A tintype showing members of the 8th Kansas Volunteer Infantry, Company E. Soldiers in the tintype are: (standing) Elisha D. Rose, James Hunter, Volney Brown, Henry Davidson, (kneeling) Lewis V. Bryan, Richard Russell, William Wendall, and Cyrus Grant. Date: 1862
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Kansas State Historical Society / Courtesy Photos
William Clarke Quantrill (July 31, 1837-June 6, 1865), was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War. After leading a Confederate bushwhacker unit along the Missouri-Kansas border in the early 1860s, which included the infamous raid and sacking of Lawrence, Kansas in 1863
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"Westward, the course of Empire takes its way," Laying Track. 600 miles west of St. Louis, Mo.
1867
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Alexander Gardner / Kansas State Historical Society
Jesse Chisholm, founder of the Chisholm Trail
Born: circa 1806
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Walnut Street, Ellsworth Kansas. 508 miles west of St. Louis Mo.
1867
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Alexander Gardner / Kansas State Historical Society
Charles Robinson first state governor.
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KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY / Courtesy
John Ritchie
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Cyrus K. Holliday
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KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY / Courtesy
Cyrus Kurtz Holliday and Mary Dillon Holliday
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KANSAS STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY / Courtesy Photo
Soldiers gather for a photo at Fort Riley's Main Post in 1861. Now, 150 years after its birth, Fort Riley remains part of the nation's defense and intertwined in the economic and social fabric of Kansas. But historians and past commanders warn that the post's future depends on not resting on the past. (AP Photo/U.S.Army)
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U.S. Army / ASSOCIATED PRESS
Original photograph of the "Dodge City Peace Commission" in June 1883. Front (l-r), Chas. E. Bassett, Wyatt S. Earp, Frank McLain, and Neil Brown. Back (l-r), W. H. Harris, Luke Short, W. B. Bat Masterson, and W. F. Petillon.
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/ Ford County Historical Society,