Review: Firsthand account of the history of eastern Kansas
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2013
A great account of travel and the founding of eastern Kansas towns. Ministers were sent out from seminaries to establish churches and colleges in the free state. This account details a firsthand eyewitness to Quantrills Raid (detailed as a massacre). Even though I was born and raised in the city of Kansas City, Kansas, I did not know it was originally the towns of Quindaro, Wyandotte, and Kansas City,Kansas. I did know of the history of the Underground Railroad operating there. The author, one of the sent ministers harbor end on of the runaway slaves. This book is a historic gem. It shows the difficulties of pioneer life and the triumph of seeing the fruit of hard labor.