| Description |
2.5 linear feet |
| Summary |
Records of the family of George and Mary Lane Hobson, natives of Iowa, who settled in Crawford County in 1865 and operated the first post office, school, store, saloon, and dance hall in the area that later became Pittsburg, Kansas. |
| Provenance |
The bulk of the Hobson Family Collection records were deposited in the Leonard H. Axe Library Special Collections through Carder Hobson, great-grandson of George and Mary Hobson, October 16, 2006. Other materials were donated by a Hobson family descendant, Corene Stroup, and purchased from Mostly Books of Pittsburg, Kansas, on November 21, 2001. |
| Subject |
Hobson family.
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Hobson, George, -1891.
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Pittsburg (Kan.) -- History.
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| Added Author |
Leonard H. Axe Library. Special Collections.
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