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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
*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'''. | |||
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. | *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. | |||
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. | *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. | ||
*About 7,000 '''African Americans''' from '''Tennessee''' settled in Cherokee County beginning in 1873, and several thousand came from the '''lower Mississippi Valley''' states to Kansas City in the "Great Exodus" of 1879 and 1880. | |||
About 7,000 | *The post-Civil War boom also attracted new settlers from overseas. Between 1870 and 1890, many '''Scandinavians''' and thousands of '''Germans from Russia''' joined the immigration to Kansas, as did smaller groups of '''Czechs and French'''. | ||
*Settlement of Kansas progressed from east to west until by about 1890 all areas of the state had been settled. | |||
The post-Civil War boom also attracted new settlers from overseas. Between 1870 and 1890, many Scandinavians and thousands of Germans from Russia joined the immigration to Kansas, as did smaller groups of Czechs and French. Settlement of Kansas progressed from east to west until by about 1890 all areas of the state had been settled. | *'''Religious groups''' also established some of the early settlements in Kansas. These included '''Quakers, River Brethren, Dunkards and German Baptists, and Mennonites''' from southern Russia. | ||
*A new wave of immigration from other countries began about 1895 and continued until 1915. During this period, small groups arrived from '''Mexico, Italy, Greece, and Yugoslavia.''' | |||
Religious groups also established some of the early settlements in Kansas. These included Quakers, River Brethren, Dunkards and German Baptists, and Mennonites from southern Russia. | |||
A new wave of immigration from other countries began about 1895 and continued until 1915. During this period, small groups arrived from Mexico, Italy, Greece, and Yugoslavia. | |||
==Immigration Records== | ==Immigration Records== | ||