Kaw River

Near the mushy junction of the Kaw River with the Missouri, Kansas City survived when other landings had been washed away; it straddles rock outcroppings.

Dead Heat Dumb-Out Wills, Garry 1976

Kansas or Kaw River, after a course of some thirty to fifty miles, sinks suddenly into its bed, which thence for twenty miles exhibits nothing but a waste of yellow sand.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

There was an awful lot of it grown there though, and there were also beavers in the Kaw River, and they used to cut down trees to build their dams.

Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Kansas Narratives Work Projects Administration

They had passed the Kaw River and were now bearing on toward the

The Emigrant Trail Geraldine Bonner 1900

Will you send me a letter down the old Kaw River when

Winning the Wilderness Margaret Hill McCarter 1899

We have already seen how the contending factions spread murder and violence south of the Kaw River; but from May till September Leavenworth county became a “dark and bloody ground.”

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Butler, Pardee, 1816-1888 1889

The coming Fourth of July was looked forward to with intense interest by both parties, and on the north side of the Kaw River, as well as on its south side.

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Butler, Pardee, 1816-1888 1889

And now it appeared that the whole country south of the Kaw River was full of armed Free State guerrilla bands.

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Butler, Pardee, 1816-1888 1889

Thus wearily passed the month of June of 1856, on the south bank of the Kaw River.

Personal Recollections of Pardee Butler Butler, Pardee, 1816-1888 1889

Put your roll back in your pocket, 'says I.' And you'd better run along home before some farm-hand from the Kaw River bottoms strolls in here and sells you

The Gentle Grafter O. Henry 1886