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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY94_coon-point_Lawrence-KS.html
A Camping Ground
LecomptonTerritorial Capital of Kansas1855-1861Three miles north
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMY93_lecompton-capital-of-kansas-territory_Lawrence-KS.html
In 1855 the new town of Lecompton was named the capital of Kansas Territory. President James Buchanan appointed a governor and officials to establish government offices in Lecompton, and construction began on an elegant capitol building. In the fa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4X_john-speer-farmstead_Lawrence-KS.html
Abolitionist John Speer established a farmstead on this site shortly after his arrival in Kansas Territory in September 1854. A newspaper publisher from Pennsylvania, Speer became a part of the struggle to bring Kansas into the Union as a free, no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFXH_stony-point-church-and-cemetery_Lawrence-KS.html
Stony Point Evangelical Lutheran Church was established around 1860 by Joseph Eberhart. Church services were held at Stony Point School until the church building was constructed in 1883. The church was disbanded around 1900. The building was place…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HME61_lawrence-veterans-memorial_Lawrence-KS.html
main marker For God And Country
Dedicated to those War Veterans that never returned
Picture of American Flag on a flagpole The Five Seals of the Armed Forces of the United States
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDHE_pioneer-cemetery_Lawrence-KS.html
This Cemetery, known originally as Oread, was opened in 1854 by the New Englanders who founded Lawrence. Following burials in 1882, Oread fell into disuse. In 1928, the City of Lawrence changed the name to Pioneer Cemetery.
The marble obelisk n…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDH7_unknown-dead_Lawrence-KS.html
To the Unknown DeadUnion SoldiersOf the Civil War
Re-dedicated by the Lawrence Sons of Union VeteransCamp #4 November 2006
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDH5_lawrence_Lawrence-KS.html
Lawrence was established in 1854 by the Emigrant Aid Company, a New England organization formed to prevent the new Kansas territory from becoming a slave state. When the first legislature enacted the so-called Bogus Laws with severe penalties for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDFS_free-state-hotel_Lawrence-KS.html
This marks the site of the Free State Hotel erected in 1855 by the New England Emigrant Aid Society. Destroyed by Sheriff Jones and his posse May 21, 1856, and rebuilt by Col. Schaler W. Eldridge. Quantrill and his raiders destroyed Lawrence Augus…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD86_citizens-memorial-monument_Lawrence-KS.html
(Front Inscription):Dedicated to the memory ofthe one hundred and fifty citizenswho defenseless fellvictims to the inhuman ferocity of borderguerrillas led by the infamous Quantrellin his raid upon Lawrence.August 21st, 1863.Erected May 30, 1895(B…