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Kansas Territory ~ Conflict for Freedom
Read more: Kansas Territory ~ Conflict for FreedomIf you recall from my previous post, the Kansas-Nebraska Act allowed the settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decided through ‘Popular Sovereignty’ whether they would be free or slave states. But before they could become a state they first had to adopt a state constitution. A task not easy in the best of circumstances, but…
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Kansas Rattlesnakes
Read more: Kansas RattlesnakesThen I had my first introduction to rattlesnakes. I was sitting in the door, and the children were playing just outside when I heard that horrible rattle. I did not have to be told what it was. I grabbed the children into the house and put them up on the bed, and took hold of…