Bald Eagle Archives OLD

Constitution Hall History and Restoration
The Lecompton Union Newspaper 1856
Obits: Ronald E Jones, Mary Agnes Wolken, Katherine F Gardner, Oliver Harold Wingfield

1991

Bald.Eagle.Vol17.No1.Spring.1991

‘Ameria in 1857, A Nation on the Brink” by Kenneth M Stampp
Kansas Territory: 1857
Morris Family History
Obits: Louis W Crady, Theodore J Hall, Laura T Endacott, Curtis Hill Sehon, Dorothy Florence Bennett, Raymond Hoffsommer
Bald.Eagle.Vol17.No2.Summer.1991
The Isaac Shirley Family
Lake View Kansas
Obits: Denzel Gibbens, Rachel M Larson, Ann L Alderman, Leona Brunkow, Thomas Lee Brooke, Frank Millard Taylor, Melvin D Confer

Bald.Eagle.Vol17.No3.Fall.1991

Colonel Samuel Walker
Obits: Forrest J Springer, Wilford Graham Chiles, Emma Evangeline Page, Fred L Cooper, Opal F Rake

Bald.Eagle.Vol17.No4.Winter.1991

History of Lecompton Churches
Obits: Hazel Bertschinger McClanahan, Denna L Shirar

1992

Bald.Eagle.Vol18.No1.Spring.1992

Lecompton City Sidewalks
The Ed Harris Family
Obits: Elizabeth Bahnmaier, Lavina Bates Chegwyn, William H Penny, Ruth Thomas

Bald.Eagle.Vol18.No2.Summer.1992

Lecompton History prior to the Fire of 1916 by Faye Todhunter Glenn
David and Mary Martin, son George Martin
Obits: Cloyd Lee Dreyer, Cecil L Lasswell, Harold Glenn Jasperson

Bald.Eagle.Vol18.No3.Fall.1992

1903 Flood at Lecompton
Obits: Phillip H Lewis, Jane E Shehi Barr, Clyde H Kampschroeder, Dr. Richard O Nelson, Mabel V Briggs, Joe Garcia, Dale T Bartlett, Geneva Minitier, Lawrence Heeb, Cloyd Lee Dreyer, Juanita E Guffey, Robert M Norwood.

Bald.Eagle.Vol18.No4.Winter.1992

The Lecompton High School
Obits: Helen Geraldine Collins, Vada M Fordice

1993

Bald.Eagle.Vol19.No1.Spring.1993

The Lecompton Perry Bridge
Excerpts from early day newspapers
Obits: Garner E Groh, Richard Ewing Hanson, Fay M Morris

B ald.Eagle.Vol19.No2.Summer.1993

Kanwaka Early History and Settlers
History of Kanwaka School
Obits: Esther Bigsby, Grace P Boose, Vivian Crady

Bald.Eagle.Vol19.No3.Fall.1993

Big Springs Kansas History
Obits: David V Noe, Benneson H Bisel, Corina F Vausbinder, Lee Winter Gress, JD McCall

Bald.Eagle.Vol19.No4.Winter.1993

The Santa Fe Railroad and Lecompton
Santa Fe Agent John Milliard Taylor
Obits: Pauline L Windell, Christeen F Wiksten, Margaret Hudson, Joe Deane Christy, Ralph William “Tony” St. Clair, Eugene Thomas Van Vranken

1994

Bald.Eagle.Vol20.No1.Spring.1994

The Lecompton Post Office
David Thomas and Amanda Melvina Garrett Mitchell family
Obits: Vernon Douglas Spencer, Melvin C Maness, Stanly Eugene French, Dwight C Atkinson

Bald.Eagle.Vol20.No2.Summer.1994

Charles and Sara Robinson, First Governor of Kansas
Julia M Springer, Edwin Peter Hildenbrand, Fred LePort, Spangler, Alice Carr Clark, Grace Brasher, Wilma Scott Morris, Harry M “Bud” Dark

Bald.Eagle.Vol20.No3.Fall.1994

Victory Highway
Obits: Clyde Anno, Raymond Thomas Nichols, Amos G Geelan, Mary H Anderson, Grace Elizabeth Blake Hiebert, Helen M Gulley, Frank C Cozad, Ann Lasswell

Bald.Eagle.Vol20.No4.Winter.1994

The Rowena Hotel
Obits: Thurman S Pete Edmonds, Una Elizabeth Krieder, Inis Faye Liles, Waneta Jean Willits, Hazelle T Dyer.

1995

Bald.Eagle.Vol21.No1.Spring.1995

Starr Young: Rural School Near Lecompton
Obits: Phoebe Orlena Rogers, Clarence Transmeier, Zolla Jane Tietjens, Charles Floyd Anderson, Wilma Gibbens Williams.

Bald.Eagle.Vol21.No2.Summer.1995

Lecompton State Bank History
Klaus Family History
Obits: Lloyd M Talley, Frances “Peggy” Beryl Moore, Minnie Sutton, Rev. Charles E Scott, Stephen L Jewett, Daisy E Wingfield, Olivette Jane Wulfkuhle

Bald.Eagle.Vol21.No3.Fall.1995

Constitution Hall Dedicated – National Landmark and Kansas Historical Site
The Lecompton Constitution
Obits: Irene S Vogel, Margaret Ewing Robards, Duane D Chiles, Allie Elder Banks.

Bald.Eagle.Vol21.No4.Winter.1995

Lane University: The Rise and Fall of an antebellum College in Lecompton, Kansas by DeAnn Gerdes Steinle
Obits: Laverne Wilson.

1996

Bald.Eagle.Vol22.No1.Spring.1996

Ely Moore, Judge Rush Elmore and James Ewell Brown (Jeb) Stuart
Obits: Lydia Jane Long, Sophia Evans, Charles D Stough Jr., Philip E Hodson, Allvin E Wilson, Eugene Wolken, Walter H McClanahan, Vesta Bahnmaier Wymer, Charles J Sulzen, Martha Ruth Harshberger.

Bald.Eagle.Vol22.No2.Summer.1996

The Story of Lecompton by Ely Moore, Jr.
Obits: George F Gantz, Le Vona Carter, Dena F Heinz, Roberta M French, Jessie B Rake, Mary E Green, A Ruth McClanahan

Bald.Eagle.Vol22.No3.Fall.1996

The Lecompton Story by Ely Moore, Jr.
Obits: Geraldine “Jeri” Skinner, Minnie M McAfee, Maurine Foster, Vernon G Hayes, Virgel L Wilson.

Bald.E agle.Vol22.No4.Winter.1996

Lecompton Interchange celebration
Constitution Hall history
Class of 1938
Obits: Margaret Bahnmaier Dark, John E Harrell.

1997

Bald.Eagle.Vol23.No1.Spring.1997

Lewis – Crowder Lakeview Cemetary
Stony Lonesome – Crowder School
Obits: Mabel W Wendel, Sarah I. Engle, Robert Dale

Bald.Eagle.Vol23.No2.Summer.1997

Jones School District 73
Lecompton Coal Mine
Obits: Bessie May Cranwell, Elmira “Grace” Hatcher, Willis R Bowlin, Ella S Stanwix, R Warren Rhodes, Nellie Maude Brown, Faye Luella Glenn.

Bald.Eagle.Vol23.No3.Fall.1997

The Lonesome Cowboy, Roy Faulkner.
1951 letter from Fred O Bartlett to George L McCarty
Obits: Helen J Humphrey, William A Anderson, Ralph F Hildenbrand, Marlin E Hohberg.

Bald.Eagle.Vol23.No4.Winter.1997

Lecompton Territorial Flag
Glenn School District #33
Obits: Ruth L Cole, Mary Eloise Magnuson, Elizabeth M Bradfield, George A Steele, Orlin M Milliken, Bruce Beresford.

1998

Bald.Eagle.Vol24.No1.Spring.1998

Deer Creek School District #48.
Obits:
Jack Howard West, Tsuneo “Taj” Tajima, Darrell D Pearce, David William Paslay, Irene Sanford, Homer W Wulfkuhle, Agnes, Loysen, Charles E Grady, E Nadine Goodrich.

Bald.Eagle.Vol24.No2.Summer.1998

Lecompton Methodist Church
Obits: Helen C Spangler, Sybil M Schroyer, Edith Elizabeth LaDuke

Bald.Eagle.Vol24.No3.Fall.1998

Big Springs School District #72
Obits: Huldah Erhart, Ruby Ruth Malott, Oma Louise Kauffman, John Albert Baldwin Jr., Marie Elizabeth Traxler, Carolyn Grace Starkey.

Bald.Eagle.Vol24.No4.Winter.1998

The Democratic Headquarters by Tim Rues
Obits: Cecile M Roberts, Ethel Marie Hill

1999

Vol.25, No. 1, Spring, 1999

Birthplace of the Civil War, Lecompton Kansas
Prelude to Civil War
Obits: Francis N Anderson, Henry E Brown, Roy R Harding, Henry W Carr, Wilma Berniece Tibbs, David E Hubbel, Ralph F Davis.

Vol.25, No. 2, Summer, 1999

Barker School District #20.
Rev. Francis Barker. Missionary to the Shawnee Indians.
Obits: Thelma Hemme, Charley Harold Nichols, Russell Wilfred Milliken, Margery Day Hanson, James Albert Grant, Marie Confer, Roberta M Kent, Edwin Linquist Sr., Helen Chappell, Ida Mae Hall.

Vol. 25, No. 3, Fall 1999

Surveyor General’s Office
Calhoun Candlebox
Charlie Torrey, Land Office Clerk, may have hastened outbreak of the Civil War.
McRae Family History
Obits: Mary McRae Rogers, Clifford Hartmen, James Glenn Butler, Sr., John Wm. Brodhag, Robert E Fisher, Byron L Jones, Dale E Babbitt, Betty Jean Sale, Sara Walter, Mary Alice Johanning.

Vol. 25, No. 4, Winter, 1999

Winter School District #70

2000

Bald.Eagle.Vol26.No1.Spring.2000

Big Springs Militia in Battle at Big Blue
Frank Spencer family
Obits: Roy Tarr, Nellie Glenn, Lewis A Goodrick, Margaret V Noe, Rev. Lybran Endsley, Eunice Mellinkoff, Elda Gregg Dietrich, Dale LeRoy Glenn.

Bald.Eagle.Vol26.No2.Summer.2000

Big Springs Livestock & Agricultural Fair
Obits: William Brass, Ruth Reid, Rosamond Barland, Margaret Jasperson.

Bald.Eagle.Vol26.No3.Fall.2000

McClanahan Log Cabin
Norwood Family History
Obits: Irene Elaine Gentry, Betty Lou Kennedy, William J Boydston, Dorothy E Kent.

Bald.Eagle.Vol26.No4.Winter.2000

Lecompton: Civil War Birthplace.
Troups Stationed at Lecompton During Territorial Period
Otto Durow

2001

Bald.Eagle.Vol27.No1.Spring.2001

Lecompton Townlots
Kansas History
Obits: Norma R Nesmith Bee, Carolyn M Helmer, Howard N McKenzie, Gilbert Alfred Bates, Myron A Powell

Bald.Eagle.Vol27.No2.Summer.2001

Building the Lecompton Territorial Capital
Obits: Elmer E “Red” Goodrich,
George Ellis Smith, Archie Dale Foree, Ruth Edith Harris, Neta Ione Wilson, Mildred Oneita Higginbotham, William S Wingfield, Ivan F Glenn, Charley A Paslay

Bald Eagle Vol 27, No. 3, Fall 2001

Honest Story of the Lecompton Convention and Delegates
Korean War, 50th Anniversary Commemoration
Dr. John A read (1834 – 1918)
Obits: Harry William McCall, Agnes Rogers Keller, Olin K Petefish, Homer Wright McClanahan, Ruth O Gowing, Oscar Gowing, Maisie H George, Ruth H Rudin, Dorothy Vera Beatty, Irene Sperry, John H Vogel, Merle Stover, Glen Harvey Pierce

Bald.Eagle.Vol27.No4.Winter.2001

Visitors to Museum include all 50 states and 18 foreign countries
Kansas Supreme Court Justices tour Lecompton
Lecompton History and Growth
Obits: R Russell Allbaugh, H Leonard Williams, Bessie Schwanke, Helen J Cady, Darlene R Becker, Susan Cheryly Reynolds Everman.

2002

Bald.Eagle.Vol28.No1.Spring.2002

William R Smith: Lecomptonite Makes Good
Historical War Map of 1862
Obits: Elizabeth Katie Dunn, George Edwin Person, Meta Clarkson, Robert William Gray, Billie Darlene Inloes, Marguerite Bowman, Annette Leach, Lavina R Hanna.

Bald.Eagle.Vol28.No2.Summer.2002

Lecompton History and Importance
Obits: Myrtle Evelyn Strhan, Marjorie J Daniels, Margaret Mitzi DiPietra, Myrtle E Stember.

Bald Eagle, Vol. 28, No. 3, Fall 2002

Yarnold School District #40
Obits: A. Lowell Geelan, Dr. Jack Bronson, Opal Godfrey Matney Hall, Alice J Hoad, Donald Emery, Jr., George D Fowler.

Bald Eagle, Vol. 28, No. 4, Winter 2002

Museum Annual Report
1858 New York Times front page stories on Lecompton
Obits: Louis F Traxler, Earl Williams Hoage, Joseph Henry Hoage, A. Duane Robison, Erma M Kollin, Juanita B Strait, Geraldine M Harrell, Maybelle S “Duggie Hall, Doris H Matney.

2003

Bald.Eagle.Vol29.No2.Spring.2003

Lecompton Doctors
Obits: Esther Ivene Spencer, Robert G Billings.

Bald Eagle Vol. 29, No. 2, Summer 2003

Radical United Brethren Church
Aristide Rodrigue, Lecompton’s First City Father and First Physician
Obits: Bera Jean Bylaska, Claudette Mary Oldham, Arthur LaDuke, Vivian G Clough, Louise Clark Shiffer, Betty Jean Woodman.

Bald Eagle, Vol. 29, No 3, Fall 2003

Douglas County County School District No. 24; AKA Dog Holler School and Greenwood Valley School
Obits: Philip Wizer, Albert E McRae, C W “Bud” Kellum, Richard L “Gus” Hildrenbrand, Joyce Leome Dexter.

Bald Eagle, Vol. 29, No 4, Winter 2003

Christmas Vespers
A Southerner’s Viewpoint of the Kansas Situation, 1856 – 1857, The Letters of Lt. Col. A.J. Hoole, Confederate States of America.
Tim Rues
Obits: Esther Grace Zart, H F “Fred” Middleton, Bruce Hoad, Robert L Wulfkuhle, Carl Thomas Kuker, John C Inloes, John Thomas Wesley Price, Donald K Matney, Ella Marie Souders, Mary M Powell, James Wilbur James Sr.

2004

Bald Eagle, Vol. 30, Nov. 1, Spring 2004

The Politics of 1854 and the Commemoration of 2004
Bleeding Kansas, Contested Liberty in the Civil War Era by Nicole Etcheson
Blanton’s Crossing and the Wakarusa War
Obits: Margaret Lucile Thompson, Oneta Helen Brown, Elizabeth Sanders, Anna Louise Hoffsommer, Francis Fredrick Kennedy, Neil H Higginbotham, Albert Preston Cole, Jack Collins

Bald Eagle, Vol 30, No 2, Summer 2004

Travel Magazines Discover Lecompton’s Historic Attractions
Fresh Look at the Lecompton Historical Society’s Gieseman Map Collection
Obits: Alice Lee Lewis, LeVona “Jackie Grace” Morey, Phyllis Helene Martin, Mae M Norwood, Warene Gibbens, Glenn L Kappelman, Freda B Spencer

Bald.Eagle.Vol30.No3.Fall.2004

Absolum Winter, Early Lecompton Pioneer and his lineage
Charlene and A.K. Winter
Restoration of Democratic Headquarters
Obits: Janice R Roberts, Wilma Young, Charles Calvin Conklin, Carol L Scheve, Pearl Estella Wolfe.

Bald Eagle, Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 2004

School House Burns, reprint from Lecompton Sun 1919.
Old grade school remembered.
Bleeding Kansas Series 2005 Announced
Bald Eagle Rendezvous photos
Obits: Ronald R Robb, Harold L Crady, Ester Bahnmaier Matney, Robert Henry Walter.

2005

Bald Eagle Vol31.No1.Spring.2005

Camp Sackett threated by possible rock quarry
1856 Frank Leslie reprint about Camp Sackett
Excerpts from Sara Robinson’s Book
Obits: Lucille Marjorie Morris, Teresa Anderson Griffin, Harold V Leslie, Dean Eldwin Wilson, Arthur E Newell, Helen Louise Henry, Robert G “Jerome” Holzmeister

Bald Eagle Vol31.No2.Summer.2005

Camp Sackett Saved
Helen Hildenbrand stories of old time Lecompton
Obits: Donald Owen Baughman, Irma Kellogg Adams Wallace, Arlene M Johnson, Betty Jean Rogers, Clarence David Boose, Donald D “Bud” Rake, Nadine Pearl Brooke

Bald Eagle Vol31.No3.Fall.2005

150th Anniversary of Lecompton’s designation as Territorial Capital
Kansas Territorial Capitol Ground Breaking Speech by Gov. Shannon
Marie Paslay Neill Remembers
Obits: Betty Jean Shutts, Merle C Barytlet, Fern Wheatley, Maud H Spencer, Wilma Eva Shipers

Bald Eagle Vol31.No4.Winter.2005

Bald Eagle Rendezvous
Helen Norwood and Edyth Stevenson Histories
Obits: Bernard E Nordling, Robert Charles Kollin

2006

Bald Eagle Vol32.No1.Spring.2006

Lecompton’s War Hero Major Charles Hetrick
2006 Bleeding Kansas Lecture Series
Obits: Paul Kendal Hoffsommer, Norma Jan Winburn, Wayne Edward Corbin, Wesley McFarland Norwood, Evelyn Chrystine Goodrich, Helen G Jeffries Wilt Kampschroeder, Leonard Lee Smith, Harry Buchheim, Alfre Yost,

Bald Eagle Vol32.No2.Summer.2006

Lecompton’s Sesquicentennial
Spencer Farm History
Ft. Titus Replica
Obits: William H Faust, Bessie Irene Harris, Arthur Max Steinman, Dr. Richard J Brown, George W Champney Sr.

Bald Eagle Vol32.No3.Fall.2006

The Churches of Big Springs
Constitution Hall Rededicated After 150 Years
Obits: Owen Bogner, Mildred Penny, Ruth June Reed, Robert R Steinmetz

Bald Eagle Vol32.No4.Winter.2006

Kansas Territorial Governors
Obits: Elizabeth J Johnson, Arthur G McPherson, Fay Talley, Margaret Velma McMasters.

2007

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Lecompton Constitution Back in Lecompton!
Lecompton Reenactors
Obits: Alice Lee Blake, Harriet “Betty” Johnson Wallace.

Bald Eagle 07 Summer

Lane University Sesquicentennial Display Features Col. Titus’ Sword
Artist Ellen Duncan
Constitution Hall: 8th Wonder of Kansas
Obits: Jerry Wagner Schmitt, Elizabeth R “Betty” Spencer, Danny Rothwell Brune, Nancy Marie Foster, Robert M Brooks, Faye S Robuck Ayers.

Bald Eagle 2007 Fall

Constitution Hall
24 Wonders of Kansas
Obits: Susie L McGiffert, R. M. Bob McGiffert, Clare J Colman, Mae Jean Graves, Edith Louise Norman Stevenson.

Bald Eagle 2007 Winter

Constitution Hall 8th Wonder of Kansas
Bleeding Kansas Lecture Series 2008
The Lecompton Reenactors
Obits: S. Mae Holderman, Hortense “Tensie” Cassady Oldfather, John J Conard Sr., Aurelia Istas, Alvin “Pat” Istas.

2008

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Dorothy Shaner
One-Room Mound School
The Lecompton Quilt
Obits: Charles R Worley, Dorris Annie Norwood

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Chester Arthur, US President 1881-1885, Visits Lecompton in 1857
Photos of HWY 40
Obits: Glendon Harris, Naomi H Nelson, Clarence E Daniels, Laura M Petrie, Susie B Reynolds Richardson, Emma Anna Toddhunter, Elmer Fred Smith,

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Harvest Home Picnic, predecessor of Territorial Day celebration
Kansas Territorial Constitution Convention
Obits: Alice Clare Wright, C Robert Dennon, Bob J Wood, J Frank Spencer, Marie K Neill, Merton William Kent

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How Kansas Inspired Lincoln
The Lecompton Constitution and the Lincoln Douglas Debate
Obits: Helen Josephine Hildenbrand, Hazel Ione Paslay, Osborne Webster

2009

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Publication of Cemeteries & Known Burials by Spencer and Middleton
James Eagle headstone in Big Springs Eastview Cemetery
Maple Grove Cemetery, St. Peter’s Cemetery, Stull Cemetery
1942 Topeka Capital Reprint on moving the Lecompton Cemetery of 1854
Obits: Emmett A Casey, L Madalyn Scott, Louise L Glenn-Faulker, Everett M O’Conner.

Bald Eagle 09 spring

Football Teams
John Brown’s Last Letter
Obits: Charles William Geelan, Marian Lorraine Hyatt, Therwin Glenn Griffith, Verne R Hall, Leland Frederick Hartman, Elizabeth “Betty” Day Jefferson, Elizabeth M Groh, Marcella G Anderson, Mary Louise French, Norbert Dale “Swede” Herschell, Jessie Marie Cassidy Branson, Margaret Alice Cole, Margery Ruth Plum, Robert W Golladay.

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Lecompton’s Cemetery Book
Bald Eagle Rendezvous
Obits: Merle C Bartlett, Marian Irene Carr, Elaine B Daniels, LaVern McClanahan Conklin, Irene V Hoffsommer, Mary Lee Holzmeister

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Abraham Lincoln Slept Here?
Obits: Leon F Condley, Bertie Lee Morris.

2010

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Lincoln, Lecompton, Leavenworth, New York.
Lincoln’s Cooper Union Speech, 1860
Lincoln’s Leavenworth Speech, 1859
Lecompton Census 1860
Lecompton High School Football Teams: 1959, 1965
Obits: Kathleen Lynn Finn, Ross E Wulfkuhle, Bernard Eugene Fordice, Walter Lester Stauffer, Katherine E Johanning, Gloria Mae Baugher Ward.

Bald Eagle 10 Summer

Dwight Eisenhower’s Parents
Bleeding Kansas Lecture Series
Obits: Carl John Peterson, Letha L Wulfkuhle, Robert A Carson, Martha Louise Robb, Helen Elizabeth Norwood, Fritz E McClanahan, Jeanne A Boucher

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Eisenhower Wedding Re-Enactment
Could Buchanan have stopped the Civil War?
Alumni Photos
Obits: Virginia Tuttle, Richard Shellhorn, James McClanahan, Naomi Ruth Chiles

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Territorial Governor Samuel Medary, Lincoln’s Lecompton Host?
Lecompton’s Veterans Monument
Obits: Dorothy Kramer, Harold “Zeke” Johanning, Hubert H Hall, Audrey Pearl Maust, Doris Belden, Thomas Amyx, Harold Wayne Chiles, Dorothy Orach.

2011

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The most infamous floor brawl in the history of the US House of Representatives 1958
Lecompton “Quiz”
The Governor’s Mansion in 1856
Obits: Raymond Schimmel, Norman Earl Redford, Henrietta Anderson, Elizabeth Josephine Brune, Bonnie Kathleen King, Irene A Anno, Alvin E Daniels

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Gov. Brownback proclaims June 19-25 as Lecompton Territorial Days
Veterans’ Monument Dedication
Obits: Marjorie E Endsley

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Lecompton Post Office Slated for Closure
Veterans’ Memorial Dedication
NYC Institute Selects Lecompton for Lincoln Exhibit
Obits: Winifred A Howley, Earl G Glenn, Larry Duane Sanford, Willis M Horton, Irma Maxine Dark

Bald_Eagle_11_winter

Lincoln Looks West to Kansas
Early Cemeteries Near Lecompton
1859 Lecompton: The KT Town Most Likely to Succeed
Lawyers of Old Lecompton
Obits: Francis L “Sonny” Foley

2012

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Jim Lane portrait donated
Gorrill Farmstead on Kansas Historic Place Register
A Remembrance of Lecompton and Lane University in the 1870s by Charles Wesley Smith, Lane University student from 1875 – 1879
Obits: Richard Harry Smith, George R Simmons, Bill Cree, Chester C Gibbens

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Battle of Ft. Titus: 1st battle with casualties between free state and pro slavery men
Obits: Corwin Everett Sperry, Margaret Colman Wuflfkuhllle, Rev. Paul H Kapp, Margaret H Wizer

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Current Events: Berry Plastics
Obits: Gladine Shirley Marshalick, Joseph Saylor Stauffer, William E Van Dyke, Dianna Marie Grandstaff

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Lecompton Rural High School
Relocation and Restoration of the 1892 City Jail
Christmas at Lecompton 1876
Obits: Fred Shipman Winter, Martha “Joann” Cook, Delmar Joseph Barland, Herbert L Rogers, Alden E “Wally” Holderman

2013

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Historic Landmark Burns: Glenn Schoolhouse
1892 Jail Dedication
New York Times article about Lecompton
Obits: Elizabeth Traxler Norris, Dorothy E Shaner, Leo Joseph Anderson, Larry L Gates, Bill Edward Garrett, Johnny “Buffalo” Trammel

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Original Tombstone of Sheriff Samuel J Jones Comes to Lecompton
Obits: Betty Lou (Damm) Carothers, Glenn Kirk Henry, James Franklin Chiles, Winton Allen Winter, Ula (Bates) Armstrong, Mary Maxine Maust Fowler

Bald.Eagle.Vol39.No3.Fall.2013

City Jail and Sheriff Jones Tombstone Dedicated
Final Defeat of Lecompton Constitution
Obits: Marvin Eugene Grandstaff, Jean Curfman Cozad, Thomas Chester Skinner

Bald.Eagle.Vol.39.No4.Winter.2013

John Calhoun Painting Donated
Pro and Anti Lecompton Rallies held throughout the United States, 1857 and 1858
Obits: Richard C. Walter, George Edward Yost, H Justine Curry.

Bald.Eagle.Vol.40.No1.Spring.2014

Professor Chen and KU Journalism Class promoting visibility for Lecompton
House Resolution Recognizes 155th Anniversary of House Rejection of Lecompton Constitution
One of a Kind Map Collection at Territorial Capital Museum
Obits: Virginia “Ginger” Marshall Rothwell, Alva John Pletcher, Edward Cook, Judith Ann Hoage, Corrine L Fleming Childs, Irene Elaine Kibbee Dark, Edna Florence Chiles

Bald.Eagle.Vol41.No2.Summer.2014

George Caleb Bingham’s “order No. 11” painting
Gieseman Map Collection
Women Mayors of Lecompton
Obituaries: Paul Garber, Carl Eugene Silvers, Lillian Ruth Stauffer, Bill Hodson, Allen K “AK” Winter, Anita Smith.

Fall.2014

Famous Floor Brawl on the floor of the US House of Representatives
Proposed Annexation of Nebraska south of the Platte River
PLHS Baseball Enjoys Banner Season
Obituaries: Hazel (Glenn) Barger, Leatha Rose (Glenn) Cook, Helen (Banks) Crady, Larry Reace Stephens.

Winter.2014

Professors of Ohio State visit Lecompton
History of Christmas Trees and Ornaments
Obituaries: Larry Sumner, Shirley (Holderman) Funk, Dianna (Nichols) Meier, Esther (Moss) Wulfkuhle, Pauline (O’Hara) Lasswell, Michael Adams, Covert “Red” Cranwell

Spring.2015

Story behind the Slogan on the Lecompton Mug
Inventory Project at the Territorial Capital Museum
Obituaries: Helen (Connole) Horton, Edna (Horton) Walter, Dean “Smokey” Chiles, Wayne Stover, Dale Gregg, Mildred (Chiles) Lester, Jorg Stockinger, Norma Jean (Svoboda) Hamrick

Fall.2015

Tim Rues Celebrates 20 Years in Lecompton
Oklahoma Travel Writer Visits Lecompton
Governor Walker’s Inaugural Address 1857
Lecompton Quilts
Territorial Day 1910
Obituaries: Howard Sanford, Maurice Wustefeld, Grace (Kellogg) Melton, Doris (Holloway) Sindt, Otto Spurny, M. D., G. Kathryn (Dennon) Spurny.

Winter.2015

Queen Victoria, Russian Czar and Other World Leaders Read About Lecompton in Newspapers.
Victorian, Vintage, Themed Christmas Display
NFL Honors Buddy Kellum of Lecompton
1941 Letter to Sehon family from Dana Bartlett, Lane University graduate.
Obituaries: Darlene (Carter) Steinman Paslay, Victorine (Barland) Vetter, Marquita “Mark” (Pickel) Christy.

Spring.2016

George Vitus Noe Escorted Governor Charles Robinson to Camp Sackett in 1856
Hallowed Walls of Constitution Hall
Big Springs United Methodist Church,
Obituaries: Mason Brunton, Capt. Donald Fuston, Richard Werts, Calvin Kreipe, Dorothy (Checksfield) Smith.

Summer.2016

The Poem that Saved Constitution Hall by Opal Goodrick
Volunteers Ruth Ice and Donna Koepp
Obituaries: Gilbert Bates, Harriet (Reisner) Harwood, Kathleen (McBride) Hall.

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Reenactment of the Battle of Fort Titus
Obituaries: Robert Sulzen, Nancy (Morris) Howard.

Winter.2016

Lecompton Wins a “Best Small Town in Kansas” award
Christmas in Lecompton Exhibit 2016
Kaw River
Lecompton Ads in 1858 Newspaper
Obituaries: Dennis Hetrick, Martin Long, Lola Jean (Oberhelman) Lyne, James “Bud” Banks, Georgiiiiiiia (Spencer), Wingfield, Anna Mae (Weeks) Hibner, Early L. Lewis, Helen (Hodson) Bates, Gerald Ice.

Spring.2017

Happy 135th Birthday to the Lane University Building
Marv Kellum Highlighted in Wichita Eagle
Letter from Coach Nelson
Obituaries: Elaine (Barr) Wilson, William Sayler, Virginia (Richards) Rainbolt, Marvin Maydew, Julia (Ice) Hill, Charles Wright

Summer.2017

Lecompton Constitution is 160 Years Old
World War One Participants from Lecompton, Big Springs, Stull and Kanwaka
Spanish Influenza Pandemic during World War One
Clarence Smith, Beloved Teacher and World War One Veteran.
1867 Earthquake
Vicki Leochner Retires
Historic LaDuke Farmhouse Rehabilitation
Obituaries: Earle Kasson, Richard Traxler, Thomas Rainbolt, Emil Heck, Jr.

Fall.2017

World War One Exhibit
Grover Hoch-Wald Tuberculosis Ranch
Redemption City
Timeline of the Lecompton Constitution
1919 Red Cross Pin
Obituaries: Dorothea Kline, Duane Wyatt, Sr., Elizabeth (Quigley) Heck, Willa (Kline) Grandstaff Norwood.

Winter.2017

Mayors of Lecompton
Radical United Brethren Church
Lecompton Territorial Legislature Walnut Desk
Obituaries: Ed Turner, Norma (Cree) Walter, Lila (Baughman) Dionne, Larry Plumb, Marvin Hartman, Donald McAfee, Dorothy (Montgomery) Bower, Melvin Dark.