Kansas became a state but lost considerable size and economic resources when eastern and central Colorado were carved out of ...
It began as a tug-of-war between cultures and empires. Spain wanted us. France did, too. Neither empire considered the native tribes already on the soil. In 1541, the year that Francisco Vasquez de ...
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Topeka has been capital of Kansas since it became a state in 1861. But four other cities — Lecompton, Leavenworth, Pawnee and Fairway (site of Shawnee Baptist Mission) — lay claim to having previously ...
It was no secret Sen. Stephen A. Douglas wanted to be president. The short but dominant Democrat from Illinois, nicknamed “Little Giant,” lost his first bid for the presidency in 1852, when he failed ...
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