Interview with Logan County Settlers

Interviews with Logan County settlers Mrs. Cassidy, Mrs. W.A. Caswell, and G.N. Luker regarding their experiences homesteading in Logan County, Kansas in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Accounts of conflicts between Indigenous Americans and white settlers are included. The beginning of the recording is poor quality. 00:00:16 - Mrs. Cassidy, raising cattle in Logan County in 1903 00:01:02 - Local stores 00:01:29 - Churches 00:03:05 - Telephones 00:03:36 - Farming 00:05:19 - Blizzards 00:06:15 - Horse disease 00:06:43 - Dust storms 00:08:06 - Native animals 00:09:30 - Storing wheat and the first elevator 00:11:00 - Treating sickness and disease outbreaks 00:12:29 - Schools 00:14:15 - Prices of common items 00:15:43 - Experiences with local Romani groups 00:18:57 - Experiences with hobos 00:20:45 - Mrs. W.A. Caswell and moving to Logan County in 1888 00:23:17 - Harboring outlaws 00:24:50 - Acquiring land 00:26:06 - Literary societies, dances, and play parties 00:26:21 - 1899 fire in Oakley, KS 00:26:54 - Teaching experience and schools in Oakley 00:30:35 - Raising horses and mechanical advancements 00:31:35 - G.N. Luker and the story of the John and Lydia German family, killed in a skirmish with Indigenous Americans in Six Mile Gulch in 1874 00:50:12 - Quanah Parker and the Adobe Walls fight 00:59:27 - Billy Dixon and the Buffalo Wallow fighthttps://scholars.fhsu.edu/sackett/1009/thumbnail.jp