Topics in Kansas History: Politics & Government

Local Government

Kansas has been blessed with magnificent county courthouses. As the most important governmental structure in most county seats, the courthouse often was grand in size and architectural detail. read more

Find resources on Local Government.

• Chase County Courthouse
• County Fights
• Schwenk, Sally, "Historic Courthouses," Kansas Preservation, July/August 2003

Letters, documents, objects, and photographs

Bibliographies, finding aids, and guides to the collections

Kansas Kaleidoscope, our children's magazine

• "Getting to Know Government," August/September 2004

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