The Watkins Community Museum of History
 Douglas County Historical Society • Lawrence, Kansas

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The cases and exhibits on this floor relate to our civil war and pre-civil war heritage. The sites in Douglas County relating to the underground railroad are featured, as well as a printing press that was thrown in the river on may 21st 1856 during the first sack of Lawrence. And, we have an original John Brown pike.