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When Nebraska Almost Became Kansas
Imagine towns like Beatrice, Holdrege, and McCook being in Kansas instead of Nebraska. 🤯 It nearly happened! In the turbulent late 1850s, political frustrations south of the Platte River grew so intense that southern Nebraskans seriously considered breaking away and joining Kansas.
In this episode, we dive into this fascinating near‑miss moment in our state’s history from the 1972 Nebraska History Magazine article, “Sectionalism in Nebraska: When Kansas Considered Annexing Southern Nebraska, 1856–1860” by David H. Price.
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