Horde of Lincolns celebrate Kansas' anti-slavery roots in trip to Lecompton
Members of the Association of Lincoln Presenters visit the Lecompton Historical Society as part of the organization's annual conference.
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Members of the Association of Lincoln Presenters visit the Lecompton Historical Society as part of the organization's annual conference.
On Jan. 29, 1861, Kansas, the Sunflower State, entered the Union as a free state numbered 34. But it didn't happen overnight. It was a long arduous road.
History Guy focuses on how Kansas became a state 160 years ago Friday Abolitionist John Brown fiercely holds a rifle in one hand and a Bible in the other in "Tragic Prelude," a mural inside the Kansas Statehouse illustrating the early history of what would become the state of Kansas. This week's History Guy video at CJOnline focuses on the events that led to Kansas becoming the nation's 34th state 160 years ago this coming Friday. The U.S. acquired most of modern Kansas from France through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Kansas/Nebraska Act in 1854 then opened the Kansas and Nebraska ...