Lawrence, Kansas, USA
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. by S. of Kansas City, 29 miles E. by S. of Topeka, and 34 miles S.S.W. of Leaven worth. It is on the Kansas Pacific Railroad, the St. Louis, Lawrence & Western Railroad, and the Kansas Midland Railroad, and is the N. terminus of the Leavenworth, Lawrence & Galveston Railroad. A branch of the Kansas Pacific Railroad extends hence to Leavenworth. It is the seat of the University of Kansas (non-sectarian and open to both sexes), which was organized in 1864, and which has 13 instructors and about 100 students. Lawrence contains a court-house, a conservatory of music, a high school, 2 or 3 national banks, a state bank, a savings-bank, a commercial college, 4 flouring-mills, a foundry, and manufactures of furniture, cigars, wooden-ware, sash, and blinds. The state university is situated on Mount Oread, which commands a beautiful view. Three daily and 5 weekly newspapers are published here. Lawrence was in 1870 the second city of the state in population. It was founded in 1854 by the Massachusetts Aid Society, and was settled by the friends of free labor. Its citizens opposed the pro-slavery party in several violent contests. On the 21st of August, 1863, this place was surprised by Quantrell and a band of guerillas, who massacred about 150 persons and burned about 75 dwellings and many other buildings. Pop. in 1875, 7268; in 1880, 8510; in 1890, 9997.

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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