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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVG6_stockton-hall_Leavenworth-KS.html
Leavenworth's Stockton Hall was built in 1857 at the southwest corner of Fourth and Delaware streets. Although not the first of the town's public halls, Stockton was to become the most famous. It was a frame building forty-five by one hundred and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVG4_russell-majors-waddell_Leavenworth-KS.html
Before you stands the manufacturer's bank building; once headquarters for the freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell. Fort Leavenworth's strategic location made it the logical logistical supply center to support the U.S. Army throughout th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVG2_bleeding-kansas_Leavenworth-KS.html
"Each man carried a bowie-knife, a revolver, a pair of breeches, a shirt and a very don't-care a damn expression...The stews and brothels, the hospitals and poorhouses of the East can furnish thousands more of just such scabby, scurvy, scapegoats,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSA5_cyclone-carry_Leavenworth-KS.html
Carry Amelia Nation, the Kansas Prohibitionist, who became internationally known for breaking up saloons, was born in Kentucky in 1846. The widow of an alcoholic, she remarried and settled in Medicine Lodge, Kansas. The state constitution prohi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSA2_manufacturing-metropolis-of-the-midwest_Leavenworth-KS.html
In the late 1800s and early 1900s Leavenworth was the most important manufacturing city in Kansas and one of the largest in the entire United States. It had sixty-seven prosperous and growing industries. It was third in furniture production in the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSA0_sisters-of-charity_Leavenworth-KS.html
Commemorating the arrival of theSisters of Charityin LeavenworthNovember 11, 1858
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9Z_first-meeting-of-the-methodist-church_Leavenworth-KS.html
Dedicated in honor ofFirst Meeting of theMethodist ChurchOctober 8, 1854
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9P_the-great-railroad-era_Leavenworth-KS.html
The railroad era began in the eastern part of the United States in the 1830's when the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad opened with thirteen miles of track. Most of the lines were built in the Northeast and Old Northwest. The first Kansas Territoria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9O_general-william-tecumseh-sherman_Leavenworth-KS.html
The law firm of Sherman, Ewing and McCook was on the 2nd floor of a wooden building located in front of this pedestal. All four partners in the firm became general officers in the Union Army during the Civil War. The most famous member of the firm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMS9M_lincoln-at-the-planters_Leavenworth-KS.html
On this site once stood the most famous and magnificent hotel between St. Louis and San Francisco - the Planters. The Planters, a fine four story brick building with 100 guestrooms, opened for business in December 1856. The Planter's most distingu…
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