Roads history collection
Date: 1904 - 1939
Level of Description: Coll./Record Group
Material Type: Manuscripts
Call Number:
Manuscripts Collection 636
Unit ID: 40636
Abstract: The collection consists of assembled materials from various sources providing information about the history of roads, highways, etc. in Kansas. It includes a plat of Mission and Walnut Grove Townships in Neosho County from 1939; "Notes on Kansas Roads Prior to 1855" by Clyde Hill; "Fort Leavenworth to Fort Riley Military Road" by George A. Root (published in 1936) and a page on the military road between Fort Snelling, Minnesota and Fort Towson, Oklahoma, that went through Kansas; "History of Early Kansas Highways" by H. A. Marshall (1939); and miscellaneous correspondence and other materials, including on the Overland Stage Road between Fort Larned and Santa Fe, Fort Riley, Fort Omaha, and DeSoto roads.
Space Required/Quantity: .25 cf (1 box)
Title (Main title): Roads history collection
Scope and Content
Locators:
| Locator | Contents |
|---|---|
| 007-11-01-01 |
Index Terms
Subjects
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Kansas -- Roads
Military roads -- Kansas -- History -- 19th century
Roads -- Kansas
Roads -- Kansas -- Neosho County
