Stafford NewsLocal news for Stafford, KS continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.County seat wars raged as pioneers moved westward- February 19, 2008 "A Civil War in Kansas, More bloodshed to be expected today." This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating Kansas history. The series' name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: 'To the stars through difficulties.' As pioneer settlement in Kansas spread west, there were skirmishes, sometimes bloody and devious, over the establishment of county seats.Kansas, already notorious as 'Bleeding Kansas,' nicknamed because of the violent territorial disputes over whether the state would..http://www.topix.net/city/stafford-ks/2008/02/county-seat-wars-raged-as-pioneers-moved-wes... |