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This battle, involving 25,000 men, resulted in a Union victory which ended the threat of Confederate invasion in Kansas. Pleasanton had its start in the year 1869 by the building of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Memphis Railroad through that territory. [4] It was named in honor of General Alfred Pleasonton, though the city name is spelled ...
Politics: In Kansas, the political atmosphere was highly divided. Towns were either proslavery or abolitionist. When Kansas became a free state in 1861, proslavery towns died out. Survival of a town also depended on it winning the county seat. Towns that were contenders for the county seat and lost typically had most, if not all, of their town ...
Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
[6] [7] Both the city government and local chamber of commerce refer to the city as Lincoln, [6] [8] and it appears as such on state maps and signs. [9] [10] Lincoln grew rapidly over the following decade, more than doubling in size, and the city gradually modernized. Kansas Christian College opened in Lincoln in 1885.
Blue Rapids is located in northeastern Kansas near the junction of the Little Blue and Big Blue rivers. Located on highway US-77/K-9, Blue Rapids is 5 miles (8.0 km) east of its sister town Waterville, 12 miles (19 km) south of the county seat Marysville, 13 miles (21 km) west of Frankfort, and 46 miles (74 km) north of the large university town of Manhattan.
Elkhart, circa 1905. Elkhart was founded in 1913, [4] and was named after Elkhart, Indiana. [5]Elkhart was the starting point of the Elkhart and Santa Fe Railway. [6] This line, both leased to and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, [7] was built in 1925 to Felt, Oklahoma, and extended into New Mexico in 1932; but, was abandoned in 1942.
Parsons is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. [1] As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 9,600. [3] [4] It is the most populous city of Labette County, and the second-most populous city in the southeastern region of Kansas.
Tipton was originally called Pittsburg, and under the latter name was founded in 1872. [4] When it was later realized that another Pittsburg existed in Kansas, the name was changed to Tipton after Tipton, Iowa, the former home of a local resident.