Kansas Str XPLORERS, h When naug Held swa But the onward Were, "westy And on those r We'll wield t At first her gro But healthy i For free-soil m Called "Squa 4 KANSAS STRUGGLING FOR A FOOTHOLD In '58 another dose was mixed And it was a bitter pill! It was got up by a dough-faced son, For thirty years they've made their home But grasshoppers, drouths and prairie fires But now, such things she looks upon As a relic of the past; For in her mighty strides to win, Some states she's sweeping past.. In '59 they tried to get The first pre-emption through; But the blue lodge clan, who lived in the south Said, "Boys 'twill never do!" Next they tried for a homestead bill, |