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A History Lover's Guide to Lawrence, Kansas

A History Lover's Guide to Lawrence, Kansas - Paperback

by Tristan Smith, Watkins Community Museum
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Availability:In StockContributor:Tristan Smith, Watkins Community MuseumSeries:History & GuidePublish date:2025-04-01Pages:208
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467158435ISBN-10:1467158437UPC:9781467158435Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC0FP70KCA

A History Lover's Guide to Lawrence, Kansas

Explore and Learn LFK

Lawrence was founded in 1854 by the New England Emigrant Aid Company, and it has a bevy of historical locations for visitors. Downtown's infamous Mass Street was nearly destroyed twice by warmongering guerrillas like William Quantrill. It was central to the era of John Brown and Bleeding Kansas and the site of the Wakarusa War. From famous beat writer William Burroughs to...

Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467158435ISBN-10:1467158437UPC:9781467158435Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:United StatesBook Topic:State & Local, 20th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.9215Product ID:SC0FP70KCA

Tristan Smith is an independent historian living in Houston, Texas. He has worked for museums and nonprofits in Kansas, Missouri and Texas for more than twenty years in marketing, curatorial, education, volunteer, management and administrative capacities. He is the author of Houston Fire Department (Images of America series, Arcadia Publishing, 2015), A History Lover's Guide to Houston (The...

Publisher: History Press

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Tristan Smith, Watkins Community Museum

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