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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVHQ_leavenworth-county_Leavenworth-KS.html
After passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, May 30, 1864, this area was swiftly settled. The county was organized in 1855, taking its name from Gen. Henry Leavenworth who established the nearby fort in 1827. In a county seat war, Leavenworth was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVH4_quartzite-boulder_Leavenworth-KS.html
of the Glacial AgeDonated for Bicentennial Year1976 byMr. and Mrs. William P. McNameefrom their farm located inthe SE 1/4 of Sec. 8 Twp. 10 R-22-ELeavenworth CountyKansas
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVH3_leavenworth-county-world-war-memorial_Leavenworth-KS.html
Dedicated to theMemory of our Boyswho madeThe Supreme Sacrificein the World War Byron H. Mehl · Ernest BagwellAnthony Blanchard · William E. BurnsEdward Blochberger · Riley D. CunninghamDavid H. Crockett · Frank Curt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVH2_lincoln-at-stockton-hall_Leavenworth-KS.html
Campaigning for the Presidency of the United States, Abraham Lincoln crossed the Missouri River from St. Joseph to Elwood, Kansas Territory, on December 1, 1859. From there, he was driven in a horse-drawn buggy to Leavenworth. On December 3, 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVGA_site-of-offices-of-russell-majors-and-waddell_Leavenworth-KS.html
In the years 1855-1861 this firm was a major factor in the settlement of the West. Using thousands of teams, and both wagons and stagecoaches, it hauled supplies and passengers to Army posts and settlements west of Fort Leavenworth. Members of the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVG7_knights-of-columbus-hall_Leavenworth-KS.html
Land for the building was purchased from the U.S. Government in 1857 by William H. Russell of Lafayette County, Missouri. The building was built in 1878 by James A. McGonigle for Francis Fitzwilliam. It was financed through the German Bank of Leav…
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…
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