“In 1898 Eugene Ware, Esq., presented to the society a bronze bust of Mr. Wilder.

March 20, 1875, the first page of ‘Wilder’s Annal of Kansas’ was written the work was completed and published Nov. 9, 1875.  The second edition was published in 1885, and brings the history of Kansas down to that date from the earliest times.”

Reference Data:

Memorial of Harvard College, Class of 1856, by Harvard University, Class of 1856, 1906, page 294