Miner - Chapter 3
Miner – Chapter 3
How the Iron Must Burn
Kansas was still experiencing violence and bloodshed during the civil war. However, it was not due to the Free State and the pro-slavery settlers. Two more major issues arose: the Indians and the railroads. The Indian population was large and hostile and constantly at war with the settlers primarily over land. During the years o 1867 and 1868 there were 89-recorded engagements of violence between the red man and the white man. The union sent such famous generals as Custer to protect the settlers and keep the Indians on their reservations.
The railroads became a very powerful influence in Kansas’s history during this period. Railroads were given land grants that totaled millions of acres of land for laying track throughout Kansas. These land grants, being transferred from public domain, from Indian reservations and the state were a major factor in the turbulence of this time in Kansas’s history. Due to the availability of the railroad, cattlemen in Texas began to move their large herds of cattle North to such cities as Dodge City and Abilene. However, once the state began to tax the cattle, the herds moved farther East.
Oil came into the picture around 1860 with the first oil well drilled in Kansas just one year after the first well in the union. Also coal, zinc, lead and salt were found in Kansas. Kansas also started to become a national leader in prohibition, women rights and rights for the black man.
We would talk about the railroads and their influence in bringing people to the west and the Kansas territory. I would pull out some primary sources of posters and fliers used by the railroads to advertise the land.
How the Iron Must Burn
Kansas was still experiencing violence and bloodshed during the civil war. However, it was not due to the Free State and the pro-slavery settlers. Two more major issues arose: the Indians and the railroads. The Indian population was large and hostile and constantly at war with the settlers primarily over land. During the years o 1867 and 1868 there were 89-recorded engagements of violence between the red man and the white man. The union sent such famous generals as Custer to protect the settlers and keep the Indians on their reservations.
The railroads became a very powerful influence in Kansas’s history during this period. Railroads were given land grants that totaled millions of acres of land for laying track throughout Kansas. These land grants, being transferred from public domain, from Indian reservations and the state were a major factor in the turbulence of this time in Kansas’s history. Due to the availability of the railroad, cattlemen in Texas began to move their large herds of cattle North to such cities as Dodge City and Abilene. However, once the state began to tax the cattle, the herds moved farther East.
Oil came into the picture around 1860 with the first oil well drilled in Kansas just one year after the first well in the union. Also coal, zinc, lead and salt were found in Kansas. Kansas also started to become a national leader in prohibition, women rights and rights for the black man.
We would talk about the railroads and their influence in bringing people to the west and the Kansas territory. I would pull out some primary sources of posters and fliers used by the railroads to advertise the land.
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