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The Community Of The Dominican Sisters Of Great Bend, Kansas, 1902- 1941, M. Theodosia Tockert Jul 1941

The Community Of The Dominican Sisters Of Great Bend, Kansas, 1902- 1941, M. Theodosia Tockert

Master's Theses

This thesis is a detailed history of the lives of the first Dominican Sisters at Great Bend, Kansas. Includes photographs and biographies of the women who served at the mission.


Ellsworth, Kansas : The History Of A Frontier Town, 1854-1885, John Choitz Jul 1941

Ellsworth, Kansas : The History Of A Frontier Town, 1854-1885, John Choitz

Master's Theses

Frontier towns have developed along the same pattern. First, a lawless element ruled the locality with its threat of sudden death. Dead men, carried out with their boots on, gave mute proof to the skeptical that such threats were not idly given. Next, enterprising citizens, organizing in the dead of the night, brought some respect for decency and order by swinging one end of a rope over a projecting limb of a cottonwood tree and knotting the other end around the neck of a lawless ringleader. Then justice courts and law officers were introduced as the civilized - though many …


History Of Gosper County, Nebraska, William Main Jul 1941

History Of Gosper County, Nebraska, William Main

Master's Theses

This thesis is a history of Gosper County, Nebraska, from the time of the first authentic journey across the country until the present time.


The Community Of Mullinville, Kansas (1870-1900), Marilla A. Alford May 1941

The Community Of Mullinville, Kansas (1870-1900), Marilla A. Alford

Master's Theses

In this thesis I have attempted to preserve the heritage of the pioneers for the coming generations of the Mullinville Community . I have closed the main body of the thesis with the year 1900 because I feel that the last forty years are too close to the present to be discussed without prejudice and that the lives of my own family have been too closely connected with the history of the community for me to take an unbiased attitude. I trust that sometime later someone will pick up this history where I have left off and add more to …