Meanwhile, by the summer of 1853, it was clear that eastern Kansas would soon be opened to white American settlers.

The building will be of wood, and the plans are drawn for the most modem residence in eastern Kansas.

Came west with him from eastern Kansas, where they tied up on a trail herd.

Life in eastern Kansas was about to change dramatically.

The scene was repeated all over eastern Kansas and Missouri.

But long before he reached there, while over eastern Kansas, he decided to land and did so.

He reached what is now eastern Kansas, but found only Indian villages.

Thus virtually all the settlers and forts existed in eastern Kansas.

The threat to eastern Kansas was very real.

Many settlers from eastern Kansas preferred to be governed by that territory.