correction - the man is a harness maker, or saddler. his arm rests on a harness vise, and the cute little hammer is that of a cobbler-type. no blacksmith would be caught dead with that toy. hence, the harness hanging on the wall. the names of such tradesmen may be found in the lawrence ka city directories of the time. or census data. harness maker was more prestigious than blacksmith farrier. you could send that pic to the local lawrence ka newspaper and see if any readers can identify it!!! kansans love their history. excellent channel. many thanks.
I find these stories so often interesting, inspiring - sometimes sad - and always thought provoking. I feel fortunate I found your channel. It deserves many more subscribers.
Being a U. of Kansas grad, who lived in Lawrence, and is from KS, it always fascinated me that the only buildings left in Lawrence from the raid are the ones made from limestone, a common building material for houses, barns, etc. at that time in Kansas. Those in Lawrence have blackened coloring from the fire. Quantrill's raiders and the bushwackers in Missouri were cruel and violent.
Those people massacred by wild Bill Quantrill's cruel Confederate killers in Lawrence died because they opposed slavery. This is part of history which should be taught in modern times, but it generally doesn't get presented. Slavery in now considered a country's crime committed by all Americans of a certain type equally. It seems even those Americans with ancestors who died abolitionists are today unfairly tarred with a collectivist guilt trip over that peculiar institution.
Actually, it was in part, a reprisal for bloody raids by Kansas guerrillas. A little research will tell the tale. While I have no sympathy for Confederacy, I was surprised to learn there were a lot of clashes instigated by Kansas groups.
Best photographer west of the Mississippi? William Henry Jackson? Carleton Watkins? Eadweard Muybridge? Timothy H. O'Sullivan? John Karl Hillers? Darius Kinsey? Good to learn about a photographer unknown to me. Would like to see more of his photographs.
correction - the man is a harness maker, or saddler. his arm rests on a harness vise, and the cute little hammer is that of a cobbler-type. no blacksmith would be caught dead with that toy. hence, the harness hanging on the wall. the names of such tradesmen may be found in the lawrence ka city directories of the time. or census data. harness maker was more prestigious than blacksmith farrier. you could send that pic to the local lawrence ka newspaper and see if any readers can identify it!!! kansans love their history. excellent channel. many thanks.
Thanks very much. I have since learned from other sources that this is a harness maker. Let the record stand corrected!
I find these stories so often interesting, inspiring - sometimes sad - and always thought provoking. I feel fortunate I found your channel. It deserves many more subscribers.
Being a U. of Kansas grad, who lived in Lawrence, and is from KS, it always fascinated me that the only buildings left in Lawrence from the raid are the ones made from limestone, a common building material for houses, barns, etc. at that time in Kansas. Those in Lawrence have blackened coloring from the fire. Quantrill's raiders and the bushwackers in Missouri were cruel and violent.
Well done historical narrative. Thank you.
Ron, fantastic personal research. Excellent!
Wonderful story of someone I would’ve never heard about, an outstanding citizen of his time. Thank you.
Very informative! Signed, Kansas
Those people massacred by wild Bill Quantrill's cruel Confederate killers in Lawrence died because they opposed slavery. This is part of history which should be taught in modern times, but it generally doesn't get presented. Slavery in now considered a country's crime committed by all Americans of a certain type equally. It seems even those Americans with ancestors who died abolitionists are today unfairly tarred with a collectivist guilt trip over that peculiar institution.
Actually, it was in part, a reprisal for bloody raids by Kansas guerrillas. A little research will tell the tale. While I have no sympathy for Confederacy, I was surprised to learn there were a lot of clashes instigated by Kansas groups.
Best photographer west of the Mississippi? William Henry Jackson? Carleton Watkins? Eadweard Muybridge? Timothy H. O'Sullivan? John Karl Hillers? Darius Kinsey?
Good to learn about a photographer unknown to me. Would like to see more of his photographs.
How do you spell the photographers name?
That picture is of a saddle maker he’s sitting at a saddle making bench. FYI. 🙂