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First Territorial Capitol of Kansas

County: Geary

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Short description: First territorial capitol of Kansas at Fort Riley near Junction City in Geary County. The native limestone building, constructed as a warehouse in 1855 in the then-town of Pawnee (no longer in existence), was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The first territorial legislature met here for four days in 1855, before pro-slavery legislators removed antislavery members and voted to move to Shawnee Mission in Johnson County.

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Restoration

19th Century Structure

Fort Riley Limestone Member

Fort

Historic Site

National Register of Historic Places

Historic Building

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