Leavenworth is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County,Kansas,United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census,the population of the city was 37,351. It is located on the west bank of the Missouri River. The site of Fort Leavenworth,built in 1827,the city became known in American history for its role as a key supply base in the settlement of the American West. During the American Civil War,many volunteers joined the Union Army from Leavenworth. The city has been notable as the location of several prisons,particularly the United States Disciplinary Barracks and United States Penitentiary,Leavenworth.
Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. As of the 2020 census,the city's population was 169,176. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area,which has an estimated 2021 population of 481,483 and includes the counties of Christian,Dallas,Greene,Polk,and Webster,and is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the state of Missouri.
The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence,Kansas,United States,and several satellite campuses,research and educational centers,medical centers,and classes across the state of Kansas. Two branch campuses are in the Kansas City metropolitan area on the Kansas side:the university's medical school and hospital in Kansas City,Kansas,the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. There are also educational and research sites in Garden City,Hays,Leavenworth,Parsons,and Topeka,an agricultural education center in rural north Douglas County,and branches of the medical school in Salina and Wichita. The university is a member of the Association of American Universities and is classified among "R1:Doctoral Universities –Very high research activity".
Caroline Amelia Nation,often referred to by Carrie,Carry Nation,Carrie A. Nation,or Hatchet Granny,was a radical member of the temperance movement,which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. Nation is noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments with a hatchet.
Fort Leavenworth is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County,Kansas,in the city of Leavenworth,roughly 20 miles northwest of Kansas City. Built in 1827,it is the second oldest active United States Army post west of Washington,D.C.,and the oldest permanent settlement in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth has been historically known as the "Intellectual Center of the Army."
Candy Alt Crowley is an American news anchor who was employed as CNN's chief political correspondent,specializing in American national and state elections. She was based in CNN's Washington,D.C. bureau and was the anchor of their Sunday morning talk show State of the Union with Candy Crowley. She has covered elections for over two decades.
General William Morris Hoge was a United States Army officer who fought in World War I,World War II and the Korean War,with a military career spanning nearly forty years.
Missouri Western State University is a public university in Saint Joseph,Missouri. As of 2019,the school enrolled 5,413 students.
Martha Elizabeth Keys is an American retired politician who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Kansas from 1975 to 1979.
William Marshall Boyle Jr. was an American Democratic political activist from Kansas. Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1949 to 1951,he was a friend of President Harry S. Truman and is credited with engineering Truman's upset victory over Governor Thomas Dewey in the 1948 Presidential election. He was forced to resign as chairman of the Democratic National Committee after being charged with financial corruption.
The Commandant of the United States Army Command and General Staff College is the highest-ranking official at the United States Army's Fort Leavenworth,Kansas,installation. The position is similar to the West Point Superintendent and is roughly equivalent to the chancellor or president of an American civilian university. Since 1976,the commandant has been a Lieutenant General and is also in charge of the United States Army Combined Arms Center which includes other training organizations at Fort Leavenworth.
Frank J. Grass is a former United States Army general who served as the 27th chief of the National Guard Bureau.
Arthur F. Smith was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Tulsa in 1918,Baker University in Baldwin City,Kansas,in 1919,and Kenyon College in Gambier,Ohio from 1920 to 1921,compiling a career college football coaching record of record of 8–12–7.
Cheryl Elaine Burnett is an American former women's college basketball coach and player. She was the head coach of the Southwest Missouri State women's basketball team from 1987 to 2002. At Southwest Missouri State,she compiled a 319–136 record (.701) and led her teams to the Final Four of the NCAA tournament in 1992 and 2001. She also served as the head coach of the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team from 2003 to 2007,compiling a record of 35–83 (.297). She played college basketball at the University of Kansas from 1976 to 1980.
Mary E. (Ellen) Williamson was an American aviator who served as a WASP during World War II. She was also a communications professor at the University of Nebraska Omaha.
Inman E. Page was a Baptist leader and educator in Oklahoma and Missouri. He was president of four schools:the Lincoln Institute,Langston University,Western University,and Roger Williams University and principal of Douglass High School in Oklahoma City. He and George Milford were the first black students at Brown University.
Joseph Matthew Martin is a retired general in the United States Army who served as the 37th Vice Chief of Staff of the Army from 2019 to 2022. He previously served as the director of the Army Staff in Washington,D.C.
Nettie Asberry was an African-American leader,music teacher,and centenarian who helped to found the Tacoma NAACP and was active in the Washington State Association of Colored Women's Clubs.
Harold Holliday Sr. was a civil rights activist,economist,army officer,judge,and Democratic politician who served 12 years in the Missouri House of Representatives.
Marcus B. Bell was a career officer in the United States Army. A veteran of the Pancho Villa Expedition,World War I and World War II,he attained the rank of brigadier general and was a recipient of the Silver Star and two awards of the Legion of Merit. Bell was most notable for his service as assistant division commander of the 81st Infantry Division during the Second World War and his post-war command of the 10th Mountain Division.
