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After years of small-scale civil war, Kansas was admitted into the Union as a free state under the "Wyandotte Constitution" on January 29, 1861. Most people gave strong support for the Union cause. However, guerrilla warfare and raids from pro-slavery forces, many spilling over from Missouri, occurred during the Civil War.
1916: Kansas troops serve on the U.S.-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution. 1922 and 1927: legal battles Kansas against the Ku Klux Klan, resulting in their expulsion from the state. 1925: Flag of Kansas designed by Hazel Avery. [4] 1928: Charles Curtis of Topeka, first Native American to be elected as Vice-President of United States [5]
Another colony, named Montefiore, was founded by fifteen families in Pratt County in 1884. Due to intense drought in its first two years, most of the residents left and moved to New Jersey . [ 17 ] The most successful community in Kansas, named Lasker, was founded in 1885 and grew to a population of 200 by 1887.
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Villa Americana in 1906, an example of a Confederate colony, and present-day Americana, São Paulo. Confederate colonies were made up of Confederate refugees who were displaced or fled their homes during or immediately after the American Civil War .
The bulk of Kansas Territory east of 25° west from Washington was admitted as the thirty-fourth state, Kansas. The remainder became unorganized territory. [214] [233] February 8, 1861 The Confederate States of America was formed by representatives of the seceded states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and South Carolina. [234]
Last week, Orman Hines, who spent years participating in the first modern archaeological digs of the colony and helped found the nonprofit group to remember, gazed out at the shoreline where the ...
Jul. 5—CONCORD — It seems unthinkable that a time would come when the Granite State no longer produces granite. ... he gave the workers $500 for each year of service. One longtime employee got ...