Civil War Characters Shaped Missouri and Kansas History
The 1854 65 era in Missouri and Kansas produced figures like John Brown Jim Lane and Quantrills guerrillas. Union and Confederate leaders including Blair Price Fremont Cody Hickok Marmaduke and Johnston shaped events from Fort Riley to Kansas City. Many lie buried under plain headstones as centennial commemorations approach.
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J. R. Anderson
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Abraham Lincoln
Jim Lane
U.S
David Rice Atchison
Francis P. Blair
St. Louis
Lane
Atchison
Blair
Frank Blair Jr
Montgomery
Lincoln
Frank Blair
U. S. Grant
Phil Sheridan
East
William T. Sherman
Robert E. Lee
Sterling Price
Jo Shelby
John S. Marmaduke
Thomas T. Crittenden
John S. Phelps
Arkansas
James Shields
Carrollton
John C. Fremont
Pathfinder
Fremont
Republican Party
Mark Twain
Hannibal
Eugene Ware
Iowa Infantry
Daniel Anthony
Leavenworth
Susan
Pershing Scores Perfect Launch At Cape Canaveral
The Army reports a second straight launch success of the Pershing two stage missile from Cape Canaveral. A 34 foot solid fuel rocket carried a simulated warhead about 140 miles down range. Brig Gen Richard M Hurst called the flight a complete success. The Pershing is a mobile field weapon with nuclear range 530 to 700 miles developed by the Army and Martin Co.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Army
Richard M. Hurst
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Martin Co
Less Radiation For Discoverer VIII Satellite Flight
Air Force scientists reported Discoverer VIII encountered far less solar radiation than Discoverer XVII during a space flight. The gold plated capsule from Discoverer XVIII showed no detectable radiation on its 48 orbits, with detailed results on tissue samples and other specimens due in two weeks.
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San Antonio
Tex
Air Force
George Crawford
School of Aviation Medicine
Katanga Province Drives Congo Revenue With Rich Mineral Deposits
Report notes Katanga Province accounts for nearly two thirds of Congo Republic revenue, driven by extensive mineral deposits.
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Republic of the Congo
Katanga
Reds Warn Britain on U.S. Bases Near Areas
Moscow cables report the Soviet Union warned Britain that the Scottish base housing U.S. Polaris submarines could be attacked if an incident occurred, even beyond British territorial waters. The mass statement claimed Prime Minister Harold Macmillan misunderstood that only the submarine would be targeted.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Harold Macmillan
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John Brown
Beecher Bibles
Jayhawkers
Bleeding Kansas
Wilson's Creek
Quantrill’s Guerillas
Lawrence
Jesse James
Fort Riley
Jeb Stuart
Joseph E. Johnston
Stuart
Episcopal Church
Junction City
Kaw
West
William F
Buffalo Bill) Cody
James B
Wild Bill) Hickok
James
Quantrill
Patterson
Sears
Dacron
du Pont
T.M
Delicate
N. Main
Roebuck and CO
Pershing
California
Pacific
Garden City Telegram
McClung - Payne Pharmacy
Grant Garden City
Garden City