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Cowboy True’s Christmas Adventure.
It seems there were a number of children stranding in Kansas in the later part of 1869, for reasons unknown. As the holidays approached many of those children placed advertisements in local papers seeking a place where they could go to spend Thanksgiving or Christmas. The November 17, 1869, edition of the Lawrence Republican Journal featured an ad from a young man hoping to be taken in by a family not only for a very important now, but for always.
“A Home – A home for the winter wanted by an orphan fourteen- years-old. He is of pleasing appearance: a stranger in this city. Apply at the Providence Association room between 9 a.m. and 12 a.m.. It would be nice to have Thanksgiving dinner with a real family. Perhaps if all goes well, I could stay forever. I have no one.”
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Cowboy True’s Christmas Adventure.
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