Polk Topeka, Kansas, city directory, 1905, Part 15

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Act of Congress passed organizing the Territory of Kansas, to be admitted as a State. with or without slavery, May 30, 1854 Thirty-two persons associate in Wes- ton, Mo., to lay ont Leavenworth, the first city in the Territory, June 13. . . . 1854 A meeting at Weston, Mo., resolves to remove any and all emigrants coming to Kansas under the auspices of the Northern emigrant aid societies, July 20 1854 Atchison town company formed in Missouri, July 27. 1854

Emigrants under Charles H. Brans- contb, of Massachusetts, sent out by Emigrant Aid Company to Kansas as an anti-slavery colony, settle at Law- rence and formu a "squatter govern- ment." Hon. John A. Wakefield, chief justice, August 1 .. .1854

First newspaper in Kansas, the Leav- enworth Herald, Pro-Slavery, printed under an elm tree on the levee at Leav- · enworth, September 15. .1854

Atchison laid out by an association from Platte county, Missouri, and first sale of lots takes place September 21, 1854 Samuel D. Lecompte, of Maryland, commissioned Chief Justice, October 3, 1854 Rev. S. Y. Lum, Congregational mis -. sionary, preaches at Lawrence on the Ist, and organizes a churchi October 15, 1854 Andrew H. Reeder, of Pennsylvania, appointed Governor, arrives in the Ter- ritory Oetober 7. 1854

Secret societies called Blue Lodges, begin in Weston, Mo., for extending slavery into Kansas, October. 1854

Election as Territorial Delegate to Congress of J. W. Whitfield, Pro-Slav- ery, by illegal votes, November 29. . . . . 1854 Topeka founded December 5 .. .. 1854 A Free-State meeting at Lawrence, December 23. .1854 Wyandotte Indians cede to the United States lands purchased by them from the Delaware Indians in Kansas in 1843, January 31 ... .1855

First census completed: total, 8,501;

voters, 2,905; slaves, 192. February 28, 1855 Five sons of old John Brown settle on the Pottawatomie, near what is now Osawatomie. February .1855 Territorial Legislature elected hy citi- zens of Missouri, who invade Kansas Territory for that purpose, March 30 .. 1855 Manhattan located, April 4. .1855 Cole McCrea, a Free-State man, kills Malcolm Clark, Pro-Slavery, at Leaven- worth, April 30. .1855

William Phillips, of Leavenworth, protesting against election frauds, is taken to Weston, Mo., tarred and feath- ered and ridden on a rail. The outrage approved by the Pro-Slavery party, May 17 .. . . 1855

The Leavenworthı Collegiate Insti- tute, the first day school in Kansas, opened by Rev. J. B. McAfee in May. .. 1855 At a Free-State convention at Law- rence it was " Resolved,. That in reply to the threats of war so frequently made in our neighboring State, our answer is. 'We are ready'"; June S. 1855 Convention of National Democracy at Lawrence. June 27. .1855

State Legislature meets at Pawnee, Riley county; and successfully rids itself of its Free-State members, July 2 .1855

Legislature, overriding Gov. Reeder's veto, removes the seat of government to the Shawnee Manual Labor School. Johnson county, July 6. .1855

Gov. Reeder, charged with irregulari- ties in the purchase of Indian lands by - W. L. Marcy, Secretary of State. June 11, is removed, and John L. Dawson appointed. who declines to serve. July 31 .1855

Legislature selects Leconipton as per- manent capital, August 8. .1855

Gov. Reeder announces receipt of no- tiee of his removal. and Secretary Woodson becomes acting Governor, Au- gust 10 .. 1855

Rev. Pardee Butler. Free-State man. set adrift on a raft in the Missouri river at Atchison, for preaching anti- slavery doctrine; (on his return the following April. he was stripped, tarred. and covered with cotton; ) August 16. . 1855

Delegates elected by a Free-State con- vention at Lawrenec, August 14, which repudiated the acts of the Territorial Legislature. assemble at Big Springs. and appoint delegates to a convention at Topeka September 19, to draw up a State constitution and seek admission to the Union, September 5. .1855

Wilson Shannon. of Ohio, takes oath of office as Governor. September 7. .... 1855 fanvontion at Topeka to take meas- ures to form a Free-State constitution and government. September 19 ... . . .. .1855

Free-State men take no part in the election of Gen. J. W. Whitfield, Delc- gate to Congress, October 1 .. .1855

Pro-Slavery party meet at Leaven- ' worth, ask the "lovers of law and order " to obcy the laws of the first Legislature. and declaro it treason to oppose them. October 3. .1855

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Free-State party elect A. H. Reeder Delegate to Congress, October 9. ...... 1855 Free-State constitutional convention meets at Topeka, James H. Lane, presi- dent, October 23. .1855

Charles W. Dow is killed by Franklin N. Coleman, a Pro-Slavery man, near Lawrence, on the 21st. Free-State men inect at the scene on the 22d, and Sher- iff Samuel J. Jones arrests Jacob Bran- son. with whom Dow had lived, for taking part. At Blanton. Branson is released by Free-State men. A meeting is held at Lawrence, and Branson ad- dresses the people. Fearing a mob from Missouri. citizens are armed. No- vember .1855

Gov. Shannon orders Maj .- Gen. Will- iam P. Richardson, of the Territorial militia, to collect as large a force as possible and report to Sheriff Jones, November 27 .1855

About 800 Free-State men enlist at Lawrence, among them John Brown and four sons, and about 1500 Missourians gather at Franklin, near the month of the Wakarusa. November 29. .... . . . . 1855

Gov. Shannon makes a treaty with ' the Free-State men. and orders the militia and sheriff to disband their forces, December 8 ... .1855

Vote upon Topeka Free-State Con- stitution results in 1731 for and 46 against. The Pro-Slavery men carry off the ballot-box at Leavenworth. De- cember 15. 1855

Office of the Territorial Register, at. Leavenworth, entered by a mob, press and type thrown into the river, Decem- ber 15. .1855

Convention at Lawrence nominates State officers under the Topeka Con- stitution. The conservative Free-State men bolt, and nominate a "Free-State. Anti-Abolition " ticket. December 22, 1855 Dr. Charles Robinson elected Gover- nor under the Topeka Constitution. Jan- nary 15 .. .1856

Message of President Pierce to Con- gress indorses the "Bogus " Legisla- ture. and calls the Topeka movement revolutionary. Jannary 24. .1856

Whitfield takes his seat in Congress. and Reeder announces that he will con- test it, February 4. .1856

United States forces in Kansas, by order of Secretary of War, are put un- der requisition of the Governor, Feb- ruary 15. 1856

Free-State Legislature meets at To- peka ; Governor Robinson delivers his message. and A. H. Reeder and J. H. Lane are elected Senators, March 4. . .. 1856

Henry Ward Beecher sends 25 Bibles and 25 Sharps' rifles to a Connecticut party emigrating to Kansas, March 28, 1856 Topeka Constitution presented in U. S. Senate by Lewis Cass, March 24; in the House by Daniel Mace, of In- diana, April 7. .1856

Sheriff Jones attempts to arrest S. N. Wood in Lawrence, charged with aiding in the rescue of Branson in November previous, but is prevented. shot at, and wounded. Col. Sumner, U. S. A., ar- rives at Lawrence with his command. April 19-25. .. 1856 Congressional Investigating Commit- tee reaches Lawrence April IS ........ 1856 Maj. Jeff. Buford, of Alabama, ar- rives at Westport, Mo., with a large body of men from Georgia, Alabamna and South Carolina, April 29 ... .1856

Grand jury of Douglas county indict Robinson, Reeder. and others for high treason in organizing a Free-State Gov- ernment, May 5 .1856

Governor Robinson arrested at Lex- ington, Mo., while on the way east with his wife, who continued on her way with the papers containing the testimony gathered by the Congressional Investi- gating Committee in Kansas. (He was taken to Lecompton. held for four months, and released on bail.) May 10. 1856

Israel B. Donalson, U. S. Marshal, issues a proclamation saying that the citizens of Lawrence resist arrests un- der judicial writs. He commands law- abiding citizens to come to his assist- ance. The citizens of Lawrence ask Gov. Shannon to protect them. May 11 .1856

Governor Shannon replies to citizens of Lawrence that they need fear noth- ing but the legally constituted posse of the U. S. Marshal and Sheriff of Doug- las county, May 12. . 1856

A meeting at Lawrence declares Don- alson's statement to be false, but says an invading mob will be resisted. An- archy prevails throughout the Terri- tory. The Free-State men flee to Law- rence for mutual protection. The force of invaders around Lawrence constantly increases. May 13. .. 1856

In the morning U. S. Marshal Donal- son with a large posse appeared on Mt. Oread; later Deputy Marshal Fain en- tered the city and made arrests without molestation. being a U. S. officer. He then returned to camp. turned over his posse to Samuel J. Jones. sheriff of Donglas connty. who. not being ham- pered by the restrictions of the U. S. Marshal. proceeded to destroy the Free-

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State Hotel, the offices of the Herald of Freedom and Kansas Free State, and Governor Robinson's dwelling. and to ransack and pillage the town gener- ally. . U. S. Senator Atehison of Mis- sonri is one of the posse. May 21. .. . 1856 George W. Brown and Gaius Jenkins, arrested on May 14, are taken before Judge Lecompte at Leeompton, to an- swer to the charge of treason; bail denied. and ease continued till Septem- ber; May 22. . 1856

Senator Sumner assaulted in the U. S. Senate chamber by Preston S. Brooks, member of the House from South Caro- lina, May 22 .. .1856

Five Pro-Slavery men on the Potta- watomie, in Franklin county, are killed by a party under Captain John Brown, May 24. .1856

Ex-Governor Reeder, after eseaping arrest by the U. S. Marshal at Law- rence, May 7, goes to Kansas City May 11, and is eoneealed at the American Hotel, where he remains until May 21, when, assuming a disguise, he seeures passage on a steamer and eseapes to Illinois May 26. . . 1856

Battle of Black Jaek, Douglas county, Free-State men led by John Brown and Pro-Slavery by H. Clay Pate; Brown eaptures 28 men; June 2. 1856

Governor Shannon issues a proelama- tion " commanding all persons belong- ing to military companies unauthorized by law, to disperse, otherwise they will be dispersed by U. S. troops," June 4. . 1856 Captains Brown and Shore eonsent to disband, June 5. .1856

Whitfield's men take a Free-State Missourian, Jaeob Cantrell, try him for " treason to Missouri " by moek eourt- martial, June 5, and kill him on June 6, 1856 Topeka Tribune only Free-State paper not suppressed, June 7 .. .1856

Civil War rages throughout the set- tled portions of the Territory. The Missouri river is elosed to Free-State men. Large relief funds are raised for Free-State settlers in the eastern and eentral States, June 7 .. 1856

National Republican Convention at Philadelphia deelares that it is "both the right and the duty of Congress to prohibit in the territories those twin relies of barbarism - polygamy and slavery," June 17. .. 1856

James F. Legate arrested June 19 for treason, and confined with others in tents about two miles from Leeompton. guarded by soldiers; John Brown. jr .. and TI. H. Williams added to the pris- oners. June 23 1856

Governor Shannon leaves Lecompton for St. Louis June 23, having written Buford on the 10th that he had re- signed .1856

Secretary Woodson writes to Col. P. St. George Cooke, in command at Fort Riley, to scour the country between that post and the crossing opposite Topeka, for the purpose of repelling a threat- ened invasion of the Territory (refers to the expected entranee of General Lane's immigrants by way of Nebraska, known as Lane's "Army of the North"), June 29. .1856

" Report of the Special Committee appointed to investigate the Troubles in Kansas " is published by the Gov- ernment. It contains the affidavits of prominent men in both political parties in regard to leading events. July 1, 1856

House passes Grow's bill for the ad- mission of Kansas under the Topeka Constitution, by a bare majority, while the Senate adopts Mr. Douglas's report providing for a constitutional conven- tion to be held in December, July 3, 1856

Aeting Governor Woodson issues a proelamation forbidding the meeting of the Topeka Legislature, which convenes, but is dispersed by Col. Sumner, under orders from Woodson, whom Jefferson Davis, Seeretary of War, had instrueted him to obey; the movement is eonsid- ered insurreetionary. July 4. . . . . . . . . 1856

Convention of Kansas aid committees at Buffalo, N. Y., to raise money for Kansas, presided over by Gov. Reeder, July 9-10. 1856

Senate confirms John W. Geary, of Pennsylvania, as Governor of Kansas, July 31. . .1856

House of Representatives makes vig- orous efforts to relieve Kansas of the bogus laws; Senate refuses to coop- erate; July .1856

House declares Whitfield not entitled to the seat, but does not admit Gover- nor Reeder, August 4. .. 1856

James H. Lane enters Kansas through Iowa and Nebraska with a party of nearly 600 Northern immigrants, known in history as "Lane's Army of the North," Angust 7 .. .1856

Free-State men attack Franklin ; Pro- Slavery defenders surrender, August 12. 1856 David S. Hoyt. a Free-State man, is murdered near a Pro-Slavery eamp, ealled Fort Saunders, about twelve iniles southwest of Lawrence, August 12 .1856

Fort Sannders, the Georgia camp on Washington creek. Douglas county, taken by Free-State men, Angust 15, 1856

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House passes a bill for a survey of the southern boundary of Kansas, Au- gust 15. .1856

Titus's fort, near Lecompton, with 20 Pro-Slavery prisoners, taken by Law- rence men; Henry J. Shombre, Free- State, is mortally wounded; August 16, 1856

Governor Shannon makes a second treaty of peace with Lawrence. and ex- changes some Free-State prisoners, Au- gust 17 .. .1856

Major-Gen. William P. Richardson calls out the first and second brigades of northern Kansas, Angust 18. . . . . . . 1856 Murder of Hoppe. Free-State, by Fugit. Pro-Slavery, at Leavenworth, on a bet of six dollars against a pair of boots that in less than two hours he would bring into Leavenworth a

" Yankee " scalp. (He was afterwards tried and acquitted.) August 19. . . . . . 1856 Governor Shannon receives notice of his removal, and of the appointment of John W. Geary, of Pennsylvania, Au- gust 21 .. .1856

David Atchison chosen commander of Pro-Slavery troops in the Territory; Stringfellow assists him in concentrat- ing an army at Little Santa Fé, on the Missouri border, August 25 .. 1856

Proclamation of acting Governor Woodson declaring the Territory in a state of insurrection and rebellion, Au- gust 25. .1856

House of Ottawa Jones burned by Pro-Slavery ruffians, August 29. . ..... 1856 Osawatomie sacked by Missourians, and Frederick Brown killed. August 30, 1856 Missourians commence the raids in Linn and Bourbon counties, followed later by James Montgomery's retalia- tory measures, August. 1856

William Phillips. Free-State. killed at Leavenworth city election, September 1, 1856 John W. Geary, of Pennsylvania, third Territorial Governor. promises in his in- angural address, justice and fair play; orders the Territorial militia to disband and other armed bodies to quit the Ter- ritory, and calls for a new enrollment of the militia, September 9 ... . 1856

Governor Geary sends a dispatch to the President, in which he gives a very correct and impartial statement of the condition of affairs in the Territory, September 9 ... .1856

Governor Robinson. John Brown, jr., and H. H. Williams. treason prisoners at Lecompton, released on bail, Sep- tember 10. . 1856

Captain James A. Harvey's Lawrence force. after a six-hours fight at Hickory Point. Jefferson county, compels the eu-

my to surrender; later in the day, 101 of his men, having disobeyed the Gov- ernor's orders to disband. are captured by Col. Cooke, U. S. A., and confined in camp at Lecompton. ( About 20 of these men were convicted. in October, of mur- der. and sentenced to twenty years in the penitentiary.) September 13. .... . 1856

John Brown assists the Free-State men at Lawrence in the defense of the town; Governor Geary orders Woodson and Strickler to disband the Pro-Sla- very army on the Wakarusa, Septem- ber 14. .1856

The Pro-Slavery forces. encamped near Lawrence since the 14th, are pre- vailed upon by the Governor to disband and return to Missouri. September 17, 1856 Publication of " Kansas: Its Interior and Exterior Life." by Mrs. Sara T. L. Robinson (book went through ten edi- tions, the last in 1899). October 24. . .. 1856 Gov. Geary announces that " Peace prevails throughout the Territory of Kansas." November 11 .. .1856

Col. William A. Phillips publishes his book. " The Conquest of Kansas by

Missouri and Her Allies." . 1856

The U. S. House of Representatives reconsiders the act refusing to seat Whitfield, and he becomes Delegate for Kansas. December 9. .1856

Meeting in Lawrence to institute a university, December 25. . 1856

Frec-State Legislature meets at To- peka, Gov. Robinson absent; Judge Cato grants a writ, and seven members of the Legislature are arrested by the U. S. Marshal. January 7. . . 1857

Territorial Legislature and a conven- tion of Kansas National Democratic party meet at Lecompton. January 12, 1857 House Committee refuses to seat Whitfield. February 11. . 1857

Cities of Topeka, Atchison. and Man- hattan incorporated. February 14. . . . . . 1857 Johu Brown makes a striking state- ment on the condition of affairs in Kan- sas before a committee of the Massa- chusetts Legislature. February IS. . . . 1857

Legislature passes act providing for the Lecompton Constitutional Conven- tion. but does not provide for the sub- mission of the constitution to the peo- ple, February 19 .1857

Legislature charters St. Joseph & To- peka Railroad Company. afterward the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company, February 20. . 1857

Emporia founded. February 1857 Free-State convention at Topeka pre- pares a spirited review of political events in Kansas. March 10 .. . 1857

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Gov. Geary, having offered his resig- nation, to take effect March 20, leaves Kansas secretly March 10. 1857

Frec-State convention at Topeka re- solves not to vote for delegates to the Lecompton Constitutional Convention, March 10. .1857

The number of immigrants to Kansas is very large. March 13. .1857

The newly appointed Governor, Rob- ert J. Walker, in his letter of accept- ance says that he understands that the Government expects a fair and regular vote by actual residents of Kansas, March 26 .. . 1857

First Free-State victory at Leaven- worth - election of mayor - April 13, 1857 Fred. P. Stanton, Secretary, who pre- cedes Gov. Walker to Kansas, announces the policy of the new administration in an address at Lawrence, and says that resistance to the " bogus laws " " will mean war, April 24 .1857

Gov. Robert, J. Walker arrives at Le- compton and reads his inaugural ad- dress, May 27. .1857

The Squatter Sovereign, of Atchison, the most violent of the Pro-Slavery newspapers in the Territory, passes into the hands of Free-State men, May. . .. 1857 Governor Robinson's message to To- peka Legislature, June 11. .1857

Election of delegates to the Lecomp- ton Constitutional Convention - no Free-State men voted - June 15. . .... 1857 Free-State convention at Topeka to nominate officers under the Topeka Con- stitution and a Delegate to Congress; appoints James H. Lane to organize the citizens of the Territory to protect the ballot-boxes at the approaching elec- tions; July 15. .. 1857

Gov. Walker, with several companies of dragoons, encamps before Lawrence, intending to prevent action under the independent municipal charter, but soon withdraws, July 17 1857

The wagon-trains of the Utah expe- dition are leaving Fort Leavenworth daily; General Albert Sidney Johnston is in command of the 5,000 troops sent out to subdue the Mormons, August 1, 1857 Under the Topeka Constitution, Mar- cus J. Parrott chosen to. Congress; vote on the constitution, 7,257 for, 34

against, August 9. 1857

At a convention at Grasshopper Falls, the Free-State men agree to take part in Territorial elcetion October 5, , All- gust 26. . 1857

At the October election, the Free- State party is successful, October 5 .... 1857

Baker University established at Pal- myra, now Baldwin City, October. . .. . 1857 Convention meets at Lecompton, Sep- tember 7, and forms a State Consti- tution favoring slavery; adjourns No- vember 3 .. .1857

Free-State Convention at Lawrence repudiates the Lecompton Constitution, and asks for a vote of the people to decide between it and the Topeka Con- stitution. December 2. .1857

President Buchanan, by message, urges admission of Kansas under Le- compton Constitution, December 7. .... 1857

Special session of Territorial Legisla- ture passes act to submit Lecompton Constitution to a full and Mir vote of the whole people on January 4, 1858, December 17. .1857

J. W. Denver succeeds Secretary Stan- ton, removed, as acting Governor, De- cember 21. . 1857

Election on the Lecompton Constitu- tion with or without slavery; Free- State men do not vote; total vote, 6,795, December 21. .1857

Free-State convention at Lawrence on December 23, and a Democratic conven- tion at Leavenworth, both in opposi- tion to the Lecompton Constitution, De- cember 24. : . . . . 1857

Election of officers under the Lecomp- ton Constitution; vote for Governor, 4,097, January 4 .. .. 1858

Result of a people's vote on the Le- compton Constitution was: against, 10.226; for. with slavery, 138; for, . without slavery, 23; election held Jan- uary 4 .. 1858

Last meeting of the Topeka Legisla- ture; no quorum. March 4. .1858

Free-State Constitutional Convention at Minneola. March 23, adjourned to Leavenworth, March 25, frames " The Leavenworth Constitution," April 3. .. 1858 Compromise bill known as the " Eng- lish Swindle " and "Lecompton Jun- ior " passed. admitting Kansas under Lecompton Constitution amended, ap- proved by President Buchanan May 4, 1858 Gov. Denver takes oath of office, May 12 1858

Leavenworth Constitution adopted by the people, May 18. .1858

Massacre of Free-State men by a party of 25 Pro-Slavery men under Charles A. Hamelton, of Georgia, on the Marais des Cygnes; 5 killed and 5 severely wounded; May 19 ...... . 1858

Twenty men leave Lawrence for Pike's Peak (one of the first expedi- tions to the gold regions), May 21. ... 1858

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First public school in Leavenworth opens July 5. .. . 1858

l'eople's vote on the Lecompton Con- stitution as modified : for, 1,788; against, 11,300, August 2. .1858 Gov. Denver resigns; Secretary Hngh S. Walsh acting Governor, October 10, 1858 Captain Montgomery with 68 men enters Fort Scott and releases Benjamin Rice. a Free-State Prisoner. Deccin- ber 16 .. .1858

Samuel Medary, Governor, arrives at Lecompton December 18. 1858

John Brown and his men go into Missouri. liberate 11 slaves and bring them to Kansas, December 20 ......... 1858 "Kansas in 1858," by W. P. Tom- linson, contains a history of the trou- bles in Linn and Bourbon counties, December 31. .1858

Democratic Territorial convention. Tecumseh, states that the "slavery question is practically settled in favor of free State," May 11. .1859

Republican party organized in Kan- sas, at a Territorial convention at Osawatomic; convention is addressed by Horace Greeley. May 18. ....... .1859

Beginning of a drouth which lasted until November, 1860, and caused the " Kansas famine," June. . 1859

Convention at Wyandotte adopts& constitution, July 29. .1859

Vote for Wyandotte Constitution, 10.421; against, 5,530. October 4. ..... 1859 Abraham Lincoln speaks at Elwood. December 1. 1859

Abraham Lincoln speaks in the M. E. Church at Atchison on the same day that John Brown is hung in Virginia, December 2. .1859

At election under Wvondotte Consti- tution, Charles Robinson. Republican. is chosen Governor. December 6 ....... 1859 Legislature adjourns from Lecomp- ton to Lawrence. January 21 .. .1860

Railroad completed and cars running to Winthrop, Mo .. opposite Atchison. Kas., February 22 .1860

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Polk Topeka, Kansas, city directory, 1905, Part 15

Author: Publication date: 1905 Publisher: Polk Number of Pages: 727

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Publication date: 1905
Publisher: Polk
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