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Lawrence in Perspective: Way Back When
Power from the Kaw River and budding manufacturing companies in early Lawrence made a big impact on its economy.
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Power from the Kaw River and budding manufacturing companies in early Lawrence made a big impact on its economy.
The history of this nearby lake is unique and preserved because of newspapers created by a civilian corps of Black workers.
Discover some of the big events in Lawrence’s history that made the news in the last decade.
In his inaugural address in 1864, Mayor R. W. Luddington called for a new cemetery to serve as a site with “sepulchral fitness for sacred reminiscences where departed friends could be remembered.”
Through the years, many bridges were built and brought down in one way or another in Lawrence, but their importance to the city’s infrastructure and historical value remain.
ooking back at the last pandemic in the United States, the Spanish flu, reveals just how devastating an uncontrolled virus spreading through a community can be.
The Turnhalle in East Lawrence was the center of German-American residents’ lives.
In the late-19th century, immigrants were critical to the United States’ westward expansion. [MORE]
story by photos by Steven Hertzog and courtesy of the Kansas State Historical Society, kansasmemory.org A fixture in downtown Lawrence for more than a century, Liberty Hall remains a popular…
LAWRENCE IN PERSPECTIVE: Pioneering Public Health Kansas medical doctor was a pioneer in public health, designing the flyswatter to help combat diseases spread by houseflies. | 2019 Q4 | story…
LAWRENCE IN PERSPECTIVE: Free State Stronghold Though still segregated, blacks in early Lawrence were able to create a community for themselves, some even rising to prominence. | 2019 Q3 |…