Address delivered at the quarter-centennial celebration of the admission of Kansas as a state. John Alexander Martin

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       THE DEVELOPMENT OF KANSAS: AN ADDRESS DELIVERED AT THE QUARTER-CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION OF THE ADMISSION OF KANSAS, TOPEKA, JANUARY 29, 1886, BY GOVERNOR JOHN A. MARTIN.

       THE ATHENA OF AMERICAN STATES.

       THE CHILD OF A GREAT ERA.

       NOT THE HISTORIAN.

       THREE PERIODS OF DEVELOPMENT.

       THE PERIOD OF UNCERTAINTY.

       THE PERIOD OF TRIUMPH.

       THE FACTS OF THE CENSUS.

       THE GROWTH OF KANSAS WITHOUT PARALLEL.

       TOWNS AND CITIES.

       ORIGIN AND CHARACTER OF THE POPULATION.

       THE MATERIAL RESOURCES OF KANSAS.

       AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS.

       THE AREA OF KANSAS.

       VALUE OF FARM CROPS.

       FARMS AND FARM PRODUCTS.

       TAXABLE ACRES.

       LIVE STOCK.

       THE WEALTH OF AN AGRICULTURAL STATE.

       COMPARATIVE VALUES.

       PROPERTY VALUATIONS.

       KANSAS MANUFACTURES.

       TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES.

       THE SCHOOLS OF KANSAS.

       CHURCHES AND NEWSPAPERS.

       WHAT OF THE FUTURE?

       A PROPHECY FULFILLED.