Alan Elliott Craven, retired professor and native Kansan, has done much research on the development of Lawrence and Kansas during and after the Civil War. He spent many years in Lawrence while attending KU and has a deep feeling for the town and its history.
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West of Westportby Alan E. CravenLong before the first Southern...by Alan E. CravenLong before the first Southern states had left the Union and before Fort Sumter in South Carolina fell, sectarian violence dominated the Kansas Territory: buildings and crops were ... -
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Till We Have Built Jerusalemby Alan E. CravenThe opening of the Kansas Terr...by Alan E. CravenThe opening of the Kansas Territory to settlement in 1854 created the most violent place in America: “Bleeding Kansas” the newspapers of the day called it. Proslavery Missourians c...
