Download or read book MY FAMILY S IRISH AND SPANISH PIONEERS OF CUSTER COUNTY MONTANA AND LEAVENWORTH COUNTY KANSAS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS written by Richard S. Baskas, EdDc and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-02-12 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: was 30 May 1854 and President Franklin Pierce had signed the Kansas-Nebraska bill opening the Kansas Territory for settlement. Most of Kansas’ growth started with the passing and enactment of the Homestead Law, which was passed in 1862 and became effective on 1 January 1863. This bill allowed people in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36 degrees and 30 minutes. The Act infuriated many in the North who considered the Compromise to be a long-standing binding agreement. After the Act was passed, pro-slavery supporters rushed in to settle Kansas to affect the outcome of the first election held there after the law went into effect. Pro-slavery settlers carried the election but were charged with fraud by anti-slavery, and the results were not accepted by them. The anti-slavery settlers held another election; however pro-slavery settlers refused to vote. This resulted in the establishment of two opposing legislatures within the Kansas territory. Violence soon erupted, with the anti-slavery forced led by John Brown. The territory became “Bleeding Kansas” as the death toll rose. President Pierce, in support of the pro-slavery settlers, sent in Federal troops to stop the violence and disperse the anti-legislature. Another election was called.
Download or read book A Doctor of Education Student S Journey in Higher Education and Adult Learning written by Richard S. Baskas and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the book: This book is a compilation of scholarly papers, some of which have been published via ERIC, whose purpose is to inform and educate future doctorate students of what to expect in this program.
Download or read book My Family History written by Richard S. Baskas and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It was during the settlement of what was then just Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, mid to late 1800's, before becoming two separate entities, the fort and its town, that my Irish ancestors (Kanelly, Pike, Roache and McMahon) and Spanish (Baskas) ancestors began to take hold and build upon it their own families. They were typical hard working families that moved into and took root in the farming area of Kickapoo, Kansas and eventually moved into and settled in Leavenworth. Margaret Josephine Kanelly, our Irish immigrant, was persuaded into moving to the United States by what would become her first husband, Michael Roache. Michael was serving in the Civil War when he traveled to Ireland to visit his family and would eventually meet and later marry Margaret in the states. Records appear to show that both were from Midleton, Ireland. Michael and Margaret would begin their lives in Leavenworth, Kansas as they would marry there and have a few children. It appears that after having her first child, she returns back to Ireland for about a year and possibly bringing back her sister, Catherine. Once Margaret returns, Michael is stationed at Fort Keogh in Montana. Margaret's sister, Catherine, would soon marry a Barry and continue living in Leavenworth. The Barry family would own and run what was then the Barry Tavern in Leavenworth. Margaret would later join her husband who is already in Montana. They lived on a ranch just outside the fort and have a few more children. Michael would get orders back to Fort Leavenworth where they would again have more children. After Michael retired from the war, we would be ordered to do contracting work in Louisiana and strangely enough, would become ill and die there. Unfortunately, now, no other trace of him can be found, other than a death record. About a year after his death, Margaret would soon meet and marry Daniel Richard Pike [from Queen´s (now Laois) County, Ireland] in Kansas City, Kansas. He worked for the city, laying down the streets for Leavenworth. They would begin their lives in Kansas City having a few children. They would then move and settle in Leavenworth and have four boys and one girl, my grandmother. The four boys would eventually serve during World War I and II and continue having children. Margaret, their last child, would marry twice, John Becker, where she had two girls, and John Baskas, all boys and one girl. Margaret's parents bought 400 Pawnee in Leavenworth where they would raise their family. Her parents would soon sell the house to their daughter and son-in-law, John and Margaret Baskas where they too would raise their family there. John Baskas, the son of Spanish and Irish immigrants, lived in Kickapoo with his parents until they moved into Leavenworth. During John and Margaret's marriage, their home would be served as a bar or tavern for many years. John was famous (or at least quietly known) for making his own liquor. Strangely, he was never caught. They had numerous children who some would later serve in many branches of the military during World War II. Once John died, Margaret would later move into another home which would be her last as she would pass on. Not long after she moved from the Pawnee home, it would be taken by the city and later torn down. The Pike brothers are buried at Fort Leavenworth, one Baskas is at Wadsworth Cemetery, and the rest are intered at Mount Calvary in Lansing. The information that´s been compiled into this book comes from two sources, documents and word of mouth via family. Most of the documents come from years of research I´ve found in Leavenworth and a few out of state. If someone finds a discrepancy in the book, please feel free to contact me and share! The book was still being updated the same day it was submitted into publication! Please email me anytime, [email protected]
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Download or read book History of the Kuykendall Family written by George Benson Kuykendall and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on 1919 with total page 689 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Genealogy as Found in Early Dutch Church Records, State and Government Documents, Together with Sketches of Colonial Times, Old Log Cabin Days, Indian Wars, Pioneer Hardships, Social Customs, Dress and Mode of Living of the Early Forefathers
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Download or read book American Military History Volume 1 written by Army Center of Military History and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-05 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American Military History provides the United States Army-in particular, its young officers, NCOs, and cadets-with a comprehensive but brief account of its past. The Center of Military History first published this work in 1956 as a textbook for senior ROTC courses. Since then it has gone through a number of updates and revisions, but the primary intent has remained the same. Support for military history education has always been a principal mission of the Center, and this new edition of an invaluable history furthers that purpose. The history of an active organization tends to expand rapidly as the organization grows larger and more complex. The period since the Vietnam War, at which point the most recent edition ended, has been a significant one for the Army, a busy period of expanding roles and missions and of fundamental organizational changes. In particular, the explosion of missions and deployments since 11 September 2001 has necessitated the creation of additional, open-ended chapters in the story of the U.S. Army in action. This first volume covers the Army's history from its birth in 1775 to the eve of World War I. By 1917, the United States was already a world power. The Army had sent large expeditionary forces beyond the American hemisphere, and at the beginning of the new century Secretary of War Elihu Root had proposed changes and reforms that within a generation would shape the Army of the future. But world war-global war-was still to come. The second volume of this new edition will take up that story and extend it into the twenty-first century and the early years of the war on terrorism and includes an analysis of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq up to January 2009.
Download or read book This Savage Race written by Douglas C. Jones and published by HarperPrism. This book was released on 1994 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of The Search For Temperance Moon delivers an absorbing and masterful novel of the American West. Spurred by the dream of land ownership, Boone Fawley and his family head to rugged Arkansas in 1808. Their fight for survival in a wilderness filled with Indians begins an enthralling adventure that spans three generations.
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Download or read book The Disappearing Spoon written by Sam Kean and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From New York Times bestselling author Sam Kean comes incredible stories of science, history, finance, mythology, the arts, medicine, and more, as told by the Periodic Table. Why did Gandhi hate iodine (I, 53)? How did radium (Ra, 88) nearly ruin Marie Curie's reputation? And why is gallium (Ga, 31) the go-to element for laboratory pranksters? The Periodic Table is a crowning scientific achievement, but it's also a treasure trove of adventure, betrayal, and obsession. These fascinating tales follow every element on the table as they play out their parts in human history, and in the lives of the (frequently) mad scientists who discovered them. The Disappearing Spoon masterfully fuses science with the classic lore of invention, investigation, and discovery -- from the Big Bang through the end of time. Though solid at room temperature, gallium is a moldable metal that melts at 84 degrees Fahrenheit. A classic science prank is to mold gallium spoons, serve them with tea, and watch guests recoil as their utensils disappear.
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