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This illustrated page from the book "Historical Collections of the Great West" by Henry Howe shows views of early Kansas. Locations pictured include Front Street in Leavenworth; Old Elm, Leavenworth City; State House, Lecompton; Shawnee Mission; and the Free State Hotel, destroyed the week after this drawing was made, in Lawrence.
Creator: Howe, Henry, 1816-1893
Date: May 1856
Item Number: 312913
Call Number: FK2.83 *27
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 312913
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Church-Related Residence
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Scenes and views
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Book - Illustrations
Places - Cities and towns - Fairway
Places - Cities and towns - Lawrence
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Cities and towns - Lecompton
Places - Counties - Douglas
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books - Illustrations
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