Index to Historical Resources
from Mary Ann and Richard Kay Wortman
on the History of Cowley County, Kansas
New Material
For those who wish to dig into the depths of Mary Ann Wortman's work on
Cowley County here is the index to the Archive:
Index_for_Archive
- Coal in Cowley County, Kansas - Part I 1868-1882
- Coal in Cowley County, Kansas - Part II 1882-1885
- Coal in Cowley County, Kansas - Part III 1885-1891
- Southwestern Stage Company
- Scott and Manning Controversey and 1876
Kansas State Senate Election
- Mike Meagher and C. M. Scott
- Early Surveyors in Cowley County, Massacre in
Indian Territory
- Winfield City
Directory for 1880 (Transcribed)
- The Gentry Family in Cowley County
- The Robery of the Cowley County Bank,
July 31, 1878
- W. A. Ritchie,
Architect
- Winfield's Name Origin, Article by
Winfield Scott, 1886
- Uncle Billy Gray, City
Marshal, Arkansas City
- FORTS AND THE COURT SYSTEM
FOR INDIAN TERRITORY
- Political, Official and Social Notes from Washington
D. C concerning the U. S. Navy in 1885
- Miller Brothers involved in Land
Fraud
- Interesting Items
- Families Related to Jeff
Palmer
- A. J. Pyburn and Family
- Article about Mike Robe of Arkansas City
- Reminiscences of Early Cowley County
by Cliff M. Wood, Feb. 1886
- Winfield Fires and Equipment
Used to Fight Fires before 1886
- Early Editors of the Arkansas
City Traveler and other A.C. papers.
- William (Bill) Conner, Osage Indian
- James and Samuel Topliff
- Sheriffs of Cowley County
- Hunt, Capt. J. S. and Family
- Thorpe Family, E. E. Thorpe
- Titus Family, Titus, Jacob G.
- Thompson Families in Cowley County
- Major J. W. Powell, the Grand Canyon,
and Winfield
- Cowley County Fair in 1885-[Part
II. Cowley County Fairgrounds.]
- The Rise and Fall of Steamboats in Cowley
County, Kansas 1875
- R. L. (Dick) Walker, Mayor of Winfield
1877, Sheriff of Cowley County 1873.
- PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT, the
view from Cowley County, Part II
- Winfield, Noted Residences
- The Bliss Family
- The Rev. Samuel S. Holloway and Family
- The Bruner Family in Cowley County,
Kansas
- Bicycle and Velociped Transport the Late 19th
Century in Cowley County, Kansas
- Cattleman Lee Kokernut
of Gonzales, Texas and_George W. Miller of Winfield, Kansas and The 101
Ranch of Oklahoma
- PRESIDENT ULYSSES S. GRANT, the view from
Cowley County Kansas, Part I.
- Winfield Public Schools - Part
One - From Miss Bliss's First Class to 450 Students - from 1871 to 1878.
- Winfield Public Schools - Part
Two -Many Teachers, Buildings, Students, Events - from 1879 to 1882.
- Winfield Public Schools - Part
Three - Teachers and Districts, 1883-1884
- Memorial and Decoration Services
for Veterans of "The War of the Rebellion" held in Winfield,
KS. 1885.
The Story of Mrs. J. E. Seeyle (of Ft. Scott)
in Winfield Courier, 1885. She spent 3 years as a man in the Army in The
Civil War.
Items from The Winfield Courier about The
Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Organization in Winfield.
- The Organization and Founding of
Southwestern College in Winfield (also about Winfield Enterprise Association
& DM&A RR).
- Abbott, George L.
- Anderson, Billy
- Andrews, Peter Barrett
- Bangs, M. L.
- Baden, J. P. (from Newspapers)
- Baden, J. P. and Family, (from granddaughter)
- Bahntge Family in Cowley County,
Kansas
- Bovee Family
- Black, Charles C.
- Carson, Tommy
- Caton, Will B.
- Conner, William (Bill), Osage Indian
- Crapster, Bretton
- John N. Florer
- Gallagher
- Gallagher (site
by Debi Stokes)
- Gentry, George G., Letter
- Gooch Family
- Goodrich Family
- Gray, Uncle Billy, City
Marshal, Arkansas City
- HodgesWJ, Cattleman
- Houghton Family
- Hudson Family
- Hunt, Capt. J. S. and Family
- Kirk, James
- Lorton, James.
- Mantor Family
- McCabeEdward P.
- McLaughlin Family
- Mowry, Eph.
- Mowry, F. A.
- NewmanFamily.
- NewmanSketchesLionsClub.
- Newman, A. A., Family Recap
- Nichols, George W.
- Nipp, Captain J. B.
- Page, Richard
- Palmer, Jeff and Related
Families
- Pierce, Daniel W.
- W. J. Pollock
- Powell
- Pyburn, A. J. and Family
- Read, M. L. of Read's Bank
- Read, Daniel and Others
- Ritchie, Willis
A., Architect
- Robe, Mike of Arkansas City
- Robinson, Mart L.
- Ross, Thomas Benton
- Schiffbauer Brothers
- J. H. Sherburne
- SleethMajorWmM.
- SmithCapt.OC.
- SmithSC.
- Thompson Families in Cowley County
- Thompson. Early Day Residents
21 & Over, Cowley County
- A. J. Thompson. Winfield and Walnut Township
- Captain Charles G. Thompson and Family,
Arkansas City
- Who Were The Three Thompson Brothers?
- Thorpe Family, E. E. Thorpe
- Titus Family, Titus, Jacob G.
- Topliff, James C. and Samuel
- Tull, James
- Tull, John W.
- Tull, Samuel
- Wallace, Josiah and Ameria
Ross Wallace and Descendants
- Windsor and Roberts
- White, Judge
- White, JudgeJ.W. Winfield.
- Youngheim, Eli,
Merchant.
Topics
- Arkansas City
- Arkansas City Steamboats
- Arkansas City Facts.
- Ark City Foundry
- Arkansas City Early
History & Telephone from Newspapers.
- Arkansas City Telephone History
compiled by E. C. Huhlman, 1935.
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- Bridges
- Bridges1920s.
- CowleyCountyBridges_A.
- CowleyCountyBridges_B.
- StoneBridgesCowleyCounty.
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- Cattlemen of Cowley County (1880's)
- John N. Florer
- W. J. Pollock
- J. H. Sherburne
- Windsor and Roberts
- W. J. Hodges, Cattleman
Cowley County
- Early Surveyors in Cowley County, Massacre in
Indian Territory
- Interesting Items
- Reminiscences of Early Cowley County
by Cliff M. Wood, Feb. 1886
- Sheriffs of Cowley County
- Cowley County Fair in 1885-[Part
II. Cowley County Fairgrounds.]
- Old Newspaper Files,
Cowley County 1869 to 1887
- Cowley County Schools, 1871 to
1878
- CowleyCountyCourthouse_and_Jail.
- CowleyCountyFloods.
- CowleyCountyRoads.
- Cowley County Law Enforcement Officers
Killed in the Line of Duty
- Tunnel Mills
- Roads
- The History of Cowley County Fairs (Part I)
- Inventions and Inventors of Cowley County
- Early Aviation in Cowley County
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- United States
- FORTS AND THE COURT SYSTEM
FOR INDIAN TERRITORY
- Cantonment
- Fort Reno
- Fort Sill
- Camp Supply
- Courts for Indian Territory
- Political, Official and Social Notes from Washington
D. C concerning the U. S. Navy in 1885
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- Winfield
- Winfield's Name Origin, Article by
Winfield Scott, 1886
- Early Bridges in Winfield
- Early Hotels in Winfield
Early Conveyances in Winfield
- Indians were Masons
- The Camen Band Massacre
Postcard and Photo Collection
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- MoreNewspapers from Old Microfilm
- Updated Index
of Old Newspaper Files from Mary Ann Wortman (ongoing)
- These are the latest Additions:
- The Winfield
Courier, April 1, 1886 (single issue now 739KB)
- The Winfield Courier,
March 4, 1886 to March 28, 1886.
- The Winfield Courier,
February 1, 1886 to February 28, 1886.
- The Winfield Courier,
January 1, 1886 to January 31, 1886
- Daily Commonwealth,
Topeka, Kansas, June 1871 through May 1872.
- Daily Commenwealth,
Topeka, Kansas, July 9, 1873 to July 24, 1874
- Daily Commonwealth,
Topeka, Kansas, July 1874 to August 1875.
- The Winfield Courier,
From Jan. 1, 1885 to Jan. 31. 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
Feb. 1 1885 to Feb. 28, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
March 1 1885 to March 31, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
April 1 1885 to April 30, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
May 1 1885 to May 28, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
June 5, 1885 to June 30, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
July 2, 1885 to July 30, 1885.
The Winfield Courier,
August 6, 1885 to August 27, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
September 3, 1885 to September 24, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
October 1, 1885 to October 31, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
November 1, 1885 to November 30, 1885.
- The Winfield Courier,
December 1, 1885 to December 31, 1885
- About the Wortmans
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