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Auction: 316 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 604

Kansas and Nebraska Territorial Imprints on this Land Speculation CertificateOlena, Kansas Territory (K. T.) 1857. Red and blue. Certificate for "SIX UNDIVIDED LOTS." No. 243. IU. Eagle, shield and banner. Eight devil´s heads in the bottom border. Printed by the "ADVERTISER JOB OFFICE BROWNSVILLE, N.T." (Nebraska Territory). IU. EF. The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 left the decision of whether the then territories of Kansas and Nebraska would become slave or free states based on how the citizens there voted. Anti-slavery forces poured into both territories which led to the violence in "Bleeding Kansas" during the period from 1854 to1861. The purpose of this land company may have been to recruit anti-slavery settlers who would then vote for Kansas to be a free state. It is also possible that the promoters of this certificate were attempting to populate this area in the hopes that the Pacific Railroad might be built in or near the location of the town, significantly increasing land values.

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