Description: David L. Phillips, was the son of John and Christina Phillips of Paisley, Scotland and came to America with his family in 1839. As the younger brother of William A. Phillips, he became one of the five...[more]
Title: W.W. Morrison and Mary Morrison
Author: Unknown
Date: 1860?
Physical Details: 2 photographs : b&w ; 2 3/8 x 4 in.
Description: Whitfield Wilson Morrison and his second wife Mary McCullough came to Salina in April 1860. At that time Salina was a small settlement in Kansas Territory. Morrison built the sixth house in the villa...[more]
Title: Letters
Author: Muir, Robert, Jr., 1837-1890
Date: 1869-1884
Physical Details: Manuscript : 58 letters, various size
Description: This collection consists of 58 letters written from Saline County by early settler Robert Muir, Jr., between the years 1860-1884. Muir wrote to his family--parents, sisters, brothers--who were living...[more]
Title: H.H. Morrison and family
Author: Unknown
Date: 1869?
Physical Details: Photograph : b&w ; 2 3/8 x 5 in.
Description: Hugh Morrison married Rebecca Elwell in Nashville, IL, on Apr 2, 1862, and brought his bride back to Saline County, Kansas, where he had taken land. From this marriage came eleven children: Nancy Aman...[more]
Title: Andrew Alfred Morrison
Author: Unknown
Date: 186?
Physical Details: Photograph : sepia ; 2 3/8 X 4 in.
Description: Andrew A. Morrison came to Salina in the summer of 1860 to join his son, Hugh H. Morrison. With him were his wife Nancy and daughters, Sarah Margaret, Nancy Ermina, Mary Etta and Myra Jane. Morrison...[more]
Title: Aerial view of Salina, 1875
Author: Armstrong, Davis W. ; Boyes, John W.
Date: 1875
Physical Details: Photograph : col. b&w ; 6.5 x 10 in.
Description: The Union Pacific Railroad arrived in Salina in 1867, skirting the town along its north edge. The large yellow building (#3) was originally the hotel and dinning hall operated by Mary Ann Bickerdyke b...[more]
Title: Residence of Gotthart Schippel, sec. 29. Cambria T
Author: Unknown artist
Date: 1893
Physical Details: Book illustration : b&w ; 7 x 9 in.
Description: In 1871, after 13 years of batching with his brother John, Gotthart Schippel married 18-year old Clara Wary, a native of France. During their lifetime together, the couple had seven children, and Gott...[more]
Title: Nancy Beaty Morrison
Author: Unknown
Date: 18??
Physical Details: Photograph : sepia ; 2 3/8 X 4 in.
Description: Nancy C. Beaty lived only a short time in Salina. She arrived with her husband A.A. Morrison and daughters in the summer of 1860. Their home was a log cabin on the Morrison farm located then just ou...[more]
Title: Uncle Hiel Morrison
Author: Newman, A.
Date: 18??
Physical Details: Photograph ; sepia ; 2 3/8 X 4 in.
Description: This man is presumed to be Hugh Hiel Morrison, born April 17, 1804, in Iredell County, N.C. the son of Andrew Sloan Morrison and Sarah Haynes. His picture was among the family photographs belonging to...[more]