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Joseph Trego wrote from Mound City, Kansas Territory, to his wife, Alice, at their family's home in Illinois. Trego described his overland travels to an Osage Indian trading post and his encounters with the Osage people. He and his friend, Edwin, traveled through Fort Scott, Bourbon County, on their way back to Mound City. Trego recounted their tour of the town, describing its large homes, a plaza at the town's center, and a steam mill much like his own. Trego reported that, if they had stayed longer in Fort Scott, they may not have been allowed out, as free state men were collecting in large numbers to capture proslavery "thieves" and destroy the town in the process.
Creator: Trego, Joseph H. (Joseph Harrington), 1823-1905
Date: February 28, 1858
Item Number: 6212
Call Number: Joseph Harrington Trego Coll. #523, Box 1 Folder 1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 6212
Business and Industry - Retail
Business and Industry - Services - Real estate
Collections - Manuscript - Trego, Joseph Harrington
Date - 1854-1860 - 1858
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Military - Service - Army
Military - Service - Militias
Military - Wars - Bleeding Kansas
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - American Indians - Indian lands
People - American Indians - Tribes - Osage
People - Notable Kansans - Trego, Joseph Harrington
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 - Rivers
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Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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