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Kansas Nebraska Bill era border lore and war memories
L. F. G. in Lawrence Gazette recounts a Kansas Nebraska Bill era border portrait with pro slavery pride, 1856 travels through Jackson, Cass, Vernon counties, battles over abolition, religious zeal, and a later Union Army march transforming the border towns, churches, and families amid ruin and renewal. A second piece notes drummers’ tax rights, cyclone weather, and Kansas climate contrasts.
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Congress
Missouri
Kentucky
Canaan
Israel
Jackson
Cass
Bates
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Alabama
Atchison
Benton
Toombs
Davis
Wise
Benjamin
M. E. Church
God
Vernon County
John Brown
Rain
Sarcoxie
Cass County
Jim Lane
Majah
Henry
Springfield
Lane