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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Wednesday, July 10, 1996
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Hitching posts a sign of the past
Lawrence's rich history reflected in landmarks
By Andrea Albright
Kansan staff writer
Hitching posts throughout town have withstood weather and war to stand as leaning reminders o Lawrence's colorful history.
The posts, dating from the Civil War era to about 1000, were part of the fabric of 19th-century Lawrence history, said Katie Armitage, Lawrence historian.
"Hitching posts went with the era of carriage houses," Armitage said.
Hitching posts were common downtown because merchants had to make it possible for their customers to shop without their horses wandering the streets, said Steve Jansen, director of Watkins Museum
"The hitching post movement was an attempt to control critters from roaming the streets of Lawrence," Jansen said.
David Dary, Lawrence historian, said almost all of the first hitching posts were wooden. Many of the wooden posts deteriorated because of termites and the elements. Others were destroyed in araid in Lawrence.
The Legion organized a digging crew to gather metal from the posts to be melted down for weapons. A military bugler accompanied the crew, sounding a call to arms as each post was removed.
According to Dary, the hitching posts intact today are only a fraction of the posts that were placed on Lawrence streets in the 1800s.
"The variety was fascinating," Dary said. "In the nicer neighborhoods, if the people down the road got a hitching post, you would get one too. It was a way to 'keep up with the Joneses.'"
Old West Lawrence was declared Kansas' first national historic district in 1970, a designation that prohibits owners from altering their homes or yards without the approval of the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission.
This will protect the hitching posts remaining in Old West Lawrence, but according to historians the posts in the Pinckney and Oread neighborhoods will continue to take abuse from careless drivers and changing landscapes.
"The neighborhood society in Old West Lawrence decided to go after this problem," said Dale Nimz, former chairman of the Lawrence Historic Resources Commission.
Nimz said the Oread neighborhood changes so much that posts there are harder to preserve.
Edmée Rodriguez/KANSAN
Hitching posts have been in Lawrence since before the Civil War, and several remain on local roads.
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