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Welcome to
Woodson County, Kansas
History & Genealogy


 

Source:
History of Allen and Woodson Counties, Kansas
Illustrated
Embellished with Portraits of Well Known People of These Counties
With Biographies of Our Representative Citizens, Cuts of Public Buildings and a Map of Each County
Edited and Compiled by
L(ew) Wallace Duncan
Chas. F. Scott
Publ. Iola, Kansas
Iola Register, Printers and Binders
1901

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ALLEN COUNTY, KANSAS    -     WOODSON COUNTY, KANSAS

PREFACE  
LOCATION AND NATURAL FEATURES 5
NATURAL RESOURCES 6
THE TERRITORIAL PERIOD 8
THE WAR PERIOD 21
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF PEACE 25
THE FIRST LAND TITLES 31
SOME OF THE "FIRST" THINGS 33
THE REMINISCENCE OF AN OLD SETTLER,
     By I. B. Lawyer		 35
THE BENCH and BAR 37
VALENTINE'S RECOLLECTIONS 38
     
  HUMBOLDT LAWYERS PRIOR to 1880
     - By Hon. L. W. Keplinger
 - Judge Valentine's Recollections		 41
   - Orlin Thurston
 - John R. Goodin
 - Eli Gilbert
 - John Q. A. Porter
 - J. B. F. Cates
 - H. C. Whitney
 - Thomas L. Byrne
 - H. M. Burleigh
 - G. P. Smith
 - L. W. Keplinger
 - E. A. Barber
 - George A. Amos
 - W. J. Larimer
 - William Henry Slavens
 - J. O. Fife
 - Milford H. Donoho
 		  
  Other Allen County Attorneys 50
   - C. M. Simpson
 - J. H. Richards
 - W. G. McDonald
 - J. K. Boyd
 - R. H. Knight
 - B. O. Davidson
 - A. C. Bogle
 - J. H. Fisher
 - C. E. Benton
 - A. C. Scott
 - John C. Gordon
 - Nelson F. Acers
 - Henry W. Talcott
List of other Attorneys		  
THE SWEDISH SETTLEMENT 54
THE DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF NATURAL GAS 56
CHURCHES and SCHOOLS 59
THE CRIMINAL RECORD 62
ELECTION RETURNS and ORDER STATISTICS 64
GENEVA
     - By C. L. Knowlton		 69
IOLA
     - Iola Register
     - Allen County Couant
     - Iola Farmers Friend
     - Allen County Herald
     - Western Sentinel
     - Iola Daily News
     - Iola Daily Record
     - IOLA CHURCHES
          - American M. E.
          - Baptist, First
          - Baptist, Second
          - Catholic
          - Methodist
          - Presbyterian
          - Reformed
          - United Brethren
     - IOLA NEWSPAPERS
          - Iola Register
          - Allen County Couroant
          - Iola Farmers Friend
          - Allen County Herald
          - Western Sentinel
          - Iola Daily News
          - Iola Daily Record		 73
POPULATION and WEALTH 81
MORAN
     By Mrs. H. L. Bassett		 82
SAVONBURG
     By C. A. Reynolds.		 88
HUMBOLDT 91
GAS CITY 95
LAHARPE
     By J. Q. Roberts
 		 95
GAS 95
ELSMORE
     By Jesse P. Decker		 96
BIOGRAPHIES 100
REMINISCENCE of an OLD SETTLE 341
ELECTION RETURNS and OTHER STATISTICS 648
   

PART II

WOODSON COUNTY
WOODSON COUNTY 579
EARLY SETTLERS 582
RAILROADS, TOWNS, etc. 586
WOODSON COUNTY NEWSPAPERS 587
BENCH AND BAR 589
PUBLIC SCHOOLS 894
POLITICS and ELECTION RETURNS 599
TORONTO 608
NEOSHO FALLS 610
MEDICAL PROFESSION 618
BIOGRAPHIES 626
WOODSON COUNTY in WAR 685

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