Just a few stone walls remain of what was once a stately, three-story stone mansion on the bluffs of the Kansas River near ...

Ruiz is Acosta’s nephew, and on the morning he was killed, Acosta invited him to stay at his home after Ruiz drove to Texas ...

It's time we as a nation ask ourselves: Now that we are in a “Bleeding Kansas” moment, what will we do to prevent an increasingly likely civil war?

The synopsis for “Bleeding Kansas” is, “When Kansas becomes a battleground in the national debate over slavery, settlers on both sides of the issue pour into the territory to determine its ...

Washburn University students, professionals and community volunteers are digging up the history of a 168-year-old mansion in Lecompton, Kansas, over the course of a nine-day field school program.

Senate Representative Preston Brooks caning Senator Charles Sumner for his speech on "The Crime Against Kansas" is an event that showed how polarized the nation had become over slavery. An event ...

From Bleeding Kansas to Brown v Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas, most Kansans think they know the role of African Americans in our state's history.

For its 150th anniversary, the Kansas Historical Society looks back at how it has told the state’s stories Other News Jan 25, 2025 - 7:24pm ...

Senate Representative Preston Brooks caning Senator Charles Sumner for his speech on "The Crime Against Kansas" is an event that showed how polarized the nation had become over slavery. An event ...

Abolitionist John Brown wasn't born in Kansas, but made his mark during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War. Today, 165 years after his execution, Brown's violent acts and influence are ...

Two historical Kansas figures--Dr. Charles Robinson and Sara Robinson--greeted guests at Robinson’s Bird Cage Theater to tell their life stories on stage on Sunday, Sept.