structure and rebuilt it as the "Eldridge House". This building remained a fixture of Lawrence until 1863, when it was burned down by William Quantrill during the Lawrence Massacre (after which it would be rebuilt two more times in 1866 and 1926, respectively). For a number of months after the Sack of Lawrence, the city was without a free state newspaper. This was exacerbated by the fact that Josiah Miller, who ran the Kansas Free State, decided not to start his former paper up again. The lack of a Lawrence-based news source ended when George Brown restarted the Herald of Freedom in November. The Sack of Lawrence resulted in the loss of the city's only cannon. This would be at least one reason that Free-Staters would attack Franklin's Fort in June and August of 1856, as they hoped to secure the "Old Sacramento" cannon for their own use. See also Bleeding Kansas Kansas–Nebraska Act List of battles fought in Kansas Explanatory notes References External links Eyewitness account of the Sack of Lawrence, 1856 Griffin, C. S. "The University of Kansas and the Sack of Lawrence: A Problem of Intellectual Honesty." Kansas Historical Quarterly 34, no. 4 (Winter 1968): 409–426. Smiley, Jane. The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton: A Novel (1998; ). Historical novel relating to the sack of Lawrence and other events in Kansas Territory's history. Territorial Kansas Online: A Virtual Repository for Kansas Territorial History. 1856 riots 1856 in Kansas Territory Bleeding Kansas Lawrence, Kansas May 1856 events Riots and civil disorder in Kansas American anti-abolitionist riots and civil disorder History of racism in Kansas