They’d lived through a bitter conflict between Jayhawkers and border ruffians, and one between the North and the South. They’d seen the bloody birth of a state — and the breakup and reconstruction of ...

The Bleeding Kansas section of the Kansas Museum of History has been revamped, along with the rest of the museum's galleries. When the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka opens its new galleries on ...

Episode six of the eight-part “Kevin Costner’s The West” documentary is called “Bleeding Kansas.” “Kevin Costner’s The West” airs at 9 p.m. Monday, June 16, on the History Channel. The synopsis for ...

This story is the second of three in the series “Border Tales,” which chronicles the unique hostility between Mizzou and Kansas ahead of their football game Saturday. It dates back to at least the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - January 8, 1861. Just weeks before Kansas was officially admitted to the Union, President James Buchanan delivered his final message to Congress defending the use of federal ...

America again flirts with its own “Bleeding Kansas”—a cycle of partisan violence and defiance where lawless zealots are hailed as patriots and the rule of law bleeds away.

Fort Scott stands as one of Kansas’ most important frontier outposts a place where soldiers, settlers, and America’s future collided. Built in the 1840s, the fort witnessed early westward expansion, ...