William Quantrill
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William Clarke Quantrill was a Confederate guerrilla leader during the American Civil War.
The grave of Captain William Quantrill at Fourth Street Cemetery, Dover, Ohio.
The grave of Captain William Quantrill in Higginsville, Missouri.
The reunion of Quantrill's Raiders was c. 1875.
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, between the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 94,934. Lawrence is a college town and the home to both the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University.
Douglas County Courthouse (2021)
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