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Kansas was considered part of the Great American Desert and did not attract white settlers until the 1850s. The early settlers generally arrived from the states of Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. A significant number came from the New England states in 1854 and 1855, aided by the [[ | Kansas was considered part of the Great American Desert and did not attract white settlers until the 1850s. The early settlers generally arrived from the states of Ohio, Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana. A significant number came from the New England states in 1854 and 1855, aided by the [[New England Emigrant Aid Company|New England Emigrant Aid Company]]. Other families immigrated from the British Isles and Germany. | ||
After the Civil War, many Union veterans settled in Kansas when the Homestead Act (1862) and other public laws opened the land for settlement. Many were from the Ohio River Valley (especially Kentucky and Tennessee) and from the Middle Atlantic and New England states. By 1870 many of the Indian tribes had been removed to what is now Oklahoma, although Potawatomi, Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo Indians still live on small reservations in the state. | After the Civil War, many Union veterans settled in Kansas when the Homestead Act (1862) and other public laws opened the land for settlement. Many were from the Ohio River Valley (especially Kentucky and Tennessee) and from the Middle Atlantic and New England states. By 1870 many of the Indian tribes had been removed to what is now Oklahoma, although Potawatomi, Sauk, Fox, and Kickapoo Indians still live on small reservations in the state. | ||
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*Carman, J. Neale. ''Foreign-Language Units of Kansas. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1962''. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=173296&disp=Foreign%2Dlanguage+units+of+Kansas%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library book 978.1 F2c vol. 1.) Volume 1 is Historical Atlas and Statistics.] | *Carman, J. Neale. ''Foreign-Language Units of Kansas. Lawrence: University of Kansas Press, 1962''. ([http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=173296&disp=Foreign%2Dlanguage+units+of+Kansas%20%20&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library book 978.1 F2c vol. 1.) Volume 1 is Historical Atlas and Statistics.] | ||
Records of major ethnic groups, including Czechs, Swedes, and Mennonites from Russia, are listed in the Family History Library catalog under KANSAS - MINORITIES. Records of American Indians are listed under KANSAS - NATIVE RACES and in the Subject Search of the Family History Library catalog under the names of the tribe.<br> | Records of major ethnic groups, including Czechs, Swedes, and Mennonites from Russia, are listed in the Family History Library catalog under KANSAS - MINORITIES. Records of American Indians are listed under KANSAS - NATIVE RACES and in the Subject Search of the Family History Library catalog under the names of the tribe.<br> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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