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Explorers, searching for gold,claimed Kansas for Spain
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French explorer LaSalle Claimed all of the Kansas territory for France.
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Fort Leavenworth was established
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The first railroad reached Kansas.
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Kansas became a state.
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Susanna Salter was elected for mayor of Argonia, Kansas; she became the first women mayor in the country.
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U.S. sepream court decleared segregation in public schools illegal, in the landmark Brown vs. Board of education case in Topeka, Kansas.
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Bind, torture, kill, serial killer, Dennis Radder was arrested.