The bill proposed organizing the Nebraska territory, which also included an area that would become the state of Kansas. His bill was referred to the Committee of the Territories, which was chaired ...

A new exhibit, Kansas: Battleground for Freedom, opens April 18 at the Smoky Hill Museum. This intriguing exhibit explores ...

However, the Kansas-Nebraska Act (1854) allowed the new territory of Kansas to decide its stance on the legality of slavery (in defiance of the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which did not allow ...

For more on this fascinating period of Kansas History, visit the Museum’s center gallery for the newest exhibit, Kansas: Battleground for Freedom. This exhibit will be open to the public April 18 to ...