Lawrence, Kansas
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Lawrence is a city in and the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, betwe
Aerial view of downtown Lawrence (2025)
Lawrence was founded by settlers affiliated with the New England Emigrant Aid Company, headed by Eli Thayer, a Republican in the United States House of Representatives.
Charles L. Robinson was instrumental in the founding of Lawrence.
Ruins of Free State Hotel after the 1856 Sacking of Lawrence
Lecompton, Kansas
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Lecompton is a city in Lecompton Township, Douglas County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 588. Lecompton, located on the Kansas River, was the de jure ter
1857 Constitution Hall (2009)
Lecompton in 1867
Former Kansas Democratic Headquarters
Former Lane University, now the Territorial Capital Museum