After the issuing of the Nebraska-Kansas Act in 1854 the central parts of Indian
Territory were detached and organized as the new U.S. Territory of Kansas, which
in 1861 became a member state of the Union. (1)
(1) At the moment of the establishment of the territory white settlement
was very limited (some militaries, traders and missionaries) and one
of the main reasons for the creation of the territory was the opening
of the area to transcontinental railways.
After the relocation of the native nations to (new) reservations and
the opening of the land in 1854, a first wave of white settlement was
organized by several abolitionist organizations - the New England
Emigrant Aid Society, the Kansas Aid Society, ... - hoping to make of
Kansas a stronghold of anti slavery.
In 1866 - 1867 the following areas were added to Kansas :
- the Cherokee Strip (part of the Cherokee Outlet, in 1866) and the
Quapaw Strip (part of the Quapaw Reservation, in 1867), both taken
from Indian Territory and only formally opened to white settlement
in 1872.
- the Cherokee Neutral Lands
The so called Osage Neutral Lands were established in 1825 when an
area between the Osage Reservation (then in Kansas) and the State
of Missouri was declared a buffer zone, where both native and white
settlement was forbidden.
In 1835 the area passed to the Cherokee and was consequently renamed
Cherokee Neutral Lands. Intended to become a way out for further
Cherokee colonization and a hunting ground, it remained relatively
unused until the 1860ties when white settlers illegally moved in.
In 1866 the Cherokee ceded the region to the U.S. government, who
later transferred it to Kansas.
The following year a large portion of the territory was sold to the
Missouri River, Fort Scott & Gulf Railroad Company.
Fearing losing their lands to the railroad company, the settlers
formed a "Land League" (later reorganized as the "Neutral Land Home
Protecting Corps") to oppose the building of the railroad. Major
incidents occured in 1869 and U.S. troops were sent to the region to
restore peace.
Troubles continued however until 1872, when the Neutral Lands were
formally opened to white settlement and the company started selling
its lands to the settlers.
The last troops were withdrawn in 1873.
Commanders of the Post of Southeast Kansas (Fort Scott)
1870 - 1873 ...
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STATE OFFICERS
Governors
1869 - 1873 James Madison Harvey 1833 - 1894
1873 - 1877 Thomas Andrew Osborn 1836 - 1898
1877 - 1879 George Tobey Anthony 1824 - 1896
1879 - 1883 John Pierce St. John 1833 - 1916
1883 - 1885 George Washington Glick 1827 - 1911
1885 - 1889 John Alexander Martin 1839 - 1889
1889 - 1893 Lyman Underwood Humphrey 1844 - 1915
1893 - 1895 Lorenzo Dow Lewelling 1846 - 1900
1895 - 1897 Edmund Needham Morrill 1834 - 1909
1897 - 1899 John Whitnah Leedy 1849 - 1935
1899 - 1903 William Eugene Stanley 1848 - 1910
1903 - 1905 Willis Joshua Bailey 1854 - 1932
1905 - 1909 Edward Wallis Hoch 1849 - 1925
1909 - 1913 Walter Roscoe Stubbs 1858 - 1929
1913 - 1915 George Hartsthorn Hodges 1866 - 1947
1915 - 1919 Arthur Capper 1865 - 1951
1919 - 1923 Henry Justin Allen 1868 - 1950
1923 - 1925 Jonathan McMillan Davis 1871 - 1943
1925 - 1929 Ben Sanford Paulen 1869 - 1961
1929 - 1931 Clyde Martin Reed 1871 - 1949
1931 - 1933 Harry Hines Woodring 1890 - 1967
1933 - 1937 Alfred Mossman Landon 1887 - 1987
1937 - 1939 Walter Augustus Huxman 1887 - 1972
1939 - 1943 Payne Harry Ratner 1896 - 1974
1943 - 1947 Andrew Frank Schoeppel 1894 - 1962
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