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Southeast Kansas coal camps
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The following is an article that was in with J L Hargett's papers. I'm guessing it dates from the early 1970s. I found it interesting and wanted to share it,
FORMER MINING COMMUNITIES OF THE CHEROKEE CRAWFORD COAL FIELD OF SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS
Paul W. Jensen
Over the past...
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Here are some tokens of mine..
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These are all tokens of mine. i thought this was a cool picture.
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Martin's Dry Goods, Mound Valley KS
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8399114583&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1
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Token Issuing Towns by County..
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The following is a list, by county, of the towns that are known to of issued tokens. This is a great index. The list was created by Kent Johnson (co-author of the Kansas Token Book) the moderator bullfoot. This is a great resource and comes in handy for a guy like me who collects by county. Thanks bullfoot...
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Kansas CCC Camps
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Unlisted Galesburg Token....
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This token was listed on Ebay in December. It is not in the Kansas Token Book. It was a cool discovery. This was the highest I had bid on a token. I really wanted it. We may not see this one again...
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Trade Material....
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Here is what I have for Trade material. If you see something you like or want a better pic of let me know. I will trade any combination of these tokens for SE Kansas area tokens.
Side 1
Side 2
[IMG]http://i2.tinypic.com...
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Neat Token from Bayard..
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Hope I'm not the underbidder. -- Edited by Andrew in SE KS at 14:48, 2006-03-06
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What is a trade token??
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Here is what one website has to say:
About 1885, merchants all over the United States started using a form of advertising called a trade token (or chit, or bingle, or "good for"). When a customer bought something, they were given a token that resembled a coin. On the obverse, the token gave s...
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Here is an interesting little site on tokens..
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http://members.fortunecity.com/tokenguy/tokentales/#
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This is one cool token..
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http://http://cgi.ebay.com/Bimetal-Token-Smith-Dry-G...
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So tell me the story about your EBAY account...
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Did someone hack it? Why did you guys have to change ID's? I'm surprised the EBAY folks couldn't fix up the issue.
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Kansas saloon tokens
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Kansas became officially dry May 1, 1881 after the passage of a constitutional amendment and subsequent enabling legislation. The open saloon was “hereby and forever banned.”
Those counties which had overwhelmingly rejected the amendment tended to be urban and on the border w...
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