Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley)

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Kansas Territory was a mid-19th-century U.S. territorial jurisdiction on the Great Plains that became a focal point of the national conflict over slavery and later contributed land to the state of Kansas.


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military governor Bennet C. Riley regionOfActivity Kansas Territory (as namesake of Fort Riley)
subject surface form: "Bennet C. Riley"