Significant Events • Burning of the Bowersock Opera House Fire Destroys the Opera House. Fire almost completely destroyed the Bowersock Opera House locat... • Ice Jam on the Kansas River An ice jam on the Kansas River. A man stands on the up-turned chunks of ice on the Kansas River... • John Doy Rescue Group The Doy rescue group, 1859. Dr. John Doy of Rochester, New York, joined the first party coming ... • Kansas Underground Railroad Map Kansas Underground Railroad Map. "If a fugitive [fleeing the slave states] succeeded in crossin... • Old Settlers Reunion The Old Settlers Association meeting at Bismarck Grove,1879. These two photos show those people... • Quantrill's Raid Victims The following information was taken from a display at the Watkins Community Museum List of Vict... • Timeline of Events on Kansas Underground Railraod 1793   Congress passes the Fugitive Slave Act, legalizing the capture of fugitive, or... • Vietnam Kitbag Memories of Vietnam. This was a kitbag belonging to John L.Miller, who served in Vietnam. The e... • Wade, Mr and Mrs Achilles B Our first residentsMr. and Mrs. Achilles B. Wade were perhaps our earliest residents in Lawrence. ... Project Coordinator Email Project Coordinator / Lawrence Public Schools This site made possible by • the National Endowment for the Humanities • the Southwestern Bell Foundation Project Partners • The Lawrence Journal-World • Watkins Community Museum of History • Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas