What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s.  This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Bourbon County Kansas and its people.

This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1894.

HISTORY OF

BOURBON COUNTY,

KANSAS

TO THE CLOSE OF 1865,

By T. F. ROBLEY.

FORT SCOTT, KANSAS.

1894

(210 pages on 1 CD)

An essential resource for Genealogists

Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.

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INDEX

CHAPTER I.—Louisiana Purchase

CHAPTER II.—Fort Scott Located

CHAPTER III.—Annexation of Texas

CHAPTER IV.-1853-Post of Fort Scott Abandoned

CHAPTER V.—1854—Mill of the Gods

CHAPTER VI.-1854-First Governor

CHAPTER VII.—1855—Bourbon County Organized

CHAPTER VIII-1856-Tone of Pro-slavery Papers

CHAPTER IX.—1857.—Bourbon County Officials

CHAPTER X.—1857—Some More Politics

CHAPTER XI.—1857— Public Sentiment

CHAPTER XII.—1857—The Conservatives

CHAPTER XIII.—1858—The Second Election on Lecompton Constitution

CHAPTER XIV.— 1858—First Manufactory in Fort Scott

CHAPTER XV.—1858—Some Old Settlers of 185

CHAPTER XVI.—1858—Public Meeting

CHAPTER XVII.—1858—Some More Arrivals

CHAPTER XVIII.—1858—Territorial Election- Governor Denver Resigns

CHAPTER XIX.—1859—Militia Organized

CHAPTER XX—1859—Delegates to Wyandotte Convention

CHAPTER XXI.—1860—Legislature Meets

CHAPTER XXII.—1860—Arts of Peace

CHAPTER XXIII.—1861—Kansas Admitted

CHAPTER XXIV.—1862—Fort Lincoln Fortified

CHAPTER XXV.—1862—Movement of Troops—

CHAPTER XXVI.—1863-County Seat Returned to Fort Scott

CHAPTER XXVII.—1864—Political Feeling

CHAPTER XXVIII.—1865—Lincoln