Historical Marker
Bleeding Kansas
Historical marker location:
901 Espanade Street, Leavenworth, Kansas
( Marker is on Esplanade Street near Miami Street, on the left when traveling south.)
Historic Wayside Tour #12.
The first successful oil well west of the Mississippi was drilled in 1860 in Neodesha, Kansas, which led to the state becoming a major oil producer in the early 20th century.