The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1863-12-19
KANSAS AIIIlI lIelsfll!
AND EMIGRANTS' GUIDE,
For the Year 1864.


On the LIST Of January, 1864, and Annually
thereafter, work will be published under the
direction of the Kansas State Agricultural 30
ciety, which will exhibit from year to year the
growth. resources present condition and pros
poets Of our young and vigorous Common
wealth
1t will comprise handsome volume of from
800 to 400 pages (octavo), illustrated with por-
traits of several of our most distinguished cit
liens and soldiers, executed in the best style
of art, and will contain besides the usual cal
endar pages, and a great variety Of general
statistics, the following as leading features:
!. The STATE:-A complete (condensed(
history Of Kansas from its organization rs .
Territory in 1854 to the present time, with .
complete list Of State officers, Executive, Leg
islative and Judicial, with a sketch of all
State institutions-such as the State Universe
ty, State Agricultural College, State Normal
School, with their endowments, Sc. Railroads
projected and in progress, Societies, Public
Libraries, &c. 49,
II. THE COUSTIEs:-A condensed historical
sketch Of each County in the State. stating
population in 1860, typographical character
distance and direction of the county seat from
Leavenworth and the State Capital, CHIEF
Towns, list Of County and Township officers
&c. Also the Agricultural statistics as furn.
ished by the County Assessor, and the number
of acres of land in each county subject to en-
try under the Homestead Act, Railroad Lands
SC.
Ill THE MISUNDERSTANDING % com.
plete rosters Of the several Regiments Of Kan.
sas Volunteers, with a brief historical sketch
of each-embracing so far as practicable list
OF the actions in which each regiment ha.
taken part-with list Of casualties The sol.
diers Of Kansas have achieved . worldwide
celebrity for cOolness dash and daring, and il
is designed in this and future volumes Of the
Register to preserve the memory of their gal.
liant achievements, and each volume will con.
tain portraits of some Of the most celebrated
of the Kansas military men. (2) The Kan.
sas Militia organization by Divisions and Reg.
| iments. -.-
~. PROFESSIONAL GUIDE:-Comprising com.
plete lists of Clergymen, Physicians and At.
torneys at Law-arranged alphabetically, with
Post Office address of each. The denomination
of each clergyman, and the school Of practice
OF each physician will be carefully designated
V. BUSINESS MISUNDERSTANDING q full
list of all the lcadingBankers, Merchants, Me
chanics and business men in the State conven.
iently arranged for ready reference.
vi. The CITIES AND CHEF Towns OF KAN
sAs:-Under this head, we design to give an
historical view of Leavenworth, Lawrence.
Topeka, Atchison, Fort Scott, Emporia, Man
haitian, Council Grove, Junction City, &c, with
list Of county officers, and statistics, showing
present population, trade, SC.
VII. HE TERRITORIEs:-Sketch of the settle.
ments present population and development Of
the new Territories adjacent to Kansas-with
an account of the best routes from the chief
cities of the East to each new Territory, &C
counts Of the new gold mines of Colorado.
Idaho, Arizona and New Mexico, and other
matters of general interest.
VIII. An edition will be published contain
ing complete sectional map of Kansas. show
ing the location of Counties Towns Railroads.
and projected Railroad Routes, Telegraphs and
Public Roads, with the various Indian Reser-
vations, and comprising the recent surveys.
and lands open for settlement and sale, alone
worth Sl.O0 each.
The work will be prepared under the direc-
ton OF the Executive Committee of the Kansas
State Agricultural Society, and is designed to
exhibit for the information Of emigrants and
others a complete view of the immense re-
sources of kansas-with the inducements it
presents for immigration, as well from the
older settled States as from Europe, and also
to furnish convenient Hand Book of refer
ence for business men at home and abroad.
A limited number of advertisements will be
conspicuOusly inserted at reasonable rates.
All persons to whom this circular is sent
will confer favor by promptly forwarding
any information deemed to be Of interest, and
all desiring early copies of the work, are re-
quested to send their orders with the price
with map one dollar and half, without map,
one dollar). Address
PUBLISHERS KANSAS ANNUAL REGISTR.
Topeka, Kansas.