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Osage Co., KS Cemeteries, Old Soldiers & Obituaries
33,000 names from cemetery inscriptions, obituaries and lists of old soldiers. Includes map of Osage Co., KS, plus cemetery plat maps for 11 of 35 cemeteries. Compiled by Arleen Bayless and Jill Herzog, 1996. Hardbound, 669 pages.

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Historical Publications Catalog
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Us and Our Neighbors
First published in 1901, this historical genealogical directory includes information about 3200 Lyndon area men, women and children revealed in 1896-97 and 1900 assessors' returns. Reprinted by the Osage County Historical Society in 1998, laminated front cover, spiral binding

$8.00
($3.00)
1887 Osage City Directory
This alphabetical listing of Osage City includes residents' street addresses and occupations. Reprinted by the Osage County Historical Society, 2000.

$12.00
($3.00)

Index to Osage County Criminal Records, Volume 1
This two-section volume includes the case numbers and dates of county crimes committed between 1861-1899. Section one is an alphabetical listing of "State of Kansas vs." cases; section two is alphabetized by victim's name. Paper files of all records included are archived by the Osage County Historical Society.

$15.00
($4.00)
Whirlwind Love by the River
This manuscript was started in the 1930s and completed later by a local family member. Though fictional it is based on actual people and events in Osage County. Published by Nadine Cavanaugh, 1998. Soft cover, 184 pages.

 $5.00
($3.00)

Index to Osage County Probate Records
Covers 1861 - June 1997.
171 pages, laminated cover, spiral binding
 

$15.00
($5.00)
Index to Osage County Divorces
Contains separations, child custody and divorces from 1861-1954. An invaluable genealogy information source, this volume lists marriage information, children's names and dates of birth. Comprises civil records microfilmed by the county; the actual docket books and case files are archived by the Osage County Historical Society.
    		$15.00
($5.00)

Sac and Fox Indians in Kansas, Mokohoko's Stubbornness
C.R. Green's pioneer accounts of a band of Sac and Fox and their renegade chief, Mokohoko, who stayed behind for 16 years after their tribe's removal in 1870 to Indian Territory. Published in 1914. 16 81/2 x 11 pages, laminated covers
 

$3.00
($2.00)

Index to Annals of Lyndon
Companion index to book below. Extracted and indexed by Sarah Hitt for the Historical Society.
 

$5.00
(purchased alone — $3.00 with book below, postage paid)

Early Days in Kansas — Annals of Lyndon
C.R. Green's narrative based on reminiscences of "old settlers" in and around Lyndon, Kansas. A useful resource to those who study the Lyndon area, this book is volume 4 of Green's historical series, Early Days in Kansas. Published in 1913. Paperback, 352 pages
 

$10.00
($4.00)

Early Days in Kansas — Along the Santa Fe and Lawrence Trails — Old Ridgeway 1855-69
The history of the people who lived around Ridgeway and Carbondale comprise volume 3 of C.R. Green's historical series. Published in 1913. Reprinted by the Osage County Historical Society, Paperback, 121 pages
 

$6.00
($3.00)
Osage County Cemeteries Map (11 X 17)
34 cemeteries marked with driving directions.

 

 $2.50 (Postage included)
1879 Atlas of Osage County on CD
(Index available later in 2008)

$20.00
($3.00)

 

Early Days in Kansas — Along the Santa Fe Trail — Council City, 1854-55; Superior, 1856; and Burlingame, 1856-64
Volume 2 of C.R. Green's history of the area and its settlers. Published in 1913. Reprinted by the Osage County Historical Society, Paperback, 155 pages
 

$8.00
($3.00)
Early Days in Kansas — in Keokuk's Time on the Kansas Reservation
From reservation life to traders and agents, C.R. Green's history explores the lives of Keokuk and the Sac and Fox natives who once lived in modern-day Osage County. Published in 1912. Reprinted by the Osage County Historical Society in 1998, Paperback, 155 pages, laminated cover, spiral binding
  		$15.00
($4.00)

History of Osage County, Kansas, by Hon. James Rogers
First published as a series in the "Lyndon Herald" in 1876, this was history written as it happened.
23 pages plus index, laminatedcover, spiral binding

$6.00
($2.00)

Lyndon City Tour 2007
Originally published in 1995 and newly updated. Short history of Lyndon, Kansas pictures, descriptions and history of buildings and sites.
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 $2.50 (Postage included)
History of Osage City and Osage County
Oscar A. Copple, assisted by Joyce M. Hitchings, examined area nationalities, newspapers, industries, churches transportation schools, clubs and banks in this well-rounded history, which also includes brief histories of other extinct local towns. First published by the Osage County Historical Society in the late 1970s. Paperback, 105 pages
  		$8.00
($3.00)