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…Valley, he was well aware of the significant challenges he would face in the undertaking.
Resources were sparse. Following the collapse of Wichita’s economy in 1888, the city appeared an unassuming, even unpromising, field in which to put down roots. Fairmount College, for which Morrison held lofty aspirations, had no dormitories or library to speak
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