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Lecompton Sees Jones Tombstone Restored To Museum
Lecompton volunteers, led by Paul Bahnmaier, recovered Samuel Jones’s weathered tombstone from La Mesilla New Mexico and pieced it back together for display in the local museum. The pro slavery sheriff’s legacy is debated by historians and educators as a middle school curriculum topic.
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Jones
Kansas
Lecompton Historical Society
Paul Bahnmaier
Bahnmaier
Lawrence
Eldridge
Topeka
Lecompton
Rues
New Mexico
Samuel Jones
la Mesilla
N.M
Shirley Funk
Funk
Kansas Middle School
Dents
Tombstone
Catlin Doornbos
Journal-World Photo
Douglas County