1858.
Creator: Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Date: October 5, 1858
Item Number: 2898
Call Number: John James Ingalls Coll. #177 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 2898
Business and Industry - Railroad
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Pacific Railroad
Collections - Manuscript - Ingalls, John James
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Scenes and views - Business districts
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Environment - Water - Rivers
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Ingalls, John James, 1833-1900
Places - Cities and towns - Sumner (Atchison)
Places - Counties - Atchison
Places - Other States - Missouri - Jackson County - Kansas City
Places - Other States - Missouri - St. Louis
Places - Rivers - Missouri
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Pacific Railroad
Transportation - Water - Steamboats
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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