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What did Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø look like in 1776?

By Hunter Feyerherm on Mar. 07, 2026

Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø in 1776 If you were to time-travel to 1776, you'd find that when America declared independence, Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø, like most states, wasn't part of the original 13 colonies. In fact, when the Declaration of Independence was signed, Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø was under the dominion of the Spanish Empire. Yet the story of…

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Bleeding Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø: A Tour of the War before the War

By Seth Jarvis on Dec. 15, 2023

A small two-story wooden building, a grassy meadow, a quiet park, a wooded valley between hills; these spots today are relatively unassuming and even banal at first appearance, but there was a time when these places in rural Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø were the center of national attention. I visited several major sites…

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The Underground Railroad Network To Freedom

By Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø on Aug. 31, 2020

Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø’ role in the fight for freedom is well established. The Bleeding Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø moniker accurately describes the era in the state’s history where pro-slavery and abolitionist activists clashed. This time in the state was a predictor of the Civil War, showing that the decision to abolish slavery…

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A Â鶹´«Ã½¹ÙÍø player in the Civil War

By Karen Ridder on Apr. 27, 2011

Fort Scott has a unique history that follows the growing pains of our country in the middle of the 1800s. The National Historic Site recently marked the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War, but the history of the Army’s presence in the area stretches back to a time when the western edge…

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