Downtown Lawrence Kansas: Bleeding Kansas Capital

[@aylean3457]

I've lived in KS my whole life and I've lived in LFK for a few years. Lawrence is my favorite city in the state by a landslide. The architecture, culture, parks, history, public transit, and prevalence of small business makes stand out from the rest of KS. It's like a little slice of Europe in an otherwise rural area. I plan to leave the US permanently to move to Europe, but if that didn't work out, I'd be happy to stay in Lawrence.

[@jewelrybag4557]

What a wonderfully created retrospective of this beautiful city. I had the pleasure of living in Lawrence while attending the University of Kansas and you brought back such wonderful memories. Thank you so much!

[@patbranson3223]

Very nice! Appreciate your informative video about Kansas cities and towns.

[@JulianGower]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NewYorkNevada]

Wow, this was excellent. Thank you. I learned so much.

[@Ghosty.21]

Lived here most of my Life it was fun seeing what you took interest in. There is a Abandon Mall on the River Line that closed when i was a Little kid today its a Hotel and a Court house for Civic court. There is A lot more history to our town tho as well Hope you come back someday to see some more.

[@kaitbridges1958]

What a great video 🙂 thanks!

[@garywatt4546]

Greetings from Australia! 🇦🇺 Another nice job Julian! So glad I found your channel, as your videos are always informative and entertaining. If I ever get over to the States again, and if I happen to get down to your neck of the woods, I’ll shout (buy) you a beer or two! lol 👍

[@JulianGower]

I’d take you up on that beer!!

[@garywatt4546]

It’s a date Julian! Mark it down in your diary….Friday night, June 27, 2036. Can’t wait! lol

[@LegendaryPrelude]

Cool little town!

[@eastindiaV]

I'm doing the festival of the lights here this year, which is an ancient Bhuddist tradition, of revealing the lights I've created, which power great and ineffable Vimanas.... This tradition goes back to the ancient times, where there was a war between man and machine, where neither side could win

[@chriscarpenter1420]

I saw Star Wars at the Grenada in 1977. My Son is a bouncer there now.

[@luisesquivel1419]

Hermosa ciudad la vi en un film dramático allá en los 80 y no sabia que tenía tanta historia

[@AugustRudisell]

Granada was not opened as a movie theater. It wasn’t converted to that until the 30’s

[@wywyższać_się]

as a resident of lawrence i cant confirm cause this place lowkey sucks :(

[@ohmaramusic]

Funny because all the younger people love it.

[@TheJayhawker83]

Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!

[@daggertoothskateboarding4971]

"Do not seek the treasure!...."

[@supachaloopa3611]

Fun Facts 4 Fanatics Of Fun Facts: "It is said that Lawrence is one of the few cities in the U.S. founded strictly for political reasons. Dr. James Naismith, inventor of basketball, and KU's only basketball coach with a losing record, is buried in Lawrence where he lived and coached most of his adult life."

[@carlcameron3524]

Lawrence Kansas is a cool place to visit. We love to party there on Saturday nights 🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺😵‍💫🥴🤢🤮😂🤣

[@fjaviercorrea5453]

The Day After😮

[@cherylcampbell9369]

15:10.

[@Zorazora1234]

Thank you so much for this post. Appreciate the honesty, it’s mind boggling… the abolitionist were anti- slavery but didn’t want black folks near them or in the state .. guess in the end it was all about r spreading capitalism while simultaneously removing the folks that labored for free to build an economy.. they were so dispensable..wicked..

[@vernonsheldon-witter1225]

I think you exaggerate. So does this video. Kansas became the home of many African Americans who were former slaves after the Civil War. They did not settle in Kansas due to the infiltration of slave catchers from Missouri because of the Fugitive Slave Act. My ancestors were Abolitionists who settled in Kansas during the Territorial days and harbored many ex-slaves during the Civil War in Topeka, which was a hotbed with Lawrence for the Underground Railroad. After the 13th Amendment was enacted, many Black People came to live here, mainly in Kansas City, Wichita, and Topeka, and some even in the western counties. But they stuck together in communities. Kansas was no different than other Midwestern states regarding integration; they were better than average. All you have to do is look over the border to Missouri and Illinois to see this. We were the first state to integrate Public Schools in 1954. My Mother remembered going to integrated schools immediately after the Brown decision, and there were few problems. The University of Kansas became one of the first fully integrated State Universities starting in 1876. Washburn University in Topeka was fully integrated before that.

[@Zorazora1234]

you’re entitled to your opinion.. I disagree..

[@tikigodsrule2317]

BBQ?

[@bluedog9935]

What’s an abolutionist? That’s not a word. I think you mean to say abolitionist. Sorry, but that mispronunciation just jumps out every time she says it.

[@JulianGower]

Sometimes I do have trouble pronouncing words. I do try my best. I’m assuming that you understood what I was trying to say though. I’ll try to do better in the future.

[@vivianlondon9009]

Some people are just rude!

[@darrelgross5741]

African American was not the misnomer used at that time period in fact it was not used until the 1980s. 😢

[@vernonsheldon-witter1225]

Lawrence was never the Capital of Kansas. The first one was Fort Riley, when Kansas Territory was formed. Then Topeka was chosen as the site of the Capital, but slavery ruffians from Missouri made their own capital in Lecompton, 15 miles NW of Lawrence on the Kansas River. They were chased back to Missouri after the Missouri Militias burned Lawrence to the ground. Lawrence had a choice of becoming the State Capital or being the site of the University of Kansas, just before Statehood in 1860, and the Citizens chose to be the site of the the State University. It is still the home of the University of Kansas, which I attended. Just setting the facts straight. Lawrence was never the Capital of anything.

[@JulianGower]

My thumbnail does state Lawrence as the "Bleeding Kansas Capital" but nowhere in my video do I say this was the actual capital. I say that Lawrence was the capital of Bleeding Kansas because it was at the center of the Bleeding Kansas activities. It's a Idiomatic expression. I didn't mean it was laterally the Capital. We did visit Lecompton as well on the channel! It's another great little Kansas town! I also went to KU there at Lawrence - Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!!

[@prankwars8420]

Mason sign