Interview with Andy J. Myers, 1958-07-04

File — Box: MS 017-03, Folder: MS 017-03-01

Identifier: MS 017- file MS 017-RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 12

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RT 398 F666m 1958 no. 12 - CD-ROM and 1 Audio Cassette Tape

6 index cards - Finney County, Kansas--History; Folklore of the Middle West, 1958, no. 12; Johnson, Alma; Lawrence, Kansas--History; Myers, Andy J.; Quantrill, William Clarke, 1837-1865; Wendelin, Elizabeth; Wendelin, Michael;

Typed and handwritten notes.

An interview with former Lane County Kansas probate judge and Justice of the Peace Andy J. Myers regarding experiences during the early days of Kansas.

Digital Collections - FHSU Scholars Repository – Digitized Copy of Recording

00:00:40 - Biographical information

00:01:36 - Career history

00:03:43 - County seat fight between Ravanna and Eminence, Kansas

00:17:32 - Song, On the bed ground in a cow camp

00:22:40 - Fight at Ravanna

00:33:42 - Horse thieves

00:38:32 - School experiences

00:40:55 - County elections

00:41:57 - Wagon travel

00:43:38 - Visiting Lawrence, KS after Quantrill's Raid - Note: Mr. Myers was born in 1868. Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence happened in August of 1863. Mr. Myers was in Lawrence in 1877.

00:45:27 - Getting Glasses

00:47:29 - Wild Buffalo

00:48:07 - Experiences with Indigenous Americans

00:49:25 - Dodge City, Bat Masterson, Wyatt Earp

00:50:24 - Stories he's read

00:52:21 - Wife and children