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Images d'Amérique : Kansas Séries

Cette série explore la riche histoire du Kansas à travers des photographies vintage captivantes. Chaque volume dévoile les histoires uniques de villes et de communautés à travers le 'Sunflower State'. Explorez la vie de ses habitants, les lieux importants et les événements cruciaux qui ont façonné cet État américain. La résilience face aux catastrophes naturelles et les héritages militaires y sont soigneusement documentés.

Morris County
Salina's Historic Downtown
Independence
Osborne County, Kansas

Ordre de lecture recommandé

  • Osborne County, Kansas

    • 130pages
    • 5 heures de lecture

    With the American frontier moving quickly westward, Osborne County, nestled in the Blue Hills of north-central Kansas, began its official life in 1867. Though the county was not organized until four years later, settlers of various backgrounds sought homesteads there and quickly filled the untamed land. By 1881, the county boasted an agrarian population of 12,000. From the hunting grounds of early Native American inhabitants to the agricultural roots set down by settlers after Kansas achieved statehood in 1861, from the coming of the railroad to the laying of state and federal highways, the story of Osborne County is both vital and enduring. Covering 900 square miles and the county's formative years (1876-1941), Osborne County, Kansas beautifully captures the spirit of a region and its people, documenting old street scenes, businesses, homes, and residents as they looked, played, prayed, learned, and worked, both in the city and on the farm during those crucial years.

    Osborne County, Kansas

  • Independence

    • 130pages
    • 5 heures de lecture

    Independence, Kansas, embodies quintessential Americana with its rich tapestry of local history and culture. The town honors native playwright William Inge through an annual theatre festival and celebrates its literary heritage linked to the Little House on the Prairie series. It boasts significant baseball milestones, including the site of the first night game and connections to legends like Mickey Mantle. Independence also celebrates notable figures such as Martin Johnson and Harry Sinclair, and hosts the unique Neewollah festival, showcasing its vibrant community spirit.

    Independence

  • Salina's Historic Downtown

    • 130pages
    • 5 heures de lecture

    Salina got its name from the Saline River that flows north of town. Its founders were a close-knit group of Scotsmen related by blood or marriage; most came to America from southwestern Scotland between 1839 and 1854 and settled in Randolph County, Illinois. Horace Greeley of the New York Tribune sent correspondent William A. Philips from Randolph County to Lawrence, Kansas, to cover the turmoil caused by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and the doctrine of popular sovereignty. The residents of Kansas were to choose whether the territory would come into the Union as a slaveholding or free-soil state. To affect that outcome, both Southerners and Northern abolitionists sent colonies of settlers to Kansas Territory. Out of this conflict was born the Salina Town Company. William A. Philips, his brother David, his sister Christina, and his brothers-in-law Alexander C. Spilman and Alexander M. Campbell, along with close friend James Muir, preempted a 320-acre town site in north central Kansas in 1858. From humble beginnings grew the largest commercial center in the area: Salina.

    Salina's Historic Downtown

  • Morris County

    • 128pages
    • 5 heures de lecture

    The establishment of the Santa Fe Trail, along with the Kaw Indian reservation and the influx of white settlers answering the unyielding call of Manifest Destiny, set the scene for Morris County and its part in the epic story of the American West and Bleeding Kansas. Millions of dollars in goods and hundreds of thousands of men passed through Morris County during that era, and inevitably it became the stomping ground of many notable historic figures, both famous and infamous. "Bloody" Bill Anderson, Dick Yeager, Jack McDowell, Jesse Chisholm, and George Armstrong Custer are just a few of the names that have made Morris County legendary. Since Morris County has been tamed, it has been known as prime cattle country and farmland and is home to the Council Grove Federal Reservoir, which brings in thousands of waterskiers, anglers, boaters, and campers every year.

    Morris County