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From Leavenworth, Kansas, W.T. Sherman wrote to a correspondent in Louisville, Ohio, regarding the uncertain prospects of "the Gold Mines of Kansas". He speculated that the Pikes Peak mines would yield some gold but nothing like the mines of California and Australia, and offered some travel advice.
Creator: Sherman, William T. (William Tecumseh), 1820-1891
Date: January 17, 1859
Item Number: 815
Call Number: Thomas Ewing Jr. Coll. #341 Letter Press Book #2
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 815
Business and Industry - Mining and quarrying - Gold
Collections - Manuscript - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Riley
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Letter
People - Notable Kansans - Ewing, Thomas, Jr.
Places - Cities and towns - Junction City
Places - Cities and towns - Leavenworth
Places - Counties - Geary
Places - Counties - Leavenworth
Places - Other States - California
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Ohio
Places - Other States - Utah
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
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