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A letter on October 5, 1876, from W. H. Wood, asks Governor Osborn the names of the Governors who he will meet at Omaha, Nebraska, and the time of the meeting. A letter from C. O. Riley, November 4, 1876, requests the Governor to write to Professor F. V. Hayden of Washington. In the letter, Riley also asks that the Governor of Omaha adopt Professor Hayden's plan for destroying grasshoppers. A letter on November 18, 1876, from C. O. Riley, states the pamphlet embodying the proceedings of the conference of the Governors at Omaha, Nebraska, is prepared and will be ready for distribution in about two weeks. In mid-1874, millions of grasshoppers, or Rocky Mountain locusts, appeared on the prairies from the Dakotas to Texas. Kansas Governor Osborn called a special meeting of the legislature, which assembled on September 15, 1874, to think of ways to help Kansans survive the destruction and relieve the hardship left by the grasshoppers.
Creator: Kansas. Governor (1873-1877 : Osborn)
Date: 1876
Item Number: 454149
Call Number: Governor's Office, Governor Thomas Andrew Osborn Correspondence Files, Correspondence Received, Subject Files, Box 3 Folder 54
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 454149
Agriculture - Environment - Pests - Grasshoppers
Collections - State Archives - Governor's Records - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Community Life - Disasters and accidents - Plagues - Grasshopper
Community Life - Events and Celebrations - Conferences
Date - 1870s - 1876
Government and Politics - State Government - Governors - Osborn, Thomas Andrew
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
People - Notable Kansans - Osborn, Thomas Andrew, 1836-1898
Places - Other States - Nebraska - Omaha
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Government records - Correspondence
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