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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Kansas’s most famous daughter, Amelia Earhart, leads the list of the top 10 things to do in Northeast Kansas. No one has solved the enduring mystery of what happened to her and her navigator Fred Noonan, but Atchison preserves her memory. In Merriam, sink your teeth into buttery Strawberry Hill poviticas. In Olathe, return to
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I visited some of these sites as part of hosted tours, but, as always, all opinions are my own. Kansas was born in blood and fire. While people like John Brown and William Quantrill violently pursued the conflict, others used quieter means. During the fighting, free-staters helped freedom seekers escape slavery through the Underground Railroad. After the raids ended,
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