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Joseph Trego wrote from Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Alice, at their family's home in Illinois. Trego, tired of "keeping bach" (living a bachelor's lifestyle), he occupied himself with the milling business, which was sawing 4000 ft of lumber each day. A member of the town company in Mound City, he had also recently traveled to gain support for the construction of some new roads in the area; he was also interested in developing a school. At the end of the letter, Trego wrote personal notes to each of his three daughters.
Creator: Trego, Joseph H. (Joseph Harrington), 1823-1905
Date: January 18, 1858
Item Number: 5905
Call Number: Joseph Harrington Trego Coll. No. 523 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5905
Built Environment - Function - Education - School
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials - Lumber
Business and Industry - Construction - Building materials - Sawmills
Collections - Manuscript - Trego, Joseph Harrington
Community Life - Community services - Economic development
Community Life - Community services - Roads
Community Life - Town development
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Education
Environment - Natural resources - Timber
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Trego, Joseph Harrington
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Cities and towns - Sugar Mound
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Other States - Illinois
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Roads & Highways - Roads
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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