Book, Gunn's Map and Handbook of Kansas and the Gold MinesThis 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. 57.1859Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101595). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>Daily Lifestill imageku-kansascollection:1083https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/1083u001292||u001293||u001294||u001295||u001296||u001297||u001298||u001299||u001300||u001301||u001302||u001303||u001304||u001305||u001306||u001307||u001308||u001309||u001310||u001311||u001312||u001313||u001314||u001315||u001316||u001317||u001318||u001319||u001320||u001321||u001322||u001323||u001324||u001325||u001326||u001327||u001328||u001329||u001330||u001331||u001332||u001333||u001334||u001335||u001336||u001337||u001338||u001339||u001340||u001341||u001342||u001343||u001344||u001345||u001346||u001347||u001348||u001349||u001350||u001351||u001352||u001353||u001354||u001355||u001356||u001357||u001358||u001359||u001360||u001361||u001362||u001363electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalUniversity of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryRH B14397928593This work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_1083_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10