Kansas Sources:

Bureau of Land Management - General Land Office Records. Understanding Land Patents. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/Visitors/Patents.asp

Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. Kansas, state, United States. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0859094.html

Emporia State University. Kansas Firsts. http://www.emporia.edu/cgps/tales/m1989.htm

Kansas State Historical Society. An Archealogist's Notebook. http://www.kshs.org/resource/ks_preservation/kpsepoct01steedkisker.pdf

Kansas State Historical Society and University of Kansas. Territorial Kansas Online. http://www.territorialkansasonline.org/

Kaw Mission State Historic Site. http://www.kshs.org/places/kawmission/mainmenu.htm

Louisiana State Museum. The Louisiana Purchase. http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab4.htm

National Archives and Records Administration. The Louisiana Purchase. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/american_originals/louistxt.html

Sumner County, Kansas. The Chisholm Trail. http://www.co.sumner.ks.us/MV2Base.asp?VarCN=88

Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Chisholm Trail. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisholm_Trail