. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. t8 T''::Lt.'s His WHY oy Ill' vrrrtVQ i\ intorcstcil in tlic nilvonturous tisido across tlic phuiiH. WHS, lis ihe iiiinic iini-licd, well tiinborud, ami tlio iilcntitul sup- ply of water for Htock wns also of much impDitancto in determin- ing the location, KansaH soon nttrnetcd attention as a very desirable point ot dciiurtiire for trudors (Mij,'iiged in this
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. t8 T''::Lt.'s His WHY oy Ill' vrrrtVQ i\ intorcstcil in tlic nilvonturous tisido across tlic phuiiH. WHS, lis ihe iiiinic iini-licd, well tiinborud, ami tlio iilcntitul sup- ply of water for Htock wns also of much impDitancto in determin- ing the location, KansaH soon nttrnetcd attention as a very desirable point ot dciiurtiire for trudors (Mij,'iiged in this hiorativo tradie. Independence, in the state ot Missouri, was tht piineipal depot from about U:\2 to , but during nearly all that time Kansas had been growing into favor. Where Kansas city now Btands was the site of the tirst depot attempted near tliis st!ite, and goods were landed in IHIM to form part of an e(piipnicnt for the caravan to New Mexieo. The increase from that point has been now almost the whole of the busincssover thewagon road is traiwaeted in the stores at Kansas City and at Westport. This has been the ease almost entirely since the year 1850. The value of the business secured may be gathered from the fact, that the transportation alone involved an outlay in one season of nearly $2,000,000, and that in the year 1800, there wore nearly six thousand men, more than two thousand wagons, over four hund- red and sixty horses, close on six thousand mules, and very nearly eighteen thousand oxen in the caravan. Leavenworth rose into notice in consequence of a fort being established at that point to protect the interests of the traders just mentioned. The cantonment (jommenced in 1827, and the name of the city was taken in honor of the colonel of the regiment which was stationed, here in 1832. The importance of the position was more fully recognized when the Mexican war broke out, because it alTorded a remote base of supply until the end of that era of h
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