The Bleeding Kansas Program series presents weekly talks and dramatic interpretations related to the issue of slavery in Kansas and the nation from 1854 – 1865. The series runs every Sunday from January 25th through March 1st at 2 pm. The series is presented in Constitution Hall, 319 Elmore St., Lecompton, Kansas 66050. For more information call 785-887-6520
Our annual Christmas tree display for 2025 will run from Nov. 1 - Jan. 4. Over 240 Christmas trees are included in our tree festival this year. Each tree is different with ornaments that span the late 1800's through more modern times. Some of our more unique trees...
Programs to be held during the Archeological Field School near Lecompton. These programs are free and open to the public. A great opportunity to learn more about Territorial Kansas and it's capital, Lecompton.
Once again, the "Christmas Through the Ages" Christmas tree display will be at the Territorial Capital Museum in Historic Lecompton, Kansas. Over 240 Christmas trees will be decorated in Victorian, antique, themed and vintage ornaments and accessories. In it's twenty...
Between 1854 and 1857, the Lecompton area was a hive of activity as pro-slavery Southerners arrived with the goal of expanding slavery to the new Kansas Territory. While many Southerners came to establish homes, others had little intent on settling in the territory...
The Lecompton Constitution would have made Kansas a slave state and was intensely debated across the US. The anti- Lecompton sentiment strongly opposed slavery for the future state of Kansas. In 1858, Garnet B Adrian of New Jersey ran as the People’s “Anti-Lecompton” Democratic candidate for Congress. He won the election. Seven other Anti-Lecompton Congressmen from New Jersey, New York, Indiana and Pennsylvania: John G. Davis (Ind.), Jeter R. Riggs (NJ), Horace Clark (NY), John H Reynolds (NY), John Haskin (NY), John Hickman (PA), and John Swartz (PA) voted against the Lecompton Constitution. The Anti- Lecompton ballot of New Jersey included candidates for assembly, sheriff and three candidates for coroner. The actual ballot is now on display at the Territorial Capital Museum.
The Bleeding Kansas Program Series for 2023 will begin on January 29 with new programs every Sunday through March 5th. Programs begin promptly at 2 pm. The programs will be held at The Constitution Hall State Historic Site located in downtown, Lecompton, 319 Elmore...