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STATEHOOD - KANSAS

In 1858 a pAo-siaveAy Kansas S ta te C o n s titu tio n was put to th e vo te & d e je c te d .
R ev ised ^a ee-stateC o n s titu tio n was pa ssed in 1860 & Kansas became th e 34th S ta te on
29. JAN . 61 w ith C a p ita l at Topeka. The town A tch iso n became one th e
'A tc h iso n , Topeka & Santa Fe' RaiiAoad. 1860 p o p u la tio n ofa 107,000 by 1890 was 1 ,4 2 8 ,0 0 0 .

dcdi ATCHISON/ KAS 25.AUG on 3c 1861.

Nebraska was another, t y p ic a t mid-westeAn s t a t e w ith t ik e (1848) b u iit to
defend th e u>agon t r a in s . European im m igrant faound th e S o ii good fioA.
a g A icu ttu A e. The 1860 p o p u la tio n o-fa 28,000 d id not as as th a t Kansas so
th a t Statehood was detayed & i t became th e 37th S ta te on 0 1 .MAR.67. C a p ita t was L in c o tn .

mi "Fo A t K e u d n e y June 20th"
Tedditodiat coved - docketing '1856' on

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