KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - July 31, 1837. Civil War Raider William Clarke Quantrill is born. Quantrill was a prominent guerrilla leader during the Civil War, most infamous for leading a raid on ...

Watkins Museum Executive Director Steve Nowak is pictured on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2024, with "Lawrence Massacre" by Ethel Magafan which is on display at the Watkins Museum of History at 1047 ...

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. (KSNW) — This week marks the 158th anniversary of the Lawrence massacre or Quantrill’s raid. But the man responsible for that rampage left his mark in another Kansas community.

Pat Kehde stands outside Lawrence’s Eldridge Hotel, which was destroyed twice by Missouri forces during the border war. Frank Barthell There’s no single engagement in the Kansas-Missouri Border War ...

Detail of the site of Emily Hoyt's gravesite in Oak Hill Cemetery in East Lawrence. Hoyt's grave previously was only labeled with a headstone reading "Mother;" her great grandson Sam Seetin pushed to ...

LAWRENCE, Kan. — Once again, Lawrence’s most famous historic event makes an appearance in popular culture. William Quantrill’s attack on Lawrence makes a brief appearance in the extremely popular ...

In 1863, during the Civil War, William Clark Quantrill led his guerillas from Missouri to winter quarters in north East Texas. Among the men who rode with him were Jesse and Frank James. Quantrill ...

It has been 140 years since one of the bloodiest massacres in American history, yets there's still disagreement among people in Kansas and Missouri about the man behind Qantrill's Raid on Lawrence, ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - August 21, 1863. William Quantrill and his guerrillas attack Lawrence, Kansas, killing 180 residents. The city was sacked and burned. Only one guerrilla is killed. This Day ...

The Missouri-Kansas storm center -- Sterling Price's guerrillas -- The Union military occupation of Missouri -- William Quantrill's guerrillas -- Porter raids in North Missouri -- From Independence to ...