Conner, William2021-02-122021-02-122010-03https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41128William Conner, “Braving the Storm: Suicide in Clay County, 1893 – 1905,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/217.The author creates a vivid picture of turn of the century rural life as often impoverished, harsh, and filled with economic loss. He examines the unusually high suicide rate among young farmers who lost their land in the Panic of 1893. This study uses Clay County coroner and funeral home records.This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.Clay CountyKansas Pacific RailroadPanic of 1893suicideCoatsworth sistersUnion Pacific RailroadText