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William Goodnow wrote from Shannon, Wild Cat Creek, Kansas Territory, to his wife in New England. Goodnow commented on the weather and crops of the Territory, contrasting them with his experiences back East. Recovering from an illness, he had observed that there had been much traffic of soldiers, teams, and equipment passing by on their way to Fort Riley, "12 miles above here." Goodnow also mentioned that the Territorial Legislature was slated to convene at Pawnee, only 2 miles from his settlement, during the next week, though he supposed that "its doings will be illegal & void."
Creator: Goodnow, William Eaton, 1807-1876
Date: June 17, 1855
Item Number: 3610
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357 Box 1 Folder 39
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3610
Agriculture - Crops
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Health and Hygiene
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Riley
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
Places - Cities and towns - Junction City
Places - Cities and towns - Pawnee (Geary County)
Places - Cities and towns - Shannon
Places - Cities and towns - Shawnee Mission
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Counties - Johnson
Places - Counties - Riley
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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