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 Lansing
is located in Leavenworth
County, in extreme northeast Kansas. The city
grew up around the Kansas State Penitentiary,
which itself was purposely located just a few
miles south of the Federal Penitentiary at
Leavenworth. |
 Nicodemus
is an unincorporated community of
about 50 inhabitants in eastern Graham County,
Kansas, and the only remaining community west of
the Mississippi River established by
African-Americans after the Civil War. |
 Topeka
is the seat of Shawnee County, and
the capital of Kansas. It was established by
anti-slavers in 1854, who intended the city to be
the capital of Kansas. |
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