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October 24, 1832 – The U.S. government moved the Kickapoo to a reservation in Kansas. October 29, 1832 – The Piankeshaw and Wea Indians agreed to occupy land in Kansas. 1833 – Jotham Meeker came to the Shawnee Baptist Mission, bringing with him the first printing press to be set up on Kansas soil.
- Kansas History
From Native Americans to the Bleeding Kansas days before the...
- Kansas History
Offers a chronological timeline of important dates, events, and milestones in Kansas history. Around 12000BCE the first humans inhabit the area now known as Kansas. On and about 1000BCE the native peoples of Kansas depend upon bison hunting and the cultivation of corn, squash, and beans.
The 1860s saw several important developments in the history of Kansas, including participation in the Civil War, the beginning of the cattle drives, the roots of Prohibition in Kansas (which would fully take hold in the 1880s), and the start of the Indian Wars on the western plains.
The timeline of Kansas details past events that happened in what is present day Kansas. Located on the eastern edge of the Great Plains, the U.S. state of Kansas was the home of sedentary agrarian and hunter-gatherer Native American societies, many of whom hunted American bison.
From Native Americans to the Bleeding Kansas days before the Civil War, to the wild west days of its many cattle towns, and beyond, the Sunflower State provides a wealth of history, lore, and legends within the American Heartland.
9 lis 2009 · Kansas has long been known as part of America’s agricultural heartland and is home to the major U.S. military installation Fort Leavenworth. In 1954, it became a battleground of the civil...
Kids learn about the history and timeline of the state of Kansas including early explorers, Native Americans, settlers, Bleeding Kansas, the Wild West, and the Civil War.
