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    Leavenworth (/ˈlɛvənˌwɜːrθ/) is the county seat and largest city of Leavenworth County, Kansas, United States and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan...
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    Fort Leavenworth (/ˈlɛvənˌwɜːrθ/) is a United States Army installation located in Leavenworth County, Kansas, in the city of Leavenworth. Built in 1827...
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    The United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth (USP Leavenworth) is a medium security U.S. penitentiary in northeast Kansas. It is operated by the Federal...
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    Leavenworth County is located in the U.S. state of Kansas and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. Its county seat and most populous city is...
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    Indians. He established Fort Leavenworth in Kansas. The city of Leavenworth, Kansas; Leavenworth County, Kansas; and the Leavenworth Penitentiary are named...
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    colloquially known as Leavenworth, is a military correctional facility located on Fort Leavenworth, a United States Army post in Kansas. It is one of two...
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    family to spare his life, Kennedy refused; Bennett was hanged at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1961. Bennett was the fourth of eight children born to a family...
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    enforcement officers who were returning him to the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, from which he had escaped three years earlier. Charles "Pretty Boy"...
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    /dəˈsoʊtoʊ/ is a city along the Kansas River, in Johnson and Leavenworth counties in the U.S. state of Kansas, and part of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area....
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    was released from the United States Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, after serving 6+1⁄2 years of his ten-year sentence. Graner grew...
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