Jefferson Davis

Pawnee, Kansas

The township of Pawnee, Kansas, has the distinction of having served as the Kansas Territorial capital for one of the shortest periods of any capital city in American history -- a mere five days.

Battle of Boonville

Mon, 06/17/1861

After Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and former Governor Sterling Price confiscate state records and relocate from Jefferson City to Boonville, they are soon forced by federal troops to move to southwest Missouri.

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