Book, Gunn's Map and Handbook of Kansas and the Gold Mines
Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator)
This book by O.B. Gunn, a civil engineer in Wyandotte, provides basic information about Kansas Territory and the living conditions there. The first half outlines statistics about the population, climate, crops, telegraph access, etc. for the use of potential settlers. The second half describes routes to gold mines in Western Kansas Territory and advises the best travel seasons and provisions necessary to make the journey. Includes more than 20 pages of business and trade advertisements, including Gunn's own advertisement on p. 57.
This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101595). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>Daily Life
1859
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ku-kansascollection:1083
https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1083
RH B1439
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