Item Detail
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31204
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1
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10
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English
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Mormon Migration Through Atchison in 1855
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Kansas Journal
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2002
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25
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1
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Topeka, Kansas
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Kansas Historical Foundation
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38-51
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"The Mormon presence in Atchison was short-lived. They came; they went—and after they left, the story of their brief stay was never fully told. Each entity—Atchison and the Mormons—had something the other needed. Atchison was looking to attract business and settlers while the Mormons needed a place where their migrating people bound for Utah could find temporary employment in order to purchase overland supplies. Their brief time together proved a mutual advantage for these two entities. For Atchison, the influx of Mormons helped jump-start its commerce and provided labor to begin building streets and other necessary improvements in the infant Kansas town. The Mormons helped lay the groundwork both economically and physically in Atchison’s early beginnings. For thousands of Mormon converts in 1855, Mormon Grove on the outskirts of Atchison was a temporary haven and material aid to them as they made their way west." [Author Introduction]
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