What comes next for Kansas' historic Quindaro Ruins after political penalizing
On the south banks of the Missouri River in Wyandotte County lie the Quindaro Ruins, crumbling remnants of the once thriving abolitionist townsite and key stop along the Underground Railroad.
Founded by abolitionists in 1850 during Bleeding Kansas, Quindaro would operate the only port on its stretch of the Missouri not controlled by Southern sympathizers.
Though the boom town only lasted for six years, it would house and protect many freedom seekers on their way north to states such as Nebraska...
Founded by abolitionists in 1850 during Bleeding Kansas, Quindaro would operate the only port on its stretch of the Missouri not controlled by Southern sympathizers.
Though the boom town only lasted for six years, it would house and protect many freedom seekers on their way north to states such as Nebraska...