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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.
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 t...
Its interesting to note that in such a time of chaotic turmoil, one would think that such an individual would have stood out and be noted for their incredible survivorship and continuous journeys in securing a place in time that one would have been recognized in history. His name does not really appear to stand out in any type of history, but he became somewhat of an important figure in New Netherland history, where he began assisting others in establishing their roots in the New World while also doing the same for himself and his future family. His history is a compilation of his whole life, beginning from his early childhood of setting out on his own as an orphan, his attempts of establish...
James Anthony Baskas, son of Jerome Harrison Wolf (1898-1982) and Margaret Josephine Pike-Baskas (1899-1985) married Betty Emma Karnes, daughter of Arthur Samuel Karns and Stella Della Henson, in 1954 in Leavenworth, Kansas. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Ireland, Pensylvania, ancestryaryland, Kentucky and Kansas.
(There are rumors of a number of mistakes in the book. If you look carefully, they ́re in DIRECT QUOTES. If all or part of the original source, was quoted, and also has mistakes, the mistakes will also be in quotes. If these mistakes were corrected, the meaning of that history would be changed, assuming I knew what the correction was supposed to be in the first place.) It was during the 17th Century, many of the Dutch and Belgium settlers who immigrated to New Amsterdam, New York began to lay claims in the new lands of Staten Island and Manhattan. During this time of establishing a life for themselves and their families, there were many encounters with the local Indians that resulted in hav...