KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - July 31, 1837. Civil War Raider William Clarke Quantrill is born. Quantrill was a prominent guerrilla leader during the Civil War, most infamous for leading a raid on ...

Watkins Museum Executive Director Steve Nowak is pictured on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2024, with "Lawrence Massacre" by Ethel Magafan which is on display at the Watkins Museum of History at 1047 ...

Pat Kehde stands outside Lawrence’s Eldridge Hotel, which was destroyed twice by Missouri forces during the border war. Frank Barthell There’s no single engagement in the Kansas-Missouri Border War ...

In 1863, during the Civil War, William Clark Quantrill led his guerillas from Missouri to winter quarters in north East Texas. Among the men who rode with him were Jesse and Frank James. Quantrill ...

It has been 140 years since one of the bloodiest massacres in American history, yets there's still disagreement among people in Kansas and Missouri about the man behind Qantrill's Raid on Lawrence, ...

The outlaw Jesse James got his start during the Civil War as a young guerrilla, fighting with William Quantrill and Bloody ...

The Missouri-Kansas storm center -- Sterling Price's guerrillas -- The Union military occupation of Missouri -- William Quantrill's guerrillas -- Porter raids in North Missouri -- From Independence to ...

December 20, 1820. Missouri imposes a $1 bachelor tax on unmarried men 21 - 50 years of age. The annual sum was assessed to encourage men to get hitched, have children, and grow the overall population ...