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Lawrence, Douglas, KS
The town was established in 1854 by the New England Emigrant Aid Company with a political agenda – to shift the balance of power toward anti-slavery, so Kansas would enter the United States as a free state rather than a slave state.
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- 1856 - May 21 - Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
The Sacking of Lawrence occurred on May 21, 1856, when pro-slavery activists attacked and ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas, which had been...Read MORE... - 1858 - Fire Station No. 4 in Lawrence, originally a stone barn constructed in 1858, was a station site on the Underground Railroad.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ kansas.html - 1860 - July 9 - A hot blast of air in the middle of a sweltering summer pushed the mercury up to 115 degrees at Fort Scott and Lawrence, KS.
WeatherForYou.com - 1863 - August 21 - Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill
historyorb.com - 1886 - July 24 - Rain fell at Lawrence, KS, for the first time in four weeks. Rain fell over much of the state of Kansas that day relieving a severe drought which began in May. The very dry weather ruined crops in Kansas.
WeatherForYou.com - 1895 - Lawrence
Lawrence, a handsome city, the capital of Douglas co., Kansas, is situated on the S. bank of the Kansas River, here crossed by a bridge, 38 miles W....Read MORE... 
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1911 - Two Killed at Lawrence.
Lawrence, Kan., April 13. - Two people were killed, scores of houses destroyed and the streets piled high with debris by a tornado which struck...Read MORE...- 1916
Lawrence, a city, the capital of Douglas co., Kan., is situated on the S. bank of the Kansas River, 29 miles E. by S. of Topeka, on the Union Pacific ...Read MORE... 
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Indian School
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First M. E. Church
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Lawrence, Kansas, USA
College Motel
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1856 - May 21 - Lawrence Kansas captured, sacked by pro-slavery forces
The Sacking of Lawrence occurred on May 21, 1856, when pro-slavery activists attacked and ransacked the town of Lawrence, Kansas, which had been... Read MORE...
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1858 - Fire Station No. 4 in Lawrence, originally a stone barn constructed in 1858, was a station site on the Underground Railroad.
www.ereferencedesk.com/ resources/ state-facts/ kansas.html
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1860 - July 9 - A hot blast of air in the middle of a sweltering summer pushed the mercury up to 115 degrees at Fort Scott and Lawrence, KS.
WeatherForYou.com
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1863 - August 21 - Raid at Lawrence KS by William Quantrill
historyorb.com
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1886 - July 24 - Rain fell at Lawrence, KS, for the first time in four weeks. Rain fell over much of the state of Kansas that day relieving a severe drought which began in May. The very dry weather ruined crops in Kansas.
WeatherForYou.com
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1895 - Lawrence
Lawrence, a handsome city, the capital of Douglas co., Kansas, is situated on the S. bank of the Kansas River, here crossed by a bridge, 38 miles W.... Read MORE...
1911 - Two Killed at Lawrence.
Lawrence, Kan., April 13. - Two people were killed, scores of houses destroyed and the streets piled high with debris by a tornado which struck... Read MORE...
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1916
Lawrence, a city, the capital of Douglas co., Kan., is situated on the S. bank of the Kansas River, 29 miles E. by S. of Topeka, on the Union Pacific ... Read MORE...
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