Elwood, Kansas Territory Illustration in The Kansas City Star, February 16, 1929, of bell ringer announcing Mr. Lincoln’s speech in Elwood. THE TOPEKA TRIBUNE, TOPEKA, KANSAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 1859. Only known picture of The Great Western Hotel. Missouri River crossing at St. Joseph, MO. in 1850, looking west to where Elwood would be in 1859. Elwood More Info