History of Atchison County Kansas

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Sheffield Ingalls

Title

History of Atchison County, Kansas

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Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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English

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Atchison County (Kan.) -- History

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Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58216

Release Date

November 1, 2018

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Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF Atchison County KANSAS
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.INDEX.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. GEOLOGY.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. INDIAN HISTORY.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. EARLY EXPLORATIONS.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. TERRITORIAL TIMES.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY AND CITY OF ATCHISON.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. TOWNS, PAST AND PRESENT. — SUMNER. — “THE RISE AND FALL OF SUMNER. — OCENA. — LANCASTER. — PORT WILLIAM. — ARRINGTON. — MUSCOTAH. — EFFINGHAM. — HURON. — OLD MARTINSBURG. — BUNKER HILL. — LOCUST GROVE. — HELENA. — CAYUGA. — KENNEKUK. — KAPIOMA. — MASHENAH. — ST. NICHOLAS. — CONCORD. — PARNELL. — SHANNON. — ELMWOOD. — CUMMINGSVILLE. — EDEN P. O. — POTTER. — MOUNT PLEASANT. — LEWIS’ POINT. — FARLEY’S FERRY.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. THE CIVIL WAR. — “CIRCULAR TO OFFICERS. — “CONSTITUTION. — “OBJECT. — “OFFICERS. — “DUTIES OF OFFICERS. — “ADMISSION OF MEMBERS. — “INITIATION. — “WITHDRAWALS. — “AMENDMENTS. — “RITUAL.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. NAVIGATION. — STEAMBOAT LINES TO ATCHISON—1856. — STEAMBOAT REGISTER. — ST. LOUIS & ATCHISON UNION LINE. — ATCHISON FOR ST. LOUIS DAILY.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. OVERLAND FREIGHTING. — BUTTERFIELD’S OVERLAND DISPATCH. — OTHER ROUTES. — LAST DAYS OF THE STAGING BUSINESS.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. RAILROADS. — THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY. — ATCHISON & NEBRASKA CITY RAILROAD. — KANSAS CITY, LEAVENWORTH & ATCHISON RAILWAY COMPANY. — THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. — HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD. — HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD. — THE FIRST TELEGRAPH. — MODERN TRANSPORTATION.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. REMINISCENCES OF EARLY PIONEERS. — GENERAL D. R. ATCHISON. — MATT. GERBER. — J. H. TALBOTT. — COL. WILLIAM OSBORNE. — AMOS A. HOWELL. — JOHN W. CAIN. — DR. W. L. CHALLISS. — GEORGE SCARBOROUGH. — SAMUEL HOLLISTER. — JOHN TAYLOR. — JOHN M. CROWELL. — LUTHER DICKERSON. — LUTHER C. CHALLISS. — GEORGE W. GLICK. — DR. W. K. GRIMES. — JOSHUA WHEELER. — WILLIAM HETHERINGTON. — WILLIAM C. SMITH. — JOHN M. PRICE. — SAMUEL C. KING. — CLEM ROHR. — R. H. WEIGHTMAN.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. AGRICULTURE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. THE PRESS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. BANKS AND BANKING.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. CHURCHES. — CHRISTIAN. — PRESBYTERIAN. — BAPTIST. — SALEM CHURCH. — GERMAN EVANGELICAL ZION CHURCH. — FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST. — ST. PATRICK’S, MT. PLEASANT. — TRINITY CHURCH, EPISCOPAL. — ST. MARK’S ENGLISH LUTHERAN. — ST. BENEDICT’S ABBEY. — FIRST GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. — THE ATCHISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. — ATCHISON CITY SCHOOLS. — PRIVATE SCHOOLS. — MT. ST. SCHOLASTICA’S ACADEMY. — MIDLAND COLLEGE AND WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. — ST. BENEDICT’S COLLEGE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. BENCH AND BAR.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX MEDICAL PROFESSION.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS. — COURT HOUSE. — COUNTY HOSPITAL. — THE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. — STATE ORPHANS’ HOME. — ATCHISON PUBLIC LIBRARY. — ATCHISON HOSPITAL. — MASONIC TEMPLE.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. SOCIETIES AND LODGES. — BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS. — ATCHISON AERIE, NO. 173, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES. — SECRET SOCIETIES. — CATHOLIC SOCIETIES.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. OFFICIALS. — COUNTY—TOWNSHIP AND SCHOOL OFFICERS. — TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS—SHANNON TOWNSHIP. — LANCASTER TOWNSHIP. — GRASSHOPPER TOWNSHIP. — KAPIOMA TOWNSHIP. — BENTON TOWNSHIP. — CENTER TOWNSHIP. — MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. — WALNUT TOWNSHIP. — PRESENT ATCHISON COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1915–1916.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY — GEORGE WASHINGTON GLICK. — HORACE MORTIMER JACKSON. — ZAREMBA E. JACKSON. — THOMAS FRABLE. — JAMES W. ORR. — ANDREW B. SYMNS. — BALIE PEYTON WAGGENER. — ALBERT E. MAYHEW. — JOSEPH COUPE. — JOHN SEATON. — AARON S. BEST. — LOUIS C. ORR. — CARL LUDWIG BECKMAN. — JAMES GRANVILLE MORROW. — ORLANDO C. SCOVILLE. — JOHN JAMES INGALLS. — SIDNEY MARTIN. — ROBERT M. THOMAS. — WILLIAM McADAM. — CLAUDIUS D E MONT WALKER. — ALVA CURTIS TRUEBLOOD. — WILLIAM J. CLEM. — JARED COPELAND FOX. — JAMES EMERY PENNINGTON. — DR. EARL A. GILMORE. — ALFRED JONATHAN HARWI. — FRANK EDWIN HARWI. — JOSEPH TROMPETER. — JOSEPH N. ARTHUR. — DON CARLOS NEWCOMB. — WILSON R. SMITH. — GEORGE E. HENDEE. — WILLIAM D. KISTLER. — ANDREW KEITHLINE. — ABRAM STEVER. — REV. Z. S. HASTINGS. — KNUD G. GIGSTAD. — ALBERT BARNES HARVEY. — MARTIN KLEIN. — BARNEY CUMMINS. — ALVA CLAPP. — HON. GEORGE STORCH. — THOMAS BROWN. — ALBERT H. BLAIR. — GEORGE H. T. JOHNSON. — CHARLES H. JOHNSON — THOMAS C. TREAT. — CHARLES H. FUHRMAN. — CHARLES LINLEY. — WILLIAM H. BUSH. — MICHAEL J. HINES. — CHARLES H. FALK. — GEORGE DORSSOM. — CYRUS E. DAVIS. — HENRY BUTTRON. — W. H. SMITH. — JOSEPH W. ALLEN. — RALPH U. PFOUTS. — OLE G. GIGSTAD. — JOHN H. BARRY. — WARREN W. GUTHRIE. — JOHN PETER ADAMS. — WILLIAM ANTHONY JACKSON. — ROY C. TRIMBLE. — CHARLES J. CONLON. — JOHN F. CONLON. — THOMAS O. GAULT. — WILFULL A. STANLEY. — CHRISTIAN W. STUTZ. — MICHAEL JOSEPH HORAN. — RINHOLD FUHRMAN. — JOHN E. REMSBURG. — GEORGE J. REMSBURG. — WIRT HETHERINGTON. — HARRY L. SHARP. — HENRY KUEHNHOFF. — MRS. D. N. WHEELER. — NAPOLEON B. PIKE. — JOHN A. SCHOLZ. — WALTER E. BROWN. — E. G. BURBANK. — H. C. HANSEN. — JULIUS DEUTSCH. — STARK WILBOR ADAMS. — GEORGE SCHOLZ. — THOMAS E. HORNER, M. D. — JOSEPH E. GIBSON. — BENJAMIN PATTON CURTIS. — JOHN W. ABNER, M. D. — WILLIAM HENDERSON. — LUMAS M. JEWELL. — WILLIAM R. DONNELLAN. — LAFAYETTE T. HAWK. — JAMES R. GRAGG. — URI SEELEY KEITH. — CHARLES H. BURROWS. — JAMES EDWARD WILSON. — FREDERICK W. KOESTER. — CHARLES MYERS. — GEORGE H. T. SCHAEFER. — AMEL MARKWALT. — RUFUS BENTON PEERY. — JOHN L. RATERMAN. — ULYSSES B. SHARPLESS. — CONRAD M. VOELKER. — SAMUEL S. KING. — CHARLES T. GUNDY. — LOUIS R. KUEHNHOFF. — BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SANDERS. — KARL AUGUST KAMMER. — MARSHALL J. CLOYES. — MARK D. SNYDER. — EDWARD PERDUE. — DR. CHARLES L. HIXON. — LOUIS KLOEPPER. — CHARLES W. FERGUSON. — EARL V. JONES. — MRS. JULIA E. ADAMS BOYINGTON. — JOHN L. BLAIR. — ALFRED SHORTRIDGE. — O. M. BABCOCK. — JULIUS KUHN. — PETER WEBER. — ROBERT F. BISHOP. — HARRISON W. RUDOLPH. — EDWARD B. McCULLOUGH. — THOMAS E. BALLINGER. — ROGER PATRICK SULLIVAN. — JOHN FLEMING. — MARK H. HULINGS. — FRANK SUTTER. — BISHOP K. HAM. — CHARLES H. LINLEY. — L. C. ARENSBERG. — W. B. COLLETT. — JAMES DOOLEY. — ABRAHAM HOOPER. — ALBERT J. SMITH. — JOHN E. DUNCAN. — WILLIAM SCHAPP. — THOMAS LINCOLN BLODGETT. — JOHN R. OLIVER. — LEO NUSBAUM. — CHARLES J. KEITHLINE. — SHEFFIELD INGALLS. — E. P. PITTS, M. D. — JOHN FANKHANEL. — EDWARD J. KELLY. — Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Effingham, Kansas. — BENTON L. BROCKETT. — JOHN STUTZ. — A. S. SPECK. — ROBERT L. GRIMES. — CHRIST KANNING. — THEO INTFEN. — THOMAS FINNEGAN. — SAMUEL E. BALLINGER. — CHARLES WILLIAM ROBINSON. — JOHN McINTEER. — HENRY HANSON LOUDENBACK. — FRANK P. WERTZ. — THOMAS L. CLINE. — ROBERT FORBRIGER. — HIRAM H. HACKNEY. — GEORGE EDWIN WHITE. — GEORGE W. THOMPSON. — B. F. TOMLINSON. — JOHN D. HAWK. — HERBERT J. BARBER. — ROBERT PINDER. — THOMAS J. POTTER. — BENJAMIN F. SHAW. — LAWRENCE GRIFFIN. — CHARLES E. BARKER. — JOHN E. SULLIVAN. — SAMUEL L. LOYD. — JULIUS KAAZ. — GEORGE W. REDMOND, M. D. — FREDERICK W. LINCOLN. — JOHN C. VALENTINE. — GUSTAVE STUTZ. — THOMAS O. PLUMMER. — HOWARD E. NORTH. — NICHOLAS BOOS. — JUNE E. MOORE. — W. PERRY HAM. — FRANK BEARD. — THOMAS HIGHFILL. — JOHN H. BEAN. — ANDREW SPEER. — SAMUEL EDWARD FIECHTER. — MRS. JENNIE CIRTWILL. — ASA BARNES. — CHARLES ARTHUR CHANDLER. — GRACE CROSBY POWER. — WILLIAM H. THOMPSON. — JOHN HENRY NASS. — FRANK M. WOODFORD. — HOLMES DYSINGER, D. D. — CHARLES LANGE. — CHARLES L. ALKIRE. — W. D. CHALFANT. — JACOB BUTTRON. — GEORGE SCHRADER. — WILLIAM T. HUTSON. — JOHN BEYER. — JOSEPH H. WATOWA. — NATHAN T. VEATCH. — JAMES L. ARMSTRONG. — JOHN FERRIS. — MARCUS J. LAIRD. — ALLEN T. BILDERBACK. — WILLIAM M. NITZ. — HENRY GLATTFELDER. — THOMAS W. TUCKER. — J. F. FLYNN. — ERNEST C. HAZEL. — ALEXANDER H. CALVERT. — JOHN STODDARD. — AARON B. EVANS. — RALPH A. ALLISON. — FRED SUTTER. — EDMOND W. ALLEN. — LUTHER CORTELYOU. — WILLIAM S. HUBBARD. — O. O. BARKER, M. D. — DR. CHARLES M. LUKENS. — JAMES M. TRIMBLE. — JOHN EDWARD SULLIVAN. — RIENZI M. DUNLAP. — LEWIS P. Du BOIS. — EDWIN S. WOODWORTH. — HAL C. LOW. — D. ANNA SPEER. — JOSEPH C. GREENAWALT. — HENRY NIEMANN. — FRED W. KAUFMAN. — ARNOLD LANGE. — WILLIAM H. GRANER. — HENRY C. GRANER. — RICHARD E. KING. — JOHN MOECK. — JOHN O. A. MILLER. — CHARLES CARLTON HART. — WILLIAM YOUNG. — JAMES E. BEHEN. — FRED HARTMAN. — OSCAR A. SIMMONS. — H. B. WALTER. — HEKELNKAEMPER BROTHERS. — CLEM P. HIGLEY. — WILLIAM E. HUBBARD. — DRENNAN L. DAWDY. — JOHN M. PRICE. — BOYD ROYER. — LEWIS H. HUBBARD. — ARTHUR S. SCHURMAN. — C. A. LILLY, M. D. — FRANK J. WATOWA. — LEWIS BRADLEY. — ALFRED J. HAMON. — JOHN GRIFFIN. — DAVID BEYER. — GEORGE W. GIBSON. — FRANK J. HUNN. — AUGUST J. WOLF. — FRANK J. WAGNER. — WILLIAM WEHKING. — WILLIAM HARTMAN. — ROYAL BALDWIN. — DAVIS W. COLLINS. — GEORGE GOODWIN. — RICHARD B. CLEVELAND. — GEORGE V. ANDERSON. — GEORGE L. BROWN. — JOHN A. REYNOLDS. — WILLIAM SUTTER. — JAMES ISHAM HOLMES. — EDWIN TAYLOR SHELLY, M. D. — EDGAR WATSON HOWE. — WILLIAM F. SPEER. — EDMUND BULLOCK. — PRESLEY H. CALVERT. — WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN. — WILLIAM MANGELSDORF. — ALBERT H. MANGELSDORF. — FRED BINKLEY. — JOHN DRIMMEL. — AUGUST MANGELSDORF. — FRANK A. MANGELSDORF. — PAUL ATKIN. — PETER PARSONS. — HENRY SCHIFFBAUER. — WILLIAM ADDISON MCKELVY. — GEORGE ROBERT HOOPER. — RUTHERFORD B. HAWK. — CALVIN BUSHEY. — MARTIN C. VANSELL. — FRANK W. BISHOP. — WILLIAM RYAN. — JAMES H. GARSIDE. — WILLIS J. BAILEY. — JOHN A. KRAMER. — JOHN BELZ.
31. 31.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES.

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