Lawrence

Lawrence has served as a Free-State stronghold in Kansas since the 1850s. Set on the south bank of the Kansas River, it became a flashpoint in the conflict over slavery in Kansas Territory, including Quantrill’s Raid of 1863. The University of Kansas, founded here in 1865, gives the city a pronounced college-town identity; its campus rises on Mount Oread above the river valley. Massachusetts Street is the historic commercial spine downtown, while the Watkins Museum of History occupies the 1888 Watkins National Bank building. Move on to other webcams in Kansas to compare river towns, prairie settings and university communities around Lawrence.

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