A.W. Beck

Historical marker location:

5 East Madison Avenue, Iola, Kansas

( Marker is on Madison Avenue (U.S. 54) east of South Street, on the left when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 2014

November 10, 1845 - June 18, 1931.

Before becoming a state, Kansas was the site of many battles and conflicts between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups, earning it the nickname "Bleeding Kansas."