Yankee Settlement to Kansas Town, 1854-1894
by
Kevin G. W. Olson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2015
When Isaac Goodnow and five fellow New Englanders arrived at the junction of the Kansas and Big Blue rivers in March of 1855, they pitched a tent and launched a town. Harassment and homesickness almost drove them back east, but they held their ground to establish an anti-slavery and educational stronghold:...