found: Journal of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Kansas, 1855
found: Wikipedia, August 29, 2013(Kansas Territory: The Territory of Kansas was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from May 30, 1854, until January 29, 1861, when the eastern portion of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Kansas. The territory extended from the Missouri border west to the summit of the Rocky Mountains and from the 37th parallel north north to the 40th parallel north. Much of the eastern region of what is now the State of Colorado was part of Kansas Territory. The Territory of Colorado was created to govern this western region of the former Kansas Territory on February 28, 1861. Kansas Territory was established by the Kansas-Nebraska Act. The Kansas-Nebraska Act became law on May 30, 1854, establishing the Nebraska Territory and Kansas Territory)
found: NUC pre-1956(access points: Kansas (Ter.), Kansas (Territory))
found: Kansas Historical Society (Website), viewed on Sept. 11, 2017(Kansas Territory; Territory of Kansas; territory included that of the present-day state of Kansas as well as the middle part of present-day Colorado)
found: The Colorado state constitution, c2011:p. 8 (when Kansas became a state in 1861, part of the Kansas Territory became part of the Colorado Territory)