Sumner, Its Rise and Fall—Ocena—Lancaster—Fort William— Arrington—Muscotah—Effingham—Huron—Old Martinsburg— Bunker Hill—Locust Grove—Helena—Cayuga—Kennekuk— Kapioma—Mashenah—St. Nicholas—Concord—Parnell—Shannon— Elmwood—Cummingsville—Eden Postoffice—Potter—Mt. Pleasant—Lewis’ Point—Farley’s Ferry Pages 84–128 CHAPTER VIII. THE CIVIL WAR. The Issue Between Early Settlers—Influx of Free State and Pro-Slavery Partisans—Early Volunteering—Military Organizations—Threatened Invasion from Missouri— Political Societies—Jayhawkers—Cleveland’s Gang— Lynchings—Atchison County Troops in the War—Price’s Attempted Invasion Pages 129–150 CHAPTER IX. NAVIGATION. Pioneer Transportation—Early Ferries and Rates—Famous River Boats—Steamboat Lines to Atchison—Steamboat Registers Pages 151–157 CHAPTER X. OVERLAND FREIGHTING. Atchison as an Outfitting Point—Freighting Companies— Principal Routes—Stage Lines—Overland Mail Routes—Ben Holladay—“Butterfield’s Overland Dispatch”—Time to Denver—Tables of Time and Distances on Various Routes— Statistical Pages 158–173 CHAPTER XI. RAILROADS. Early Railroad Agitation—The First Railroad—Celebrating the Advent of the Railroad—Other Roads Constructed—The Santa Fe—The Atchison & Nebraska City—The Kansas City, Leavenworth & Atchison—The Rock Island—The Hannibal & St. Joseph—The First Telegraph—Modern Transportation Pages 174–185 CHAPTER XII. REMINISCENCES OF EARLY PIONEERS. D. R. Atchison—Matt Gerber—J. H. Talbott—William Osborne— John W. Cain—W. L. Challiss—George Scarborough—Samuel Hollister—John Taylor—John M. Cromwell—Luther Dickerson—Luther C. Challiss—George W. Glick—W. K. Grimes—Joshua Wheeler—William Hetherington—William C. Smith—John M. Price—Samuel C. King—Clem Rohr—R. H. Weightman—Case of Major Weightman Pages 186–212 CHAPTER XIII. AGRICULTURE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT. An Agricultural Community—Scientific Farming—Farmers, the Aristocracy of the West—Modern Improvement—Topography— Soil—Statistics Pages 213–216 CHAPTER XIV. THE PRESS. Influence of Newspapers—Part Played by the Early Press— _Squatter Sovereign_—_Freedom’s Champion_—_Champion_ and _Press_—Pioneer Editors—Later Newspapers and Newspaper Men Pages 217–233