US Highway 24 in Kansas

History & Museums

US-24 in Kansas allows visitors to explore some of the most historical places in Kansas. The heritage of this highway is truly unique; Highway 24 is where slavery and school discrimination began to become a thing of the past.

This is where you get to relive and immerse yourself in the days of territorial and "Bleeding Kansas" in historic Lawrence and Lecompton. Two national historic sites tell the story of civil rights. Discover where newly freed slaves began their lives anew in Nicodemus at the Nicodemus National Historic Site and where the landmark Supreme Court Case of Brown v. Board had its origins in Topeka.