20th Kansas Infantry Regiment
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This poster shows scenes of the 20th Kansas Infantry Regiment during the Spanish American War.

20th Kansas Regiment Company G.
Date: June 1898
This photograph shows members of the 20th Kansas Regiment Company G at a unidentified location. There is some identifying information on the back of the photo. An impression of Fredrick Funston is also visible.

20th Kansas Volunteer Infantry flag
Date: between 1898 and 1899
Silk regimental flag of the Twentieth Kansas Volunteer Infantry, which served in the Spanish-American War from 1898 to 1899. The flag is blue with the State Seal in the center. Gold fringe is attached to three sides. The regiment saw service in the Philippines, both in combat and as an occupation force at the conclusion of the fighting. Frederick Funston served as its commander. The Twentieth was the only of the four Kansas regiments to see action during the war.

Campaign songs, as sung by the National Quartette
Date: Between 1893 and 1894
This volume of campaign songs includes four pieces that vividly express the major beliefs of the Populist Party. The first song, "For Trampling on the Grass," criticizes the businessmen and bankers who were trampling on the rights of the common people. The second song, "The Republican's Lament," pokes fun at the Republicans who were no longer able to dominate the Populists now that "they have ceased to head our whippings, and have ceased to take our word." The third song, "The Wall Street Badge" describes how the government, according to the Populists, was now in the hands of Wall Street. The final song, "One of His Legs is Longer Than It Really Ought to Be," provides a comic perspective on some of the upcoming elections, including the race between Chester I. Long and "Sockless Jerry" Simpson in 1894.

Crossing the Rio Grande de la Pampanga during the Philippine Insurrection
Date: April 27, 1899
Four photographs showing Colonel Frederick Funston and his troops crossing the Rio Grande de la Pampanga during the Philippine Insurrection. While crossing the river under fire, two privates of the 20th, Edward White and William B. Trembly, were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their heroism.

Dauntless Ship - Frederick Funston
Date: 1896
This photograph shows a view of the tugboat the " Dauntless". The marine vessel built in 1896 in Camden, New Jersey carried Frederick Funston with arms and equipment for a battle on Cuban soil.

Eda Blankart Funston
Creator: Centro Artistico, Manila
Date: Between 1898 and 1899
This carte-de-visite shows Eda Blankart Funston, 1877-1932, wife of Major General Fredrick Funston. Born in the state of Illinois to Otto and Teresa Blankart, in 1877, she later moved with her parents, who were musicians and music teachers, to the state of California. Eda was considered a musical prodigy and pursued a musical career as a violinist until she married Frederick Funston on October 25, 1898 in Oakland, California. During their marriage Eda followed Frederick's military career from military bases across the United States to foreign countries. Following the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Eda oversew a nurses' corps and also assisted at the Letterman Hospital. She remained active in military and social organizations in the San Francisco area until her untimely death on June 07, 1932 at the age of fifty-five. Burial was conducted at the San Francisco National Cemetery.

Eda Blankart Funston
Date: 1899
This photograph shows Eda Blankart Funston, 1877-1932, wife of Major General Fredrick Funston. Born in the state of Illinois to Otto and Teresa Blankart, in 1877, she later moved with her parents, who were musicians and music teachers, to the state of California. Eda was considered a musical prodigy and pursued a musical career as a violinist until she married Frederick Funston on October 25, 1898 in Oakland, California. During their marriage Eda followed Frederick's military career from military bases across the United States to foreign countries. Following the April 18, 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Eda oversew a nurses' corps and also assisted at the Letterman Hospital. She remained active in military and social organizations in the San Francisco area until her untimely death on June 07, 1932 at the age of fifty-five. Burial was conducted at the San Francisco National Cemetery.

E. H. Funston home in Allen County, Kansas
Date: Between 1940 and 1968
Multiple images of the Edward Hogue Funston home, located in Allen County, Kansas. The father of General Fred Funston was born at Donnelsville, Clark County, Ohio, on September 16, 1836, and married Ann Eliza Mitchell in September 1861. He served throughout the Civil War in the Sixteenth Ohio Battery. He moved his family to Kansas in December 1867 where he established a prosperous, diversified farm just north of Iola. E. H. Funston was an officer in the Kansas State Agricultural Society and the State Board of Agriculture and served in Kansas House of Representatives (1873-1875) and the Kansas Senate (1881-1885), before winning election to the U.S. Congress in 1884. Funston expressed interest in (and made some effort to obtain) the Republican nomination for governor and congressman from the second district and continued to use his powerful voice to speak out on issues of interest to him and many of his Allen county neighbors until his death on September 10, 1911.

Fighting Fred Funston Famous Kansan, is Dead
Date: February 20, 1917
Headline on the front page of the Topeka Daily Capital, Topeka, Kansas, anouncing the death of Frederick Funston, February 20, 1917.

Frederick Funston
Date: May 20, 1899
An illustration depicting Frederick Funston, 1865-1917, as published on the cover of the May 20, 1899 issue of "Harper's Weekly." The caption reads "Brigadier-General Frederick Funston, U.S.V. The fighting colonel of the 20th Kansas Volunteers, who has been promoted for bravery."

Frederick Funston
Date: Between 1906 and 1910
A photograph showing General Frederick Funston with his wife Eda Blankhart Funston, seated at the piano, and two unidentified women at the Funston home in the Presidio of San Francisco, California

Frederick Funston
Date: 1906
Photograph of General Frederick Funston 1865-1917, at Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA, during the 1906 fire and earthquake.

Frederick Funston
Date: 1906
A photograph of Frederick Funston posed with the Reconstruction Committee in San Francisco, California. In 1906 he did much to keep law and order in San Francisco and to provide relief to sufferers of the great earthquake. Funston, who grew up in Iola, Kansas, became one of America's most famous military figures. He served with the Cubans who were fighting for independence from Spain, commanded the 20th Kansas Infantry during the Philippine Insurrection, and led American troops on the Texas border during the Punitive Expedition into Mexico.

Frederick Funston
Creator: Harris & Ewing
Date: 1908
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: Between 1899 and 1917
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: between 1905 and 1908
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: 1883
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: between 1905 and 1908
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: between 1905 and 1908
This formal portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: Bewteen 1865 to 1869
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917 as a toddler. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: Between 1913 and 1914
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Creator: Mettner's Studio, Lawrence, Kansas
Date: 1883
This studio portrait shows Frederick Funston, 1865-1917, as an 18 year old student. He grew up in Iola, Kansas and became a prominent military leader in the United State Army. He enrolled and attended the University of Kansas from 1885 to 1888 but did not graduate. Funston worked for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company and in 1890 worked as a news reporter in Kansas City, Kansas. In the early 1890s he participated in scientific expeditions for the United States Department of Agriculture in the Dakota Badlands, Death Valley, and Alaska along the Klondike and Yukon Rivers. Funston signed up as a Cuban revolutionary in 1896 to help forces fighting for independence from Spain. He served eighteen months and was promoted captain of an artillery unit and achieved the rank of a lieutenant colonel. Funston eventually returned to Kansas 1898 and continued to rise through the military ranks when Kansas Governor Leedy appoints Funston colonel of the 20th Kansas Infantry which is sent to the Philippine Islands on November 30, 1898 during the Spanish-American War. For his effective leadership skills of the 20th Regiment, Funston is awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and promoted to the rank of Brigadier General of volunteers. In June of 1901 he is given the rank as a Brigadier General in the regular army. During the 1906 earthquake in San Francisco, California, he kept law and order while providing relief to those who were suffering. After the earthquake, Funston served from 1908 to 1910 as Commandant of the Army Service Schools at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. In 1914 he served in command of American troops along the Texas border during the conflicts with Pancho Villa. After the withdrawal of troops on November 17, 1914, Funston was promoted to the rank of Major General. He passed away suddenly on February 19, 1917 from heart attack while at the St. Anthony Hotel in San Antonio, Texas.

Frederick Funston
Date: Between 1898 and 1917
A view of Frederick Funston, 1865-1917, with troops. Funston is shown right of center with his left hand on the automobile.

Frederick Funston
Date: Between 1890 and 1900
An informal portrait of Frederick Funston, 1865-1917, with a bedroll, metal cup, and rifle.