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Cyrus Kurtz Holliday came to Kansas Territory from Meadville, Pennsylvania. He was the first president of the Topeka Town Association and was involved in founding and settling Topeka. He was an agent for the New England Emigrant Aid Company. He was very active in territorial political activities including the Topeka movement. He was a delegate to the Topeka Constitutional Convention.
Item Number: 3905
Call Number: B Holliday Cyrus Kurtz *3
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 3905
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - New England Emigrant Aid Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies - Topeka Association
Curriculum - The Kansas Journey - Chapter 7: Railroads, Cattle, and Agriculture
Date - 1854-1860 - 1855
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Reform and Protest - Antislavery
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Constitution Making - Topeka Constitution
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Political parties - Free State
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - Notable Kansans - Holliday, Cyrus Kurtz, 1826-1900
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Places - Other States - Pennsylvania
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Thematic Time Period - Industrialization and the National Economy, 1870 - 1920
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs
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