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Henry Denison wrote from Manhattan, Kansas Territory, to his uncle, Joseph Denison, who was traveling away from home. Henry reported that the cornerstone of Bluemont College had been laid the day before, and described the festivities, including speeches and the planting of a kind of time capsule behind the cornerstone. He added that crops had sprouted and were growing beautifully; emigrants continued to pass through on their way to Pikes Peak.
Creator: Denison, Henry
Date: May 11, 1859
Item Number: 4093
Call Number: Isaac Goodnow Coll. #357 Box 2 Folder 5
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4093
Agriculture - Crops
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle - Dairy - Milking
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - Goodnow, Isaac
Community Life - Events and Celebrations
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Education - Higher education - Institutions - Bluemont Central College
Environment - Plants - Flowers
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Denison, Joseph, 1815-1900
People - Notable Kansans - Pomeroy, S. C. (Samuel Clarke), 1816-1891
Places - Cities and towns - Manhattan
Places - Counties - Riley
Places - Other States - Colorado
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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