Peru Italian Blackerby Ping (September 4, 1842 – August 22, 1890) was a lawyer, real estate agent, and state legislator in Kansas. He served in the Kansas Senate in 1877 and 1879.[1] He was stationed in Oregon from 1882 to 1885 at the predecessor to the Bureau of Land Management and his letters were published in his hometown newspaper.[2]
He was born in Burlington, Iowa.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Kansas Legislators: Past and Present • State Library of Kansas • CivicEngage". kslib.info.
- ^ Lynn Summers (2015). "P.I.B. Ping: A Kansan in 1880s Oregon on JSTOR". Oregon Historical Quarterly. 116 (1): 110–129. doi:10.5403/oregonhistq.116.1.0110. JSTOR 10.5403/oregonhistq.116.1.0110.
External links
edit- The Strangest Names in American Political History entry, includes photo]
- Findagrave entry
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