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Joseph Trego wrote from Sugar Mound, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Alice, at their family's home in Illinois. Trego described how, since the shelter being built around the mill equipment was not yet complete, the wind and rain interfered with their ability to work. Though the work was hard, he favored the milling business over other means toward income. Trego responded to a newspaper article from the Rock Island Advertiser that his wife had sent him, deeming their coverage of the Kansas troubles "sensational." He expected that Fort Scott would soon be destroyed by free state militiamen, as "Bourbon County Bandits" (proslavery supporters) had been harassing extensively free state supporters in the area. Despite all this disorder, the development prospects of Mound City, in Linn County, appeared favorable.
Creator: Trego, Joseph H. (Joseph Harrington), 1823-1905
Date: January 24, 1858
Item Number: 5907
Call Number: Joseph Harrington Trego Coll. #523 Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 5907
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Newspaper
Business and Industry - Media/Communications - Telegraph
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Physicians
Business and Industry - Railroad
Community Life - Town development
Environment - Weather
Government and Politics - Federal Government - Federal agencies and programs - Agencies - Post Offices
Government and Politics - Political Parties - Free Soil
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Militia
Home and Family - Daily life - Settlement
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
People - Notable Kansans - Trego, Joseph Harrington
People - Women
Places - Cities and towns - Fort Scott
Places - Cities and towns - Mound City
Places - Cities and towns - Sugar Mound
Places - Counties - Bourbon
Places - Counties - Linn
Places - Other States - Illinois
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads
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