A city with a violent past is now considered the most peaceful place in Kansas by users of the travel website TripAdvisor. The northeast Kansas community of Lawrence was the Sunflower State's ...

They’d lived through a bitter conflict between Jayhawkers and border ruffians, and one between the North and the South. They’d seen the bloody birth of a state — and the breakup and reconstruction of ...

Volunteer Mike Wallen sifts dirt and debris through a dry-screening tripod at the Kansas Historical Society’s archaeological field school, held this year in Lecompton. Just a few stone walls remain of ...

Senate Representative Preston Brooks caning Senator Charles Sumner for his speech on "The Crime Against Kansas" is an event that showed how polarized the nation had become over slavery. An event that ...

Dive into the dark heart of American history. 1873 – Kansas. Based on the true story of the West’s first known serial killing family, the Bloody Benders, this bold new play shatters time and space to ...

TripAdvisor users named Lawrence the most peaceful place in Kansas, according to a list from thetravel.com. Despite its modern tranquility, Lawrence was the site of a bloody massacre in 1863 during ...