Map: The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 – Library of Congress – McConnell Map Co. (1919)
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was the seed of division over the subject of slavery in the United States. Congress began to wrestle with the laws of slavery in newly opened territories with Missouri, Kansas and Nebraska caught in the middle. This is a great video on the history of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and the beginning of Nebraska Territory from the History Channel (about 3 minutes).
A new book has been published by Cathleen M. Van Winkle, President of the Board of the the Mayhew Foundation, called “The Battle for Freedom: The Life and Times of John Henry Kagi”.
The history of the Sunken Gardens in Lincoln is a bit unique. It began as a Lincoln trash dump and the citizens of Lincoln worked to turn it into a beautiful garden oasis in 1930.