Stage Coast West to Kansas by Mary Einsel

[Roma Jean Turner]

I ran across this book and I think it is so good.  This book is copyrighted 1970.  It says that Mary Einsel lives on a ranch near Coldwater, Kansas and has written a number of articles on Kansas History.  Don't know if she is still living or not.

Found this interesting about the Civil War.  Kansas had been  a state 3 months when the war started.  There were 30,000 men in the state between 18 and 45.  All told Kansas sent 20,0000 (2/3) of the states men to fight.  More than any other state.  It included "two Negro infantry regiments, a Negro artillery battery, and three Indian regiments."  Kansas had the highest mortality rate of any state...8,497 killed in the Civil War.

[W. Gray]

Thanks Roma Jean,

I located a used copy on the internet and ordered it.

I was aware of the "colorful" regiments but had not heard about the Kansas mortality rate. that is an interesting statistic.

[W. Gray]

At some point, Mary Einsel moved to Wickenburg, Arizona, 60 miles northwest of Phoenix.

Her best selling book was apparently "Kansas, the Priceless Prairie."

What appears to be her latest book, 2009, is "The Historic Santa Fe Trail."

[Roma Jean Turner]

Great.  I will try to get both of those.