This Linn County courthouse, built in 1865, is the second oldest in-use courthouse in the state. Interestingly, Linn County is named for Lewis F. Linn, who was a doctor and a United States Senator from Missouri. Apparently there was no one in Kansas to name the county for? The terse sign below doesn't have anything to do with the courthouse itself as the incident predates it. "James Montgomery Ballot Box – Free Stater claimed voters deceived on slavery issue by pro-slavery forces Jan 1958. Smashed ballot box scattering votes." Montogmery was considered part of the bleeding Kansas crowd leading up to statehood. Apparently just a point of information.