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The
first city of Kansas was founded in 1854 and became nationally
known as the "jumping off point" for the opening of
the west.
Many historic figures have passed through and touched this community,
including Abraham Lincoln, George Armstrong Custer, Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Wild Bill Hickok and Carrie Nation.
Buffalo Bill Cody, famous scout, hunter and rider for the Pony
Express, spent his formative years on the family farm just northwest
of the city.
Leavenworth's history is traced in the Leavenworth Room at the
Leavenworoth's Victorian Carroll Mansion, 1128 Fifth Avenue. This
beautiful 16-room Victorian mansion was built in 1867 and added
to in 1882.
The home is furnished in the style of the era. (Closed Mondays,
holidays and from January 1 through mid-February.)
Leavenworth's Community Center is housed in the renovated and
expanded historic Union Pacific Train Depot overlooking the Missouri
River.
For free information packet, contact:
Leavenworth Convention & Visitors Bureau, 518 Shawnee
P.O. Box 44, Leavenworth, KS 66048
Phone: 913-682-4113 or 1-800-844-4114.
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