Conquest of Southwest Kansas: A History and Thrilling Stories of Frontier Life in the State of Kansas

Wichita, KS: Self Published by the author / The Wichita Eagle Press, 1931 Self Published by the author / The Wichita Eagle Press, Wichita, KS. c1931. Hardcover. First Edition. Signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; bookshelf paint adherence to board bottom edges in places; slight shelfwear; slight dust soiling to textblock top. No DJ. black cloth boards and spine with green lettering on the spine; pictorial scene of shootout in green and gold on front board. Green endpapers. Clean internals. Interior hinges are sound and not split. 355 pp 8vo. This is a book written by Leola Rachel Howard Blanchard (1886-1975) that was to be only about Finney County, but was expanded to include the surrounding counties and make the book about Southwest Kansas, specifically to leave an imperishable record of what this country was like in the beginning and how it was transformed by settler hands into its present-day comforts and prosperity. Finney county came into existence in about 1880 but its recorded history goes back much earlier to the Indian tribes and the Buffalo. This book covers the early history of the region and its counties, its prominent people and settlers, The Santa Fe Trail days, Cattle herds, developments, railroads, agriculture, irrigation, schools, Fort Dodge, Indian Raids, town officials, and the Sugar Company. This is a very presentable copy full of information about the region up to 1931.