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*'''30 May 1854:''' The Kansas-Nebraska Act created two territories extending from the Missouri border westward to the tops of the Rocky Mountains and opened the area to white settlement. Migration to Kansas was stimulated by rivalry between North and South over the slavery issue and over the choice of a railroad route to the Pacific. | *'''30 May 1854:''' The Kansas-Nebraska Act created two territories extending from the Missouri border westward to the tops of the Rocky Mountains and opened the area to white settlement. Migration to Kansas was stimulated by rivalry between North and South over the slavery issue and over the choice of a railroad route to the Pacific. | ||
*'''1857:''' Battle of Solom's Fort in Northwestern Kansas | *'''1857:''' Battle of Solom's Fort in Northwestern Kansas | ||
*'''23 April 1860 - 24 October 1861:''' Pony Express | *'''23 April 1860 - 24 October 1861:''' [[Pony Express]] | ||
*'''29 January 1861:''' Kansas, with its present boundaries, was admitted to the Union as a free state. | *'''29 January 1861:''' Kansas, with its present boundaries, was admitted to the Union as a free state. | ||
*'''1861-1865:''' In the Civil War, over 20,000 of the 30,000 Kansas men of military age served in the Union armed forces. Kansas suffered the highest mortality rate of any state in the Union. | *'''1861-1865:''' In the Civil War, over 20,000 of the 30,000 Kansas men of military age served in the Union armed forces. Kansas suffered the highest mortality rate of any state in the Union. | ||