. 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. All il' -,. 6 JIisTunr of Kas'sas. ns Ion;; ns tlic penile can \>y lione^l menus sinmrp llie arcmint; scciii!,' tliat tlio most (?csiriilile class of men and families will always lie allraelfd towards that state hi wlilcli, while they find ample scopo for all their adult faeiilii<'s, their children can he most llherally furnished with aids and incenlivej
. 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. All il' -,. 6 JIisTunr of Kas'sas. ns Ion;; ns tlic penile can \>y lione^l menus sinmrp llie arcmint; scciii!,' tliat tlio most (?csiriilile class of men and families will always lie allraelfd towards that state hi wlilcli, while they find ample scopo for all their adult faeiilii<'s, their children can he most llherally furnished with aids and incenlivej to mental cullure. Kansas has Invested largely in schools, beyond hur means undoul)lcdly in some few instances, but the return will not fail to he com- mensurate before many years have elapsed. The unparalleled t'rowth of manufaelories already referred to is one form in wliich the reward maybe conlinuouslv recorded. {;harilal)le institulions, churches, colleges in their several forms, slate normal schools and asylums alike testify to the praise- worthy activity of advanced lliought and pliilnnthropic cH'ort whicli will maintain for the state its high position. The growth of the power and im- jicutance of the press alone would serve, were no (Mher means available, to illustrate the steady growth of our population in industries and morale; l)Ut as will he seen by the reader, tlie story that is told by any one department is abundantly corrol)oraled Ijy every other. The history of Kansas, since tlie days of the Kansas-Nebraska bill, luw abounded in incidents as thrilling and perilous as the surprises in the drama, or the curious ,1eiwu,iiw,ts of the modern novel, and while there has been no attempt to for the sake of elVect, there lias been an honest eflort to upon the printed page such a statement of causes and effects as would make the movemenls of "Horder RuHians " and Free Settlers quite intelligi- ble from every standpoint. Tlie movements of the
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