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![J.H. Bennet: Early Recollections of Kansas [April on the Prairie, 1857]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_e909d1636c834e3e937f8a8f240bb2a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1331,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_e909d1636c834e3e937f8a8f240bb2a4~mv2.jpg)
![J.H. Bennet: Early Recollections of Kansas [April on the Prairie, 1857]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_e909d1636c834e3e937f8a8f240bb2a4~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_e909d1636c834e3e937f8a8f240bb2a4~mv2.jpg)
J.H. Bennet: Early Recollections of Kansas [April on the Prairie, 1857]
Written for the Independent By J.H. Bennet Jeremiah Howland “Squire” Bennet wrote captivating reminiscences about early Jefferson County...
Jane Hoskinson
Apr 267 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 12 [Bull Whacking]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_082c9d1ec0a84e7bbfd8d1401da36094~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_767,h_576,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_082c9d1ec0a84e7bbfd8d1401da36094~mv2.jpg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 12 [Bull Whacking]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_082c9d1ec0a84e7bbfd8d1401da36094~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_767,h_576,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_082c9d1ec0a84e7bbfd8d1401da36094~mv2.jpg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 12 [Bull Whacking]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days In the early summer of 1857, there were premonitions of...
Jane Hoskinson
Jul 30, 20237 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 11 [Lecompton Constitutional Convention]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_7b18d41d8efd473282b843f46ea66014~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_956,h_718,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_7b18d41d8efd473282b843f46ea66014~mv2.jpg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 11 [Lecompton Constitutional Convention]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_7b18d41d8efd473282b843f46ea66014~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_956,h_718,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_7b18d41d8efd473282b843f46ea66014~mv2.jpg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 11 [Lecompton Constitutional Convention]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days March 10, 1857, Robert J. Walker of Mississippi, was...
Jane Hoskinson
Jul 5, 20236 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 10 [Jim Lane]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_c89f523619cf4777a15cd5906045da79~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_679,h_510,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_c89f523619cf4777a15cd5906045da79~mv2.jpg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 10 [Jim Lane]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_c89f523619cf4777a15cd5906045da79~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_679,h_510,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_c89f523619cf4777a15cd5906045da79~mv2.jpg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 10 [Jim Lane]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days From the year 1855 to 1859 there was no character that stood...
Jane Hoskinson
Jun 19, 20236 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 9 [Osawkie Land Sales]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_e4252e430a354d6ebb400c7c65799a23~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_852,h_640,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_e4252e430a354d6ebb400c7c65799a23~mv2.jpg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 9 [Osawkie Land Sales]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_e4252e430a354d6ebb400c7c65799a23~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_852,h_640,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_e4252e430a354d6ebb400c7c65799a23~mv2.jpg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 9 [Osawkie Land Sales]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days On the 15th day of July, 1857, commenced at Osawkie* the sale...
Jane Hoskinson
Jun 2, 20236 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 8 [Lawrence]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_24303aaf798f4751b711a51d7651c4d5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_636,h_314,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_24303aaf798f4751b711a51d7651c4d5~mv2.jpg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 8 [Lawrence]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_24303aaf798f4751b711a51d7651c4d5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_636,h_314,fp_0.50_0.50,lg_1,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_24303aaf798f4751b711a51d7651c4d5~mv2.jpg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 8 [Lawrence]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days The next morning I was early on my road eastward toward...
Jane Hoskinson
May 21, 20237 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Parts 6 and 7 [Lecompton]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_67326a4008f649eb85b733cdaaec3698~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1331,h_1000,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_67326a4008f649eb85b733cdaaec3698~mv2.jpeg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Parts 6 and 7 [Lecompton]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_67326a4008f649eb85b733cdaaec3698~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_1816,h_1364,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_67326a4008f649eb85b733cdaaec3698~mv2.jpeg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Parts 6 and 7 [Lecompton]
Editor's Note: Thomas Gay, having moved to Kansas Territory from Wisconsin in 1856, said he came to the territory to make it a free...
Jane Hoskinson
May 18, 20239 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 5 [On the Run after Hickory Point]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_828abaa978b348f0975a9e4a5872b84f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_731,h_549,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_828abaa978b348f0975a9e4a5872b84f~mv2.jpeg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 5 [On the Run after Hickory Point]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_828abaa978b348f0975a9e4a5872b84f~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_731,h_549,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_828abaa978b348f0975a9e4a5872b84f~mv2.jpeg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 5 [On the Run after Hickory Point]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days In the fall of the year of our Lord, 1856, on the west side...
Jane Hoskinson
Mar 23, 20238 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 4 [Bogus Legislature]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_14350d55a3854ccbb05769212e15fec7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_873,h_656,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_14350d55a3854ccbb05769212e15fec7~mv2.jpg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 4 [Bogus Legislature]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_14350d55a3854ccbb05769212e15fec7~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_873,h_656,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_14350d55a3854ccbb05769212e15fec7~mv2.jpg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 4 [Bogus Legislature]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days Perhaps, in all the history of those turbulent times, there...
Jane Hoskinson
Mar 19, 20235 min read
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 3 [The Battle of Hickory Point]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_c64898feea234398a620ec8c43fe5e75~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_780,h_586,fp_0.50_0.50,q_30,blur_30,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_c64898feea234398a620ec8c43fe5e75~mv2.jpg)
![Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 3 [The Battle of Hickory Point]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/351bee_c64898feea234398a620ec8c43fe5e75~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_780,h_586,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_avif,quality_auto/351bee_c64898feea234398a620ec8c43fe5e75~mv2.jpg)
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Part 3 [The Battle of Hickory Point]
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days (From the Chariton Herald, Feb. 22, 1894) I think some old...
Jane Hoskinson
Mar 13, 20239 min read
Thomas Gay: Kansas Reminiscences, Parts 1 and 2
Personal Recollections of Life in Territorial Kansas in Border Ruffian Days (From the Chariton Herald, Feb. 8 and Feb 15, 1894) These...
Jane Hoskinson
Mar 8, 20239 min read
Hard Times for Hardville
Hardville, Jefferson Co., KS From the Winchester Star, Apr. 8, 1910 (Copied by Raymond Riley) A peculiar condition was discovered through...
Jane Hoskinson
Feb 6, 20232 min read
Sold as a Slave
Charity Ross Will Soon Be with the Daughter She Has Not Seen for Forty-Five Years Kansas City, 12/29/1898: An old colored woman sat in...
Jane Hoskinson
Feb 4, 20232 min read
Double Face Value for "Shin-Plasters"
Early Days in Oskaloosa From the Oskaloosa Independent, March 9, 1933 By Francis Henry Roberts While I have before told the story of the...
Jane Hoskinson
Feb 4, 20232 min read
Land Sales at Osawkee
From the Prairie City Freeman’s Champion, August 13, 1857 (Prairie City was an early town about a mile west of present-day Baldwin City,...
Jane Hoskinson
Feb 4, 20231 min read
Doctor Loses Wife
Loses Wife from Car, Drives on From the McLouth Times, June 27, 1929 Dr. Cain is the recipient of many ha, ha's from his neighbors and...
Jane Hoskinson
Feb 4, 20231 min read
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