Quindaro History and Underground Railroad


Quindaro Chindowan Newspaper Index. A searchable index of Quindaro's free state newspaper published from May 13, 1857 to June 12, 1858.

Cutler's "History of Kansas", "Quindaro"

History of Quindaro and Western University.

Quindaro History Link

Biographical Sketches - Quindaro Township

"Area sites give glimpse of state's role in freedom" Topeka-Capital-Journal



Preservation

SPACE
Preservation, Protection and Development of Quindaro Ruins

Map designating ownership of Quindaro Ruins properties.


Images of the ruins of Quindaro

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Quindaro Brewery1

Quindaro Brewery2

Quindaro Brewery3

Cooling Chamber of Quindaro Brewery

Quindaro Creek

Otis Webb Building

Old Quindaro Cemetary

Old Quindaro Cemetary Grave Stone

Anthropology students at the first statue of John Brown in America



Images of the excavation of Quindaro

All photos by permission: Adjunct Professor Edward Shutt, Kansas City Kansas Community College.

Wyandotte House Hotel, Jacob Henry Building, Otis Webb Building

Sunrise over the Otis Webb Building

Sunrise over the Jacob Henry Building

Rear of Jacob Henry Building

Kanzas Avenue and the Chindowan Office

Jacob Henry Building reprise

Niche in wall of Otis Webb Building



Images of a Unique Topographic Map of Quindaro, Kansas Territory

This series of images are portions of a topographic map with overlay of relevant features of the Quindaro townsite created by Mr. Larry Hancks, Planner, Planning and Zoning Division, Unified Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas. By permission. (Images by Steve Collins)

Quindaro Business District and Cemetery

Quindaro Brewery and "Pump House"

Levee Street and the Natural Rock Landing

John Brown's Statue and the Brown/Blachly House



Links about The Underground Railroad

National Park Service Special Resource Study

Conducting Underground Railroad Research

National Underground Railroad Freedom Center

ZineZone: Articles on Abolition, Virginia Slave Owner Census, Harriet Beecher Stowe

New York Underground Railroad Links

Historian Anthony Cohen: The Walk to Canada, Tracing the Underground Railroad

Underground Railroad Links

Bookmarks for the Underground Railroad

The Yahoo guide to the Underground Railway

The Underground Railway

The H-Net List for Teaching About Africa

African Study Centers

Exploring Amistad

The Black History Calendar

Mega List of Resources concerning African Issues on the Net


History and Education I Restoration Roundtable I Contact Us


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