Historic Lecompton - birthplace of the civil war

the political birthplace of the american civil war capital city of kansas territory

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.: facts :.································Ida Stover and David Eisenhower, students at Lane University, were married in Lecompton in 1885. They were the parents of President Eisenhower.································

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Compromise of 1850 #1

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Source: A History of the United States

Compromise of 1850 #2

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Source: A History of the United States

Kansas & Missouri Border, 1854-1859

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Source: Atlas of American History

Pikes Peak, 1856-1860

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Source: Atlas of American History

Bleeding Kansas

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Source: North & South Magazine

Kansas Counties, 1910

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Source: Kansas State Historical Society

Presidential Election, 1852

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Source: Mapping America's Past: An Historical Atlas

Presidential Election, 1856

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Source: Mapping America's Past: An Historical Atlas

Presidential Election, 1860

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Source: Mapping America's Past: An Historical Atlas