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	Leavenworth County, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leavenworth County (standard abbreviation: LV) is a county located in northeast Kansas, in the central United States.
		Leavenworth County's population was estimated to be 73,113 in the year 2005, an increase of 4,147, or +6.0%, over the previous five years.
		In the county the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 33.00% from 25 to 44, 22.20% from 45 to 64, and 9.80% who were 65 years of age or older.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leavenworth_County,_Kansas (654 words)

	Prisons - Leavenworth County, Kansas
		Leavenworth and the word "prison" have been made synonymous through the power of the silver screen throughout the years.
		Both the Leavenworth National Cemetery and the Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery are administered by the National Cemetery Association.
		Leavenworth Prison Facts Information on the four prisons in the Greater Leavenworth Area including prison population, payroll, budgets, and jobs.
	www.leavenworth-lansingareachamberofcommerce.com /cvb/prisons.htm (594 words)

	Leavenworth County, Part 18
		Carroll was born in Queens County, Ireland, in 1835, and came to America in 1853, and engaged for the first few years in civil engineering through Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, during which he was active in superintending the building of elevator machinery.
		Clark was married in Leavenworth, April 6, 1871, to Drusle Baker, a native of Ohio.
		Cole was married in Leavenworth County, Kas., July 11, 1878, to Miss Lizzie McQuown, a native of the county.
	www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/leavenworth/leavenworth-co-p18.html (3969 words)

	US Penitentiary - Leavenworth County, Kansas
		In 1906, all of the federal prisoners from Fort Leavenworth were housed in the new institution and the prison at Fort Leavenworth was returned to the War Department.
		Leavenworth provides academic, work and occupational education opportunities to all inmates who wish or who are required to participate in them.
		She was known to prisoners all over the country as the "Little Mother." She established the Leavenworth branch of the Volunteer Prisoners League in 1902, and sent reading material regularly to the Chaplain for distribution to the men.
	www.lvarea.com /data/usp_info.htm (4742 words)

	Kansas City Anti-Violence Project \| Press Releases
		Kansas City, MO – The Kansas City Anti-Violence Project (KCAVP), Kansas City’s only nonprofit organization solely dedicated to providing emergency and ongoing services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and bias crimes in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, condemns the arrest of Sandy Gast in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
		She was arrested in March and charged by the Leavenworth county attorney for swearing falsely in an application for marriage.
		Additionally, the ACLU of Kansas and Western Missouri is involved in the case and are assisting the couple with fighting the charge.
	www.kcavp.org /pressReleases/2004/20040519.htm (475 words)

	Home Page
		Leavenworth is a community of approximately 35,000 people located in the rolling hills of northeastern Kansas on the Missouri River.
		Leavenworth was the first city incorporated in Kansas and is proud of its history.
		The Leavenworth City Commission and many members of the public have had a chance to review the plans as they stand currently for the Delaware Streetscape project.
	www.lvks.org (377 words)

	ThinkKC > Community Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leavenworth County is situated in the northwestern part of the Greater KC area, bordered by the Missouri River on the east and the Kansas River on the south.
		However, Leavenworth is better described as the home of Fort Leavenworth and the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College, that hosts approximately 100 international officers that have later become international military leaders and heads of state.
		The county is also county of several small, but growing communities with clean air, a low crime rate and inexpensive land.
	www.smartkc.com /communityprofiles/counties/leavenworth/profile.htm (199 words)

	Leavenworth Area Development - Leavenworth County, Kansas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		On June 17, 2005, Leavenworth Area Development (LAD) and the three Chambers of Commerce in Leavenworth County held their annual Business and Industry Appreciation Luncheon at the Riverside Community Center in Leavenworth, Kansas.
		They were fortunate and thankful to the City of Leavenworth for the 1986 issue of 1.15 million in Industrial Revenue Bonds to finance the Leavenworth office project.
		He is a former member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Kansas City Foreign Trade Zone, Director of the Platte County Industrial Development Commission, the Lenexa Economic Development Commission, and the Kansas/Wyandotte County Chamber of Commerce.
	www.lvcountyed.org /news/2005Awards.htm (3071 words)

	Leavenworth, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Leavenworth is the largest city and county seat of Leavenworth County, in the U.S. state of Kansas and is a suburb of Kansas City, Missouri.
		Leavenworth is a conservative community with a diverse population.
		Leavenworth is a sister city to the New South Wales city of Wagga Wagga in Australia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leavenworth,_Kansas (949 words)

	Leavenworth County, KS
		Leavenworth county is located in northeast Kansas close to Kansas City.
		Fort Leavenworth has been an active Army post since the early Nineteenth century and is the oldest Army post in continuous existence west of the Missouri River.
		The Kansas State Historical Society also has more historical data for Leavenworth County online including a rich bibliography and lists of cemeteries, post offices, and newspapers.
	skyways.lib.ks.us /kansas/counties/LV/index.html (364 words)

	Leavenworth County, Part 38
		Courtney was born in Harrison County, Ky., December 13, 1827, and lived in his native State till he was sixteen years old, then moved to Buchanan County, Mo., in 1843, and lived there until he came to Kansas in 1855.
		Courtney is one of the oldest citizens of Leavenworth County, and has served his Township as Treasurer for a number of years.
		Huddleston was a member of the State Legislature in 1877, and has been Commissioner of the Poor for the County of Leavenworth, and Township Trustee, and Indian officer for the Osage Indians, and is an able minister of the Society of Friends, preaching for the Society at Springdale.
	www.kancoll.org /books/cutler/leavenworth/leavenworth-co-p38.html (1642 words)

	LV CVB Hosts Tour Operators, Leavenworth, County Kansas
		One of the most fascinating exhibits is a miniature Kansas train layout, with replicas of actual buildings from around the state during the 1950s.
		Kansas was a bloody battleground between pro- and antislavery factions in the years leading up to the Civil War.
		Leavenworth is a short drive from the metropolitan Kansas City area, where the Moon Marble Company in Bonner Springs is a treat.
	www.leavenworth-lansingareachamberofcommerce.com /cvb/kansas.htm (3206 words)

	Leavenworth County, Kansas Community Network
		Kansas Database: older KS births, books (Kansas and Kansans, vols 1-5), burials, censuses, Civil War soldiers, deaths, directories, election lists, marriage licenses, newspapers, obituaries, school directories, settlers, and voter registrations.
		Leavenworth Lamp, this was the first time local tribe members had ever officially been invited to the Fort, to honor and recognize the Native American vets.
		Penitentiary history: Twin Hells "John Reynolds exposes the conditions at the Kansas and Missouri Penitentiaries, based on his own experience -- he was falsely accused of insurance fraud for political reasons (he was a newspaper editor and unpopular in some quarters), and spent time in the Lansing prison."
	www.kansastowns.us /leavenworth.html (873 words)

	Leavenworth County, Ks History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Fort Leavenworth, with many historic houses and building, is considered one of the most significant historic military installations in the Nation.
		Mounted troopers from Fort Leavenworth were instrumental in enforcing an end to the violence that marked the "Bleeding Kansas" conflict.
		In western Kansas, the Kiowa encountered the soldiers of the 10th as valiant opponents and termed them the "Buffalo Soldiers." In time, the term designated all of the African American soldiers in all four regiments.
	www.bleedingkansas.org /Leavenworth_County.html (293 words)

	Leavenworth County, Kansas Deaths, 1891-1911 -- Genealogy Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		By decision of the state legislature, Leavenworth, Kansas was required to collect birth and death records beginning in 1891.
		Leavenworth County, Kansas Births, 1891-1900 Index to birth records for children born in Leavenworth County, Kansas between 1891 and 1900
		Leavenworth County, Kansas Obituaries, 1999 Collection of newspaper obituaries for some residents of Leavenworth, Kansas, 1999.
	www.genealogy.org /db.asp?dbid=4605 (401 words)

	Basehor, Kansas Leavenworth County Business Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Basehor, Kansas is located in the southwest portion of Leavenworth County.
		Basehor (pronounced Base-or; the "h" is silent) is located in southern Leavenworth county, west of Kansas City with easy access to the metropolitan area via I-70 and I-435.
		Leavenworth Directory.com is a provider of business directory listings for businesses located in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
	www.leavenworthdirectory.com /basehor.htm (180 words)

	Leavenworth County Kansas Emergency Services Burn Permits
		That the open burning of any fields, lots, garden plots or household trash be prohibited at all times in the unincorporated areas of Leavenworth County, Kansas, except as set forth herein.
		Permission for an open burn may be revoked at any time either by the Leavenworth County Sheriff Department or the Office of Emergency Preparedness.
		For the purpose of any penalty to be assessed pursuant to any violation of this resolution it shall be considered prima facie evidence that the person owning, occupying or controlling any premises upon which an open burn is being conducted voluntarily allow said open burn to tkae place; this presumption is rebuttable.
	www.geocities.com /lvxsocom2 (712 words)

	Prisons and Tourists, Leavenworth, County Kansas
		The fort was founded in 1827 by Col. Henry Leavenworth, who had been sent from Jefferson Barracks in St. Louis to establish a fort on the western frontier to escort wagon trains on the Oregon and Santa Fe trails.
		While he was at Leavenworth, Powell helped establish a monument to the Buffalo Soldiers, the fl members of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments.
		Fort Leavenworth is a self-contained city for soldiers and their families.
	www.leavenworth-lansingareachamberofcommerce.com /cvb/dointime2.htm (723 words)

	Leavenworth County, Kansas houses, real estate, agriculture, wages, work, ancestries, and more
		Churches in Leavenworth County include: West Side Christian Church, Wallula Church, Topeka Bible Church, Emanuel Church, Friends Church, Saint Martins Church, Saint Joseph of the Valley Church, Saint Johns Church.
		Leavenworth County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly above Kansas state average.
		Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 47 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
	www.city-data.com /county/Leavenworth_County-KS.html (492 words)

	Leavenworth Area Develoment Local Prisons Facts - Leavenworth County, Kansas
		The newest prison to locate in Leavenworth, CCA is a privately owned and operated prison facility serving primarily the U.S. Marshall's Office for persons awaiting trial, sentencing or assignment to a federal prison.
		The prison "connection" is so strong that the Leavenworth Tourism Bureau uses the prison theme in marketing the area with the slogan "Doin' Time in Leavenworth" and use the "prisoner" logo shown on the left.
		However, most inmates convicted of violating state or local laws are sent to state prisons or city or county jails.
	www.lvarea.com /data/prison.htm (542 words)

	Leavenworth County, Kansas Farmer Directory, 1921 -- Genealogy Search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		As one of the oldest counties in Kansas, Leavenworth is also one of the most populous.
		This database is a collection of records from the "Kansas Farmer Mail and Breeze," printed in 1921 listing farmers and breeders in the county.
		Leavenworth County, Kansas Deaths, 1891-1911 Death records kept by the city clerk between 1891 and 1911.
	www.genealogy.org /db.asp?dbid=3724 (322 words)

	Leavenworth Co
		Its county seat, Leavenworth, is on the Missouri River, across from Kansas City, MO.
		Leavenworth is bordered by the Kansas counties of Atchison, Jefferson, Douglas, Johnson and Wyandotte, and the Missouri county of Platte.
		All records of deaths on or before 30 Sep 2003 in which the final benefit was paid in this county.
	gen.culpepper.com /archives/ks/leavenworth.htm (314 words)

	Bourbon County, Kansas
		Bourbon County, Kansas, was one of the thirty-three original counties of Kansas created by the first Territorial Assembly of 1855.
		The area containing the present Bourbon County was part of the Louisiana Purchase of 1803.
		It is fully accredited by the Kansas State Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
	www.bourboncountyks.org (442 words)

	Leavenworth County - Kansas State Historical Society
		The History of Leavenworth: The Metropolis of Kansas, and the Chief Commercial Center West of the Missouri River.
		Gable, F.M. Reminiscences of F.M. Gable: A Leavenworth Pioneer of 1855.
		Jamison, Matthew H. Ft. Leavenworth and the Soldiers' Home with Sketches of Leavenworth and of the Men and Tragedies that Have Made Her Famous.
	www.kshs.org /research/collections/documents/bibliographies/counties/kscolv.htm (322 words)

	City of Lansing, Kansas Leavenworth County Directory (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Lansing, Kansas is on the county border tucked between the City of Leavenworth in Leavenworth County and Bonner Springs in Wyandotte County.
		Fifteen minutes from Fort Leavenworth and 30 minutes from the large cities of Overland Park, Kansas, Kansas City, Kansas and Kansas City, Missouri ensure Lansing residents of a variety of great restaurants, entertainment and artistic culture.
		Residents of Lansing still retain the home town feeling as the city grows by organizing block parties, safe house programs for kids, the Christmas Tree lighting at City Hall, an ice cream social, dozens of school programs and athletics and Lansing Daze, an annual celebration of the community.
	www.leavenworthdirectory.com /lansing.htm (244 words)

	Leavenworth County, Kansas KS, county profile - hotels, festivals, genealogy, newspapers - ePodunk
		Leavenworth County is one of 105 counties in Kansas.
		The county is in the Kansas City metro area.
		This was an increase of 5.46% from the 2000 census.
	www.epodunk.com /cgi-bin/genInfo.php?locIndex=4794 (650 words)

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