Missouri/Kansas Border War Network

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The town of Oxford, Kansas, grew up on the Kansas side of the state line due west of New Santa Fe when Kansas Territory was opened to white settlement as a result of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854. Missourians settled there to establish residency to vote in the elections to determine whether the territory would enter the Union as free or slave. The town never recovered from the ravages of the Civil War and no longer exists.

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Bishop is the Cultural Arts Coordinator for the town of Leawood, Ks. She oversees the historic commission and arts council and works with educational outreach, coordinating art shows and theatrical activities.