QUANTRILL'S RAID: THE DESTRUCTION AND REBUILDING OF LAWRENCE KANSAS
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    • Aftermath >
      • Local
      • National
  • Triumph of Lawrence
    • Rebuilding
    • Legacy
  • Conclusion

Rebuilding

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A Birdseye View of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 1869, "Images of America Lawrence". Click to enlarge
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Lawrence was destroyed, but Lawrencians would not let their town die. They immediately began to rebuild. Their town was to rise again like a phoenix.
"Quantrill's Raid on Lawrence", 1 July 2018, The Civil War Traveler - Youtube.
Lawrence quickly rebounded from the raid and women were instrumental in that..."
​Dr. William Hickox,  Personal Interview, 5 April 2019
​Prominent members of the town and community raised funds to pay for relief for families who suffered in the raid."
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DR. WILLIAM HICKOX,  PERSONAL INTERVIEW, 5 APRIL 2019
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Seal of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, Watkins Museum of History.
  • The classical symbol of the mythical phoenix rising from the ruins on various versions of the city’s seal captured the resilience of those who survived the raid and stayed to rebuild the town and their shattered lives.”
    ​Sunflower LLC, Quantrill’s Crossing Historical Marking
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These improvements transformed Lawrence from ashes into a flourishing city.
Really within a year we see a bridge being built across the kansas River which helped with commerce and travel, we quickly see the telegraph come in then the railroad come in which helped with transportation and communication, led the town to expand and grow rapidly. Lawrence relatively quickly rebounded from the raid. In some ways quicker than the whole country did from the Civil War."
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​DR. WILLIAM HICKOX,  PERSONAL INTERVIEW, 5 APRIL 2019

African Americans


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Marla Jackson's quilt - "Still We Rise", 27 Aug. 2017, lawrence.com. Click to enlarge.
Marla Jackson‘s latest quilt, 'Still We Rise,' highlights the role black people played in the raid and the border war that surrounded it."
Sara Shepherd, Lawrence Journal World, 19 Aug. 2013
They’re not the politicians and community leaders one usually hears about in the best-known stories of Quantrill’s raid. But [African Americans] were important…”
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SARA SHEPHERD, LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD, 19 AUG. 2013
...you can’t just tell the white story without telling the black.”
Historian Carol Bohl, LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD, 19 AUG. 2013
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African Americans helped transform Lawrence into the city it is today after their homes were ransacked during the raid.

Then and Now


On top of Mount Oread looking east, 1867, "Images of America Lawrence".
View of East Lawrence from the top of Oread Hotel, 2017, Sami Turner.
Intersection of Mass and Winthrop (seventh), 1867, "Images of America Lawrence".
Intersection of Mass and Seventh in Downtown Lawrence, 2019, Trevor Arellano.
Eldridge House Lawrence, Kansas, 1867, Kenneth Spencer Research Library.
Eldridge Hotel in Downtown Lawrence, 2019, Trevor Arellano.
Proper cemetery for Quantrill's Raid victims - Oak Hill Cemetery, 1868, "Images of America Lawrence".
Entrance to Oak Hill Cemetery in East Lawrence, 2019, Trevor Arellano.
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Rebuilding better than before, Lawrence now embraces the tragedy as what led them to become stronger.

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  • Home
  • Historical Context
    • Kansas-Nebraska Act
    • Early Lawrence, Kansas
    • Bleeding Kansas
  • Tragedy of Lawrence
    • Quantrill & His Path
    • The Raid
    • Aftermath >
      • Local
      • National
  • Triumph of Lawrence
    • Rebuilding
    • Legacy
  • Conclusion