Receipt, purchase of town lot in Iowa Point, Kansas TerritoryThis handwritten receipt documents William Patton's purchase of one town lot in Iowa Point, Kansas Territory, from Harvey Forman, founder of the town. 1858 was the culminating point of the town's history. At that time it was the second largest city in Kansas and was a business rival to Leavenworth. Also in 1858, a ferry company was organized, with Forman as president, and a steam ferry-boat put in operation on the Missouri. The town built up rapidly, a brick-yard was started by Joseph Selecman, and this material was substituted for wood in almost all buildings erected from that time on (adapted from William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas").1856-07-29Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins)1801-1866CreatorcreThis item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 102288). TKO topic guide: Immigration and Early Settlement>The Economy>Land acquisitionstill imageku-kansascollection:2805https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/2805u004202aspace_82fdc8ec4754dd268c17e8a0e78f3c05electronicimage/tiffreformatted digitalPapers concerning Kansas Territory and Highland, Kansashttp://hdl.handle.net/10407/9931740670RH MS 135University of KansasUniversity of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research LibraryThis work is free of known copyright restrictions.ku-kansascollection_2805_MODSMODS record generated from local records created for online exhibit. Processed, with additional values/elements added by Digital Initiatives, KU Libraries.eng2021-10