Letter, Frank Walker to M. B. Walker Webb, Thomas H. (Hopkins) , 1801-1866 (Creator) Frank Walker of Mound City, Kansas Territory, wrote to Mr. B. Walker (from the context, presumably a brother) recounting recent skirmishes between the free state men led by James Montgomery and the pro-slavery "scamps" in Bourbon and Linn counties. Walker dubbed Montgomery one of "the likedest man in Kanzas," though at the time, in pro-slavery Linn County, he was considered an outlaw. Walker's letter included references to an incident occurring on Dec 16, 1858 in Fort Scott, in which Montgomery and his men attacked a pro-slavery prison to save a fellow free state man. Walker concluded by encouraging his family to obtain a land warrant in Kansas Territory. This item was part of Territorial Kansas Online (TKO# 101521). TKO topic guide: Border Disputes and Warfare>Border Ruffians and Jayhawkers>Free State perspective 1859-03-04 StillImage electronic image/tiff ku-kansascollection:967 https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-kansascollection/967 aspace_cb62527382a40d83feb5bea1ed55350b Letter to Mr. B. Walker from Frank Walker--http://hdl.handle.net/10407/6825938611--RH MS P343 This work is free of known copyright restrictions.