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Title
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Frontier Protective and Social Network: The Anti-Horse Thief Association in Kansas
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Description
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The Anti-Horse Thief Association (AHTA) came together in 1882 in Kansas to protect against horse thieves. It eventually outlived its original purpose of theft protection and evolved into two stages, progressive reform and zealous patriotism before its demise. This article covers the history of this group and includes photographs and other illustrations.
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Kansas Transportation
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Description
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A bibliographic essay that features many types of transportation used in Kansas over the years. Transportation is traced in the state from foot to horse and waterway, horse to locomotive, and train to automobile. The author "challenges us to consider more seriously the 'common people' and examine more closely the social and economic consequences of the transportation 'revolutions' that impacted all nineteenth- and twentieth-century Americans."
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Date
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2003
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
