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This colored lithograph is a bird's eye view of Kinsley, Kansas, the county seat of Edwards County, Kansas. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad ran through the town. This lithograph was done in 1878, fairly early in the town's history. The streets are named but the structures are not identified. The business district is shown as well as at least one church and some homes. There is a herd of cattle in the lower right corner of the image. The Arkansas River is in the upper left corner of the the drawing. The lithograph was drawn by D. D. Morse and published by Lott & Zeuch Lithograph, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Morse, D. D
Date: 1878
Item Number: 227544
Call Number: Map Drawer X
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227544
Agriculture - Livestock - Cattle
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade
Built Environment - Function - Domestic - Single Dwelling
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Religious Facility - Church
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Depots
Collections - Map
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Lithograph
Places - Cities and towns - Kinsley
Places - Counties - Edwards
Places - Rivers - Arkansas
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Type of Material - Illustrations - Lithographs and Engravings
Type of Material - Maps - Bird's-eye Views
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