Infinite Road
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Kansas City → Lawrence

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Narrated by The Historian Focus: Bleeding Kansas 65 km · about 40 min · 8 stories

West along the Kaw through Bleeding Kansas: the Quindaro Underground Railroad port, John Brown's militant years, and the two sackings of Lawrence — the town abolitionists built on purpose and raiders burned for it, twice.

The stories

In order along the route. Tap a dot on the map, or play them here.

  1. 1
    Kansas City, Missouri

    The New York Life Building

  2. 2
    Kansas City, Kansas

    The Quindaro Underground Railroad

  3. 3
    Kansas City, Kansas

    The Potato King of Edwardsville

  4. 4
    Kansas City, Kansas

    Gene Clark's Kansas Roots

  5. 5
    Basehor, Kansas

    John Brown’s Militant Kansas Years Deep Dive · Part 1 of 3

  6. 6
    Tonganoxie, Kansas

    John Brown’s Militant Kansas Years Deep Dive · Part 2 of 3

  7. 7
    Tonganoxie, Kansas

    John Brown’s Militant Kansas Years Deep Dive · Part 3 of 3

  8. 8
    Lawrence, Kansas

    The Sack of Lawrence

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Where the stories come from

Infinite Road draws from a library of primary sources — public-domain county histories, the WPA American Guide Series, National Register of Historic Places records, local records, and encyclopedic sources — then writes and narrates each story in its own words.