Investment Share Certificate, Iowa Point Hotel Company ShareThis certificate documented the investment of William Patten into the Iowa Point Hotel Company of Kansas Territory. It was signed by William Word, President of the Company, and Thomas J. Vanderslice, Secretary. When Kansas Territory was opened, in 1854, the Iowa Indians were the possessors of the greater part of northern Doniphan County. After the passage of the Kansas- Nebraska bill a treaty was made between the Government and the Indians, by which the latter sold a large share of their lands and accepted the diminished reserve which they still occupy. The land thus released to the Government was known as the "Iowa Trust lands," and was, with the exception of 480 acres, sold to the highest bidder. Iowa Point was founded on these lands.circa 1855Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 102136). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>Community Life>Town developmentstill imageku-kansascollection:2799https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2799u003315aspace_94f9492e3d40a235f6298afbfd02c68aelectronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalDaniel Vanderslice correspondence, receipts, and legal documents.http://hdl.handle.net/10407/8191126330RH MS 136University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_2799_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10