Articles and Newspaper Clippings Collection

Most of these stories and newspaper articles were written in the early-mid 1900s, with an effort to remember and document earlier times. Many of the articles contain decriptions of Leavenworth City and County life, include family names, and are worthwhile reading to put context around early life in Kansas.

Most of these aricles are from the collections at the Leavenworth County Historical Society and Museum, donated by Debra Graden, and reprinted here with permission.

City of Leavenworth

• 1st Kansas Paper Printed Under Leavenworth Elm Tree, Jan 1940
• 1st Presbyterian Church, Jan 1930
• 320 Acres - Early Leavenworth, Oct 1946
• A Backward Glance At Founding of Leavenworth As Delawares Departed, date unknown
• Active Leavenworth Doctors Were Prominent in Early Days, Jun 1959
• Breweries May Be Established in City Again, ca. Early 1900s
• Cough Medicine Home Recipe, Dec 1910
• Dozens of Old Residents and Early Settlers, ca. 1946
• Many Leavenworth Families Possess Valuable Antiques, Nov. 1925
• Memories of Agnes Moonlight Murphyca. 1900s
• Leavenworth Herald Reported The Missouri Was Still Open, Dec. 1854
• The Planters House, Feb. 1940

County of Leavenworth

• Leavenworth Showed Great Progress From 1857 to 1867, Nov. 1945
• Court House is Smoldering Ruin, Mar. 1911
• Good Kansas Land Was Selling At Three Dollars Per Acre, 1956
• Some Leavenworth County Post Offices Prior to 1870, date unknown

Military

• 7th Kansas Cavalry, 1942
• Sumner Place in 1856, First Post Hospital, Ft. Leavenworth, Aug. 1904
• Meet the Band, Ft. Leavenworth, Feb. 1972 (large image)
• Soldiers' Monthly Pay, Ft. Leavenworth, Jul. 1904
• Western Branch of the Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Ft. Leavenworth, date unknown (pdf)

Miscellaneous

• Davis Funeral Chapel
• History Among the Stones
• Purpose of a Funeral

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