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In addition to a listing of businesses and advertisements, the directory included the elected officials for the city of Leavenworth for 1858-59 and the newspapers published in Leavenworth. A few women are listed as owners of businesses. The information for the directory was compiled by Allen Pierse.
Creator: Pierse, Allen
Date: 1859
Item Number: 4856
Call Number: CK 910 -L48
CK 910 -L48
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 4856
Business and Industry - Banking - Banks
Business and Industry - Health care
Business and Industry - Lodging
Business and Industry - Manufacturing
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions
Business and Industry - Retail
Business and Industry - Services
Collections - Library
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Professional - Business and Professional Women
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Government and Politics - Local Government
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Advertising Medium - Booklet
People - Notable Kansans
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Printed materials - Advertisements
Type of Material - Printed materials - Books - City Directory
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