Kansas-Nebraska Act

The Kansas Territorial Capital Trail

The historic Kansas Territorial Capital Trail

The Kansas Territorial Capital’s location bounced around Kansas for seven years. The Territorial Capital Trail tells a story of insider trading and ballot-box stuffing. Follow its trail from Fort Leavenworth twice to Pawnee, Shawnee Mission twice, Lecompton, Topeka, Lawrence, Minneola, and finally Topeka again. Junction City, Leavenworth, Lecompton, and Lawrence have all hosted me, but […]

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Abraham Lincoln visits Kansas after the Kansas-Nebraska Act

Follow Abraham Lincoln’s footsteps on the Kansas Lincoln Trail “If I went West, I think I would go to Kansas — to Leavenworth or Atchison.” — Abraham Lincoln, 1860 Lincoln wasn’t blowing smoke when he said he’d go to Kansas. He had already visited the state before politics’ requirements took him back East permanently. In

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