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This article, published in The Industrialist, describes the history of the first territorial legislature which met with 28 pro-slavery and 11 free-state men. It urges that the building be preserved. The First Territorial Capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
Date: November 27, 1900
Item Number: 220907
Call Number: SP 725.11 K13 pam. V.1 no.13
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220907
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Politics/Government
Built Environment - Function - Government - Capitol
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Library
Date - 1900s
Government and Politics - Territorial Government - Legislatures
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Article
Places - Cities and towns - Pawnee (Geary County)
Places - Historic sites - First Territorial Capitol
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Printed materials - Magazines
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/220907
