[DOC] [TLE] Leavenworth Kansas - First City in Kansas - Legends of America [PAR] The post was the first settlement in Kansas territory and is the oldest active Army 
post west of ... The City of Leavenworth was founded in 1854 largely to support 
Fort ... On June 12, 1854, the town site was marked off by George W. Gist, John C
. Gist and ... The Federal government initially ordered them off, but, the Townsite... [DOC] [TLE] Leavenworth | Kansas, United States | Britannica.com [PAR] City, seat (1855) of Leavenworth county, northeastern Kansas, U.S. It lies on the 
... The following year Leavenworth became the first incorporated community in 
Kansas Territory. ... The federal penitentiary (nicknamed the Big Top for its 
dome), founded in ... Please click the Web sites link for this article to add citations 
for [DOC] [TLE] History of Kansas - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of Kansas, argued historian Carl L. Becker a century ago, reflects 
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1673.) ... of the Kansas and Missouri rivers in present-day Kansas City, Kansas (
today... [DOC] [TLE] Leavenworth, Kansas - Wikipedia [PAR] Website, LVKS.org. Leavenworth is the largest city in and the county seat of 
Leavenworth County, Kansas, United ... The city has been notable as the location 
of several prisons, particularly the United States Disciplinary Barracks and ... 
Leavenworth, founded in 1854, was the first city incorporated in the territory of 
Kansas. [DOC] [TLE] McAlester, OK - Official Website - History of ... - City of McAlester [PAR] McAlester is the home of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, site of an "inside the 
walls" ... James Perry who emigrated from Mississippi to the Indian Territory first 
... with the settlement incorporated under the name of Parsons, Kansas, in 1871. 
... being required since the towns were under Federal jurisdiction in Indian 
Territory. [DOC] [TLE] A. Introduction - Leavenworth [PAR] The Comprehensive Plan for Leavenworth, Kansas ... John Krueger, AICP, 
Director of Community Development. Jerry Gies, AICP, City Planner ... 
Leavenworth Today . ..... The fort was the first organized white settlement in the 
Kansas Territory, ... A quarter of a century later in1897, the Leavenworth Federal 
Penitentiary was. [DOC] [TLE] Kansas Timeline: Old West Kansas: Coronado to 21th Century KS ... [PAR] It should not be quoted or retransmitted without a full citation to the website 
address, ... and his wife in 1829, on the site of present-day Turner (part of Greater 
Kansas City). .... 29 Nov 1854--Andrew H. Reeder was the first territorial governor 
of Kansas who ..... 1906--The Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth was 
completed. [DOC] [TLE] Prisons and Prisoners in Kansas - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical ... [PAR] Prisoners working in an onion field at the Kansas State Penitentiary in ... Efforts to 
build a penitentiary began during the territorial period. ... 2005 Leavenworth was 
the largest maximum security federal prison in the nation. ... Correctional Facility 
and Lansing today continues to house only male felons. ... Kansas Historic Sites [DOC] [TLE] Kansas Historical Markers - Kansas Historical Society [PAR] The first of these historical markers was erected in 1938, more were added from 
the 1940s .... When Kansas territory was organized in 1854, Gov. .... The restored 
fort is now a National Historic Site administered by the National Park Service. ...... 
Junction City, approximately four miles beyond, was incorporated in 1859 and is
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(Kaw), which runs through Topeka and joins the Missouri at Kansas City. ..... in 
the territorial periodnot an extraordinary number for a frontier community. ..... 
2004, a total of 8,966 prisoners were held in state and federal prisons in Kansas,
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Question: Today the site of a federal penitentiary, this city was the first incorporated community in the Kansas territory
Answer: Leavenworth