Hand-Book of Kansas: Containing a Description of the Physical Geography and Geology of the State; Its Natural Advantages and Resources, Its Railroads, ... Routes, Prices of Land (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Kansas, in form, is nearly a parallelogram. It lies between latitude3'7 and 40 N. And longitude and 102° W. Its mean length, from east to west, is about 400 miles, and its breadth is about 200 miles. Its area is about square miles, or acres - an area considerably greater than that of all the New England States, and about equal to that of England, Wales, and Ireland. It was admitted to the Union as a State in in 1861, being the thirty-fifth State. A. More than usual interest gathers round its early settlement, from the fact that a strenuous struggle was made for years by the friends of human freedom, against the propaga'ndists of slavery. The motto on the seal of Kansas is indeed signi ficant Per aspera ad Through rough struggles we reach the stars.

The moral of the severe and romantic history of Kansas is, that in a fair encounter the right will at last prevail. That while the deeds and names of oppressors and their minions shall be held in execration, the fair fame and noble souls of martyrsto liberty shall march on to future ages in acclamations of blessing and triumph. Abrief chronological statement of the leading events in the settlement of the Territory, and the Organization of a State government, is all that will be attempted.

Kansas was a part of the Louisiana purchase made by Jefferson in 1803, of Napoleon.

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