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1918 Flu Epidemic More Deadly Than Germans
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Short article details the involvement of Camp Funston and Fort Riley with the spread of the Spanish Flu in 1918. "Since Fort Riley was a cavalry outpost, there were hundreds of horses and mules also living on the base--hundreds of animals producing tons of excrement. The most efficient way to dispose of the dung was to burn it. Such a fire had been set on March 9 when a ferocious dust storm kicked up that same day. The dust combined with the smoke of the burning dung heaps blackened the skies in Kansas--'dead black,' some said." Shortly after this incident, men started to come down with the flu. "More Americans died as a result of the Spanish Flu than were killed in the First and Second World Wars, the Korean War and the Vietnam War combined."
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2005
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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John Brown and Bleeding Kansas
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Description
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Special section devoted to John Brown and his times and how he defined Bleeding Kansas. Includes his biography as written by Tom Goodrich as well as other short articles. Includes articles (1) "Dog Day at Black Jack" by Tom Goodrich which details the Black Jack battle near Baldwin, Kansas; (2) "Steamboat Arabia" by Deb Goodrich; and (3) "My Experience with John Steuart Curry and His Widow" by Don Lambert. (Curry painted the John Brown mural in the Kansas state house.)
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2005
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Magazine Article
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Custer and the Indian Wars
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Description
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Special section devoted to George Custer with the following articles. (1) "Custer's First Stand" by Tom Goodrich; (2) "One Equals One " by Tom Goodrich; (3) "The Kidder Massacre;" (4) "Hand to Hand" by Wayne Sarf and Melvin Martin; (5) "Simply Libbie" by Dusty Lane, etc.
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Date
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2005
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Missouri Civil War References
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This book contains several references to Missouri and the Civil War. Includes chapters entitled: "Home Guards and Home Traitors: Loyalty and Prostitution in Civil War St. Louis" and " 'A Rebel Though She Be': Gender and Missouri's War of the Households" as well as the term "guerrilla warfare in Missouri" in the index.
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2005
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Object Type
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Book Section
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Trading Gray for Blue: Ex-Confederates Hold the Upper Missouri For the Union
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Confederate prisoners of war were allowed to enlist in the Union Army. Troops were needed along the Upper Missouri to protect forts and make peace with the Indians. The First U.S. Volunteer Infantry Regiment was sent and were called "Galvanized Yankees". The men were sent to Fort Rice in Dakota Territory on the Upper Missouri and reached there on October 17, 1864. Issues they were involved in included Native relations, Indian trade, emigrant aid and military intelligence gathering. "Despite their short tenure on the Upper Missouri, the First U.S. Volunteers left an important legacy. From their suffering and needless deaths, the Army eventually learned to supply western garrisons months in advance with fruits and vegetables and buffalo clothing for the severe winters. Dialogue was opened with Yanktonai and eastern Teton leaders who could foresee having to share their country with Euro-Americans. Native American annuities were protected from illegal graft, and illegal trade was curtailed. Northwestern commerce and emigration was protected and encouraged. More important than the insight they shed on the nature of civil war, Native-Euro-American relations and frontier development, the U.S. Volunteers provide a vivid picture of the rebirth of the United States after the Civil War. On the Upper Missouri, the First U.S. Volunteers demonstrated that Northerners and Southerners could live peaceable and work together toward common goals."
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Date
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2005
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Magazine Article
