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The Pioneer Woman

In the frontier, this person saw a chance to raise a family in God's country.

The Pioneer Man

This person was lured to Kansas by the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854, which allowed legal settlement of the Kansas and Nebraska territories by whites.

Mary Ann Bickerdyke

This woman gained fame as a nurse for the Union, patching up soldiers behind the lines and at the front.

The Water Witch

When families had difficulty finding a source of water on their land, they would employ the services of this person.

Thadyus Hyatt

He was a New York philanthropist who was moved to action by the plight of the Kansas settlers during the Kansas Drought of 1860.

Sarah White and Anna Brewster Morgan

These two young pioneer women were kidnapped by Indians during the aggressions of the late 1860s.

The Circuit Rider

This person was an itinerant...

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