Continued from November 4, 1856 (reply #24).
Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era
Continued from November 4, 1856 (reply #24).
Nicole Etcheson, Bleeding Kansas: Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era
Maybe there was something to the slavers’ suspicions about Governor Geary. After statehood, a county was named for him. Interesting bit of trivia: the county was originally named Davis County, for Jefferson Davis.