History of Atchison County, Kansas. Sheffield Ingalls

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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Table of Contents

       INDEX.

       CHAPTER I. GEOLOGY.

       CHAPTER II. PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD.

       CHAPTER III. INDIAN HISTORY.

       CHAPTER IV. EARLY EXPLORATIONS.

       CHAPTER V. TERRITORIAL TIMES.

       CHAPTER VI. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY AND CITY OF ATCHISON.

       CHAPTER VII. TOWNS, PAST AND PRESENT.

       SUMNER.

       “THE RISE AND FALL OF SUMNER.

       OCENA.

       LANCASTER.

       PORT WILLIAM.

       ARRINGTON.

       MUSCOTAH.

       EFFINGHAM.

       HURON.

       OLD MARTINSBURG.

       BUNKER HILL.

       LOCUST GROVE.

       HELENA.

       CAYUGA.

       KENNEKUK.

       KAPIOMA.

       MASHENAH.

       ST. NICHOLAS.

       CONCORD.

       PARNELL.

       SHANNON.

       ELMWOOD.

       CUMMINGSVILLE.

       EDEN P. O.

       POTTER.

       MOUNT PLEASANT.

       LEWIS’ POINT.

       FARLEY’S FERRY.

       CHAPTER VIII. THE CIVIL WAR.

       “CIRCULAR TO OFFICERS.

       “CONSTITUTION.

       CHAPTER IX. NAVIGATION.

       STEAMBOAT LINES TO ATCHISON—1856.

       STEAMBOAT REGISTER.

       ST. LOUIS & ATCHISON UNION LINE.

       CHAPTER X. OVERLAND FREIGHTING.

       BUTTERFIELD’S OVERLAND DISPATCH.

       OTHER ROUTES.

       LAST DAYS OF THE STAGING BUSINESS.

       CHAPTER XI. RAILROADS.

       THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY.

       ATCHISON & NEBRASKA CITY RAILROAD.

       KANSAS CITY, LEAVENWORTH & ATCHISON RAILWAY COMPANY.

       THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

       HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD.

       HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD.