Thursday, May 17, 2018
Tip for map freaks
Latest item at KSHS is a big 1856 map of Kansas. It shows the roads, railroads, and counties. The first cities were founded in 1855, so this is FRESH. You can see the line of settlements established by Yankee industrialists to spread Northern sweatshop slavery, with Manhattan at the end of the line. Most of the counties were reboundaried or renamed later, so the counties on this map are an alternate universe. Riley is EAST of Manhattan, occupying present Pottawatomie.
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