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This building was erected in 1855 in the now extinct town of Pawnee for
the first legislature of the territory of Kansas. The members were
mostly Missourians fraudulently elected in an effort to make Kansas a
slave state. They came in wagons and on horseback, well armed, and
camped out on the prairie. The session lasted from July 2 to 6. The
Missourians were determined to legislate nearer home and passed a bill
to move to Shawnee Methodist Mission near Kansas City. Governor Reeder
vetoed the bill, it was passed over his veto, and this ended the session
here. All other acts, including the so-called Bogus Laws, were passed at
Shawnee Mission. This building stood in partial ruin until its
restoration in 1928 by the Union Pacific railroad.
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