Lilla Day Monroe Collection of Pioneer Stories
Gertrude E. Burlingame
| Pioneer | Burlingame, Gertrude E. (Robertson) |
| Date/Place of Birth | 12/1/1839, Lewis County, Missouri |
| Date of Death | ? |
| Father | Thomas Robertson |
| Mother | Virginia Howdard |
| Marriage | Ward Burlingame, 1/18/1863 |
| Came to Kansas From | |
| Life in Kansas | Leavenworth County, 1858; Shawnee County, 1863 |
| Author (other than pioneer) | None listed |
| Author's relationship to pioneer | Self |
| Subjects Mentioned | Anti-Slavery, Dutch Crossing, John Brown, Covered Wagons, Iowa, Cooking Recipes, Buying Apples from Passing Wagon, Menus, Duck Hunting at Silver Lake, Indians remarked she had Heap Big Scalp because of Long Hair, Pottawatomie Indian Dance, Quantrill, Fear of Quantrill Coming to Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad, Colonel Holliday, First to Receive Teacher's Certificate in Leavenworth, Snake in Topeka Boarding House, Social Affairs, Stagecoach Travel, Grocery Store Products, Eugene Ware-Classmate in Iowa, Wild Flowers, Wild Strawberries |
| Notes | Taken from "Early Days and Markets and Menus." |
| KSHS Location | Manuscript Coll. 163 |
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