Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Lykins County, KS Events Date Type 05/15/1859 Horace Greeley arrives in Kansas on his tour of the West Cultural 05/20/1859 Horace Greeley arrives in Lawrence, Kansas on his tour of the West Cultural 05/09/1859 Horace Greeley sets off from New York on his tour of the West Cultural 05/18/1859 The Republican Party is organized in Kansas at a Convention in Osawatomie Lawmaking/Litigating People Documents Date Title 11/13/1858 Ripley (OH) Bee, “Retribution,” November 13, 1858 10/27/1859 Carlisle (PA) American Volunteer, "Sketch of Captain John Brown," October 27, 1859 10/29/1859 Lawrence (KS) Herald of Freedom, “Old John Brown,” October 29, 1859 Images