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Gb^NEALOGY GOCLECnriOW
30UNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
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iij.aiji: iii'*s'2ja:Miifii^
AND THE
\ INDIAN ATROCITIES
it
*i Its Final Skttlemunt, Orgaki2l\tion and Progress. Its Present
j Society, Churches and .Schools. Its Towns, Streams,
jl Topography, Soil and Products. Its Population,
i^ Township ORGAdJi};ATioNS and Officers. Its
p Industries', Bi siness. Resources, &:c.
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INTRODUCTION.
A ocmi»]cte hi'^ton^ of any county is one of the inipossibilitios, but in this*
little book, we fiattcr ourselves that we have come as near perfection lyi in
possible. In the preparation of a work of this kind, wc arc not unniindfiil
of the fact that in gathering information from so many different sourceis
inaccuraces are liable to creep in, but in this instance, we have carefully
weighed and proved each item, rejecting what seemed to be chalf, and ad-
mitting only the bare unvarnished facts. Of the incidents relating to the
early history of Jev*-ell county we have onl-y given place to a few of thv,
most interesting, i-ejecting, of necessity, many that have come into our
possession, for want of space. The early history of this county is most in-
tensely thrilling, not a stream or section within its borders but what bears
I'ecord of the fierce and bloody strife waged by barbarism to beat back the
ever advancing tide of civilization'.
Citizens of Jewell county, this little work is your friend and co-laborer.
In its production, the autliors have recognized and acted u])on the theory
tJiat every dweller on our lovely prairies, and by our timber-belLed streams,
are, while laboring to plant their own hon^ss in the sunshine of ]>vosi)cri1y,
also laboring to advance the material interests of the county at large. In
this spirit hiis this work been conceived, nourished, brought forth, and
finally oITored to you to be^ friend and co.npanlon at your firesides, and a
messenger of good, by disseminating a better knowledge of the county wo
ail think is the best.
Buy one, take it home and read it to your family, and then come back
and buy five more copies to send to your friends '"Back East." In this way
you can help us make a fortune, and very materially assist in building up
and enriching one of the fairest counties in all the great New West.
M. WINSOR,
JAMES A. &CARBEOUGH.
Je^ll Citv, Kansas^ April, 1878.
J-E^VE^LI^ COXIMTY".
Je wk ll County, Kansas, is located
in the Northern Tier of Counties, im-
mediately soutli of the Fortieth Par-
allel, and Avest.of the Sixth Principal
Miu-idian. It is ir.O milcG, on an air
line, Avcst of the Missouri river. It is
;$() miles square, and is divided into 25
Con<.:iessioaiil Townsliips, and con-
tai;is n7f;,()(!(> acres of tlic finest land in
all the."Grea'. Nov/ Y/est."
STUEAMS AND TI?JBEIl.
The i)rinci})al streams are White
Koek, Limestone, JJufl'iilo, Marsh and
IJrown's creeks. While Boek flows
through the second tier of townships,
from v/est to e<ist, eni])tying into the
llepubliean river 4 miles east of the
eounty lin.e. It lias numerous tribu-
taries, both from the north and south,
■vvliich drain almost the entire north-
ern half Oi the county, the principal
of whicli are Burr Oak, Walnut and
Montana from the north, and Porcu-
pine, Troublesome, Big Timber and
John's from the south. Limestone
has five princi]ial branches, all flow-
ing in a southerly course, and drains
the southwestern part of the county,
falling into the Solomon river 5i miles
;;outh of the county line. Buffalo has
ihreo principal branches, all of" which
rise near the centre of the county and
flow in a southerly course, forming a
junction Gi miles from the south lino
of the county; thence running east
through the northern portions of the
southern tier of townshii)3 and empty-
ing into the Republican river 12 miles
<;ast of tlie eastern lino of the county.
Little Clieyenno is also a tributary of
the Bafi'alo, coming in from the south.
Marsh creek has three )>rincipal
branches, wliich rise in and drain the
i>astern mickllo portion of the county.
Brown's creek drains the middle
southern portion, emptying 'into the
Solomon river GJ miles south of the 1 population 12,817, an increase of 12,612
southern lino. All of these streams j in seven years. We challenge any
have numerous- snudl tributaries, all j other county dn the State, with or
of which, v>'ith the main streams, are without railroads, to produ'ce as favor-
belted with from 10 to 80 rods of tim- able a*howing.
ber, consisting of burr oak, ash, hack-' | _ Th» A«6essors' returns for 1877-show
berry, walnut, recKand white elm, hox 77,635 acres of land in cultivation in
older, red cedar and cottonwood. It Jewell county.
will thus be seen that the county is
unusually well watered and timbered.
THE SURFACE
of the county is generally a level and
undulating prairie, a narrow line of
bluffs running from northeast to
southwest, comprising the only rough
portion of this "Jewel."
THE SOIL
is a rich, black, vegetable mold, from
three to twenty feet deej), all under-
laid with porous clay. This country
giving unmistakable evidence of hav-
ing once been the bed of a shallow,
warm ocean, with low islands, numer-
ous fossils of tropical vegetation and
saurian reptiles having been found.
THE BEST OF WATER
is found everywhere by digging to a
depth of from 15 to 60 feet. Fine flow-
ing springs are also numerous.
BUILDING STONE,.
of excellent quality, is found in great
abundance along the banks of all the
streams, many kinds of which can be
cut into any desirable shai)e with a
common saw.
POPULATION.
For an inland county, deprived of
the help of railroads, the increase in
population in Jewell county since 1870,
the date of its first permanent settle-
ment, has been most wonderful. In
1870, the population was 205; in 1875,
it hud increased to 7,651; and in 1877,
the official reports place the popula-
tion at 9,767. Since the last numera-
tion, just one year ago, the immigra-
tion to the county has been unprece-
dented, and we are convinced that we
are safe in placing its present popula-
tion at 12,000. According to official
returns, Jewell county has 3,662 school
children, j;vhich, reckoning 3i per&ODS
to each scholar, which is the custom-
ary rule, would make our present
FIRST SETTLE»tENT.
"TOO MUCH INDIAN."
Ill the sprini? oi 1802 William Harsh- i
Lorscr unci wife, John Furrows and I
Asburry Clark, wife and child, fj-om I
Knox county. 111., settled on Whit(> |
Hock creek ; the first two in Ji;wcll {
county and the latter juyt in the wc.^t j
edge of Republic county. Hai'shbcr- <
fivr took the claini now owned by Al. j
Woodruff, adjoining- the town of White I
Pvock. Furrows took one-half of wluit '
is now William Nixon's farm, and nuc-
lialf of the farm now owned by Mrs. i
Frazier, adjoining' Harshber^j^n'Oii the ,
west. All built cabins, broke j^Tound
<md made preparations for making i
this beautiful valley their future [
home. But two incidents in connec- i
tion with this "first .settlement" had j
the effect to cause them to change j
their minds tind seek a land where
their associations were more conge- j
nial. These incidents arc briefly re- i
lated as follows : I
One day, after Laving built their !
cabins, and while resting in fancied ^
security, Mrs. Clark went to visit her [
sister, Mrs. Harshberger, leaving her i
little tive year old boy at home with :
his father. During her absence a \
band of "noble red men," arrayed in
all the paraphernalia of lavage life, !
si^iddenly made their appearance at i
Clark's cabin. This unexpected and '
wholly unlooked for "call" so com- j
pletely embarassed (?) Clark that, |
feeling his utter inability to appear I
to advantage in such august company, !
he very abruptly and unceremoni- |
ously excused himself, and beat a '
hasty retreat, leaving his almost
infant son to do the hospitalities of ;
the mansion alone. I
It must be remembered that this ,
little incident occurred two years j
lirior to the great Indian outbreak, '
which afterwards drenched this fair I
land in innocent blood and caused the I
death of so many of our brave and j
hardy pioneers, and when all the In- '
dians of the Plains were at pea^ie and
friendly with the white sowiers.
Therefore when a settler, living a few
miles down tfe cr^ek, and who was
Ix^tter acquainted with the natures of
the "ciUl," came up luvi found the In-
dians there, he was not at all alanned,
but on entering the cabin he was
not a little surprised to tind Clark ab-
sent and his innocent little son doing
tlie honors of the shanty, and show-
ing his red visitors everything it con-
tained, n:iuch to their amusement.
Tlic Indians left sJioilly afterAvards
witl)Out doing atiy mischi(>f, but it i.s
an iulndtted fact that their visit, how-
<'vcr friendly, was not a]M)i"('ciate(l b\'
the Clark family, as they extended n(j
invjt!<io/i to "call again."
XSI'KIUTJ', INDIAN II.X'ITLK.
Tlio ,sc<'ond incident was ,'i desiier-
aU^ Indian battle betweiMi the Sioux
and Pawnc-os near this se tlenumt but
a .short time subsequent to the inci-
dent above narrate(.l, in whicli the for-
mer were victorious. A Pawnee, pur-
sued by two relentless Sioux, sought
shelter in Clark's cabin and begged to
be hid. Clark refused, telling him
that lie dared not comi)ly witli his re-
(luest for fear of his own life. His
pursuers coming up almost immedi-
ately, were about to tomahawk their
defenseless victim in the cabin, when
Clark interf(>rred, telling them not to
kill him there, b>it to take him away,
which they did, taking him a short
distance from the cabin and litterallv
cutting him all to pieces. On thi»
visit the Indians told the settlers that
they had better leave, as a big waif
was about to break out, and when it
did, the White Rock Valh^y would not
be a very desirable locality in which
to reside. By this time it may be im-
agined that the settlers were getting
intoapro])er frame of mind to take
that kind of advice, believing, as they
doubtless did, that the country was
too new for them to remain. They left.
This was the first ripple of the ever-
flowing tide of civilization that un-
cea-singl/ moves westward, flood-
ing and su'bduing nature's wildness.
Though it receded, it was soon fol-
lowed by another, more strong, which
in turn, was succeeded by a third, and
a fourth, and finally, in 1870, the great
tidal wave came along and sweptthe
last vefitago of savage ]:)Ower a hun-
dred or more miles farther west.
Second Settlement.
Broken np by Indian Atrocities.—
^Several Settlers Killed and One
Woman Carried into Captivity.
Marllnj? rociininj? about in a dazeti
condition. Her late terrible suffer-
ings had rendered her perfectly wild,
and when she discovered the rcliel
I)arty, she could only see in them her
l-rt:^ fiendish and inhuman persecu-
The second settlement of jewel:! ^^^^-■^"^.i" 0^*^^.^. ^^ escar. ^beinrr re-
set
County was made in the spring of 18G(j
J)y William Belknap; John Rice, wife
^md two (-hildren- NJcholas Ward,
wife andadopfo'^l sxMi; an old man by
.the name of Flint; Mrs. .»Sutzer .and
M u; Al. Dart; Arch Bump.; Ei-astus
.I3artlett, and John Marling, wife and
child, who all took claims o- ^ite
Jlock creek. Bclkna]>'s claim wa-5 five
.mil(>s west of th(^ .present town of
White Rock; Marling took a claim
near the ])resent town of Rubens;
AVard took a claim 'pne mile and a
half cast of Rubens, now owned by
Vetcr Kcarns. Rice and all the oth-
ers took claims in the immediate vi-
<'inity of Ward's, and all of them went
industriously to work, improving
llieir new liomes, with no fears of
danger or molestation. But a chiinge
."•looii came over the spirit of their
taken- she cortinu dly Sarted from
j,)iace to place as fast as her little
child, v/.ho accompanied her, would
l)ermit. It w.as \tith considerable
dil^culty that her husband could get
near enough to make her hear her
name — "Elizabetli"— called. Hearing
her name tailed, she knew they were
friends, and stopped. In the mean
time, the Indians had taken all the
provi&i<?ns, and everything in the way
of detfe <A)Out the cabin, even empty-
ing the Trather beds for the ticks, and
setting firb to the -cabin, had Uiken
their departure.
FALLING B.VCK.
The entire settlement theti look the
alarm tmd- fell back to the stockade in
Republic county, where they remain-
ed for two days, when they all went
down to Clyde, in Cloud county, in
dreams, which culminated in oue of j consequence of a reported general
1 he most
TERRIBLE INDIA.V 01 iRAGE?,
tliat ever took place on our M-^estcrn
frontier. One evening in August of
the same year, (IHOO,) a war ])arty of
i'heyennes, numbering about iO, ca>ne
< lashing up to Marling's (^abiii. When
MarPing saw them <:oming, he ran out
to whei'e his horstvs wej-e lariated for
the purpose of g<itt-ing one of them to
ride down the <u-eek .and give the
alarm. Immi;diately after he left the
Indian lit'iuls entered the cabin an^l
])lacingii roitc around Mrs. Marling's
neck, ti-iey dru,gge(l Jier a short dis-
tance into the timber, where the
whole i)ar.ty outraged her in the most
briital and ilendish manner, and left
lier in an insensible condition. Mar-
ling fied forussistance to the stockade,
just below White Rock City. Thomas
Lovewell, an old setthu- of Republic
county; Rice and Bumi> early the
next morning accompanied Marling
back up Uie creek, and when about
four miles west of the county line, I Bartiett, Mrs. Sutzer, her little son,
and about six miles eastof the scene of juid Nicholas Ward, and dcoperatcly
Uie outrage, tliey dLscovercd Mi'a. ' wouiidiug Ward's adopted c;cii, Icav-
ludian massacre, which, however,
])rovcd\mfounded. In about five days
J\Ir. Lovewell and his wife returned
to their claim, and on the sixth day
Ward came back and killed a loa«l of
l>u{Talo meat, which he took back to
.the settlements around Clyde for s;ile.
BETURNING TO THEIR CLAIMS.
Directly afterwards Lovewcil and
his wife started out on a buffalo htmt,
and found Rice and Bartlett on their
claims, to which they had rt turned
by another route. The scare being
over the settlers nil returned to their
claims during the fall, where Ihey rc-
nuiined undisturbed until the next
spring, when a second dash upon this
unfortunate settlement by the
INHUMAN RED DEVILS
cost the liv-es of four settlers and
drove the i>cst from the county for-
ever.
On the Dth day of April, 1807, the
Cheyemies made another descent
upontJTis devoted settlement, killinjjf
ing him for dead, and carn'ing" Mrs.
Ward off, a captive. The particulars
of this
HOURIBLE MASSACRE
are as follows : The Indians came to
Mrs. Sutzer's cabin, where Bartlett
was boarding, and demanded dinner,
which she proceeded to prepare, in
the mean time sending her little son
across the creek to Ward's to inform
them of the presence of the Indians.
Bartlett was down in the timber, split-
ting rails, and returning for dinner,
was met by the Indians and toma-
hawked as he was passing^round the
corner of the house. He was found
lying on his back, his iron wedge near
his right hand and his own knife— a
dirk— sticking in his throat. It is
thought that when Bartlett was killed
Mrs. Sutzer started to run. She was
found dead about thirty yards from
the house with her skull crushed with
a rock. It appears that the cunning
fiends had refrained from using fire-
arms for fear of raising an alarm.
After completing their bloody work
at Mrs. Sutzer's the Indians crossed
the creek to Ward's cabin, and again
called for dinner, which Mrs. Ward
prepared for them. They eat th^ir
dinner, smoked their pipes and chat-
ted away in the most friendly manner.
At the conclusicm of their "sm^oke;"
one of them very coolPy loaded his
gun and asked Ward if he thought it
would kill a buffalo. Ward replied
that he thought it would. Whereupon
the Indian instantly leveled his gun
at Ward's breast and shot him through
the heart, killing him immediately.
The two boys— Ward's and Mrs. Sut-
zer's— then started to run. The Indi-
ans pursued them, following them to
the bank of the creek, and shooting
them down in the bed of the stream.
The Sutzer boy was shot through the
heart; instantly killed. The Ward boy
was shot through f the neck and left
for dead. Some time during the suc-
ceeding night, however, he recovered
his senses, aixa groping his way back
to the cabin in the dark, found the
door broken down and entered. Feel-
ing around in the dark with his hands
he stumbled and [fell over the dead
body of his adopted father. Procur-
ing some blankets from one of the
beds, he returned to the timber, where
he remained the balance of t'ne night,
and was found the nc:ct morniTig by a
party of claim hunters, to whom he
told the above sad and harrowiiig tale.
It api^ears that when the Indians
ran out to shoot the boys, Llrs. War*!
must have shut and bolted the door,
when the Indians returning, broke it
down and took her prisoner..
HER. SAD FATE
will probably never be known, as up
to the present time, after tlio lapse
of eleven years, nothing definite has
ever been heard of her. Every effort
to find her, by Mr.-Fliut, her grand-
father, and by her relatives in South-
ern Illinois, was made, that love or
money could devise, but all to no
purpose. She was never found. About
two months after her capture an ar-
ticle appeared in the Junction City
Union which probably throws a little
ray of_light on this dark page. It was
a description of a white woman seen
by some negro soldiers, wandering
solitary and alone on the Saline
river. At their approach she ran out
of an old, deserted cabin, and made
for ^hc timber, apx^arently in great
terror, evidently mistaking tlie negro
soldiers for Indians. The soldiers, on
the 'other hand, fearing she might be
an Indian decoy, did not follow. As
their description corresponds with
that given of Mrs. Ward, and as ijoth-
ing has ever since been heard of her,
there is but little doubt that it was
her, and that she had escaped .from
the Indians, only to perish of hunger
and terror, alone on the silent prairie.
Mrs." Ward is described as a tall and
prepossessing young woman, not over
tv/enty-two years of age, respectably
connected and beloved by all who had
the pleasure of her acquaintance.
OUB INDIAN POLICY.
The uncertain fate of Mrs. Ward ;
the fact that the Government never
made any effort to rescue her, or as-
certain anything concerning her; the
fact that the Indians were all supplied
with the most approved arms and am-
munition; the fact that the frontier
settlers were left wholly unprotected ;
all, together with a thousand other
facte of similar import, go to make
aj) a Si!.d commentary on our Indian
policy, as it Vv'as, as it is, and as it al-
ways v/ill bo, until the "Government"
learns that it is as much its duty to
y/iYQ full and amyjle protection to its
•own citizojis as to its murderous, lazy,
thieving and treacherous "wards."
TEE SURVIVORS.
Mr. Flint was gone to Clyde after a
stove for Mrs. Y/ard at the time of the
massacre, and thus escaped the sad
fate of his friends. He afterv^^ards re-
turned to Illinois, where he was ap-
])ointed administrator of a large estate
that poor Mrs. Ward had fallen heir
to. He never returned to Kansas. His
claim was the one now owned by Jno.
H. "Wudley, one mile east of Eubens.
Bartlott's and Bump's claims are now
owned by Martin Dahl. Eice's claim
is now ov/ncd by Peter Tanner.
Marling got his feet frozen in March
before the massacre, and with his
wife and child, h;id gone to Missouri.
He now lives ner.r Fort Scott, Kansas,
and talks of soon returning to Jewel!
county.
Arch. Bump was waylaid, shot and
instantly killed on Upton creek. Cloud
county, live miles west of Clyde, in
May. Vincent Davis was also shot
at the s;imo time, and severely wovu-
ded, dying several years afterwards,
from the wound. The shooting v/as
supposed to have been done by a cou-
ple of Jev/ peddlers. At least the evi-
dence was BO strong against them
that they were liung to a tree on Elm
creek, in Cloud county.
Al. Dart was absent after a load of
provisions. Mrs. Dart returned to
Clyde, where she met her husband.
Coming to the conclusion that White
Kock was not a very healthy locality
In which to reside, just at that time^
Dart took a claim south of the Repub-
lican river, near Clyde, where he has
lived ever since, until a few weeks
ago, when he died. Mrs. Dart still
lives on the Cloud county Homestead.
Rice left, but came back in 1868 on
a buffalo hunt, with a company of
'tender feet"— new comers— and went
into camp one night, four miles up
Burr Oak creek. Had their horses
stolen ]j ■. .• '-■'■ci a mnn in Re-
public county to haul their wagons
back to the settlements. Rice never
came back. "Too much Indian."
The greatest desire of the Indians,
in the matter of plunder, appeared to
be cotton cloth, and to that end beds,
flour sacks, and even small sacks con-
taining seeds, were emptied of their
contents and carried off. The horses
and mules of the settlers were taken,
but the cattle were left unmolested.
EN WHICH IHDIAITS PIGTTSE.
Before the bloody event narrated in
the last chapter, game of all kinds,
being plenty, frequent hunting expe-
ditions took place, one of which is re-
lated as follows :
In October, 18GG, a hunting party
made up of the settlers on White Rock,
and a party of sportsmen from Nema-
ha county, all under the lead of S. M.
Fisher, of Republic county, went up
the creek on a hunt. Near the pres-
ent town of Holmwood they were
joined by Thomas Lovewell and
Chauncoy Dart, v,'ho had also started
out on a hunt, and all went into camp
together for the night. The next day
the whole party went southwest to
the Limestone, where Lovewell and
Dart separated from the Fisher party,
the former going southwest, and the
latter going southeast Soon after
their separation, and when only
about two miles apart, Fisher's party
were suddenly surrounded by a band
of about 80 Indians, and offering no
resistance, the Indians completely
stripped them of all their surplus pro-
visions; revolvers and revolver am-
unition, but very humanely allowed
them to retain their guns and gun
amunition, and told them they must
not hunt there. The whole proceed-
ing was in plain view, and was
witnessed by Lovewell and his com-
panion. The Fisher party gladly took
the Indians' advice and retraced t"heir
steps, camping at night on the same
spot where they had camped the pre-
vious night. In the morning, a single
Indian rode into camp. Re tor;l: a
st:\inrr liku-/' ro jifUiHT liowdev l'^'""
owned by Marling, and was coolly pro-
ceeding to appropriate it, when Mar-
ling objected and hurled the Indian
fi-om him. Then Fisher spoke and
said: "Let the d d red cuss haA'c
it, but if ever they come down the
creek, we'll give them h 11." Mar-
ling took off the horn and gracefully
I)resentcd it to tlic Indian, who put it
over his shoulder, mounted his pony,
turned suddenly and' shot Fisher in
the back with hi* revolver. Fisher
carries the ball to this day under his
shoulder blade. Marling, caught up
a Henry rifle and was about to dis-
patch Mr. Lo> when Fisher interposed,
saying : "For God's sake, don't shoot
him, for if you doj we will all be kill-
ed," and the Indian was allowed to
depart in peace. Without doubt a
large band of Indians was within hail-
ing distance, and Mr. Fisher did for
the best, thus averting another bloody
massacre.
"white INDIANS."
Lovewell and Dart, after leaving
the other party, went across Oak
Creek and finding no game finally
reached the Republican river in Ne-
braska, where they killed a load of
elk. Here Al. Dart was also-hunting,
and seeing Lovewell, took him for an
Indian. Running into the timber for
his team of cattle, he drove into the
settlement in Jewell county that day
and night, a distance of fifty milci?.
When Lovewell got back, three days
after, the whole settlement was in a
fever of excitement, and preparing to
leave, but were i>ersnaded to remain,
which they did, until after the massa-
cre in April following, (heretofore de-
scribed) when the survivors all left,
thoroughly disheartened. Thus ended
the "Second Settlement" of Jewell
County.
Third Settlement,
And Some Incidents Connected
Therewith.— Another Victim to
Savage Hate.
After the bloody incidents recorded
in the preceding chapter, which cul-
minated in the breaking up of the
settlement, the Indians were left in.
unilisputcd possession of the coiint\
for about one year.
February 20, 18(;8, Richard Stanfield!
homesteadedtlu'sw.l Section '.), Town-
ship '2 south, Rangf (> west. Commut-
ed June 30, 18W). March 18, 18(;s, Cail
(t. Smith h'omesteadcd the .s^ nci and
AvA sei Section 7, Township 12 south.
Range (; west. Commuted' July 1!;,
1870. June '2(1, 1808, Allen D. Woodruff
homesteaded si sci Section 12, and ni
nei Section' l;i, Townslup '2 south,
Range 6 west. This is the same <'laiui
that William Harshbcrgcr settU'd on
in 1862, being the first claim taken in
the county.
In the sjiring of l^r.R, Gordon Win-
bigler and Adam Rosenberg took
claims on White Rock creek, the for-
mer taking the claim now owned by
Thomas E. West, near Rubens, and
the latter taking a claim a short dis-
tance west of Rubens. V/inbigler
■»va&
KILLED BY AN INDIAN
on the 12th day of the following A»i-
gust, on the east .s-ide of the Republi-
can river, opposite the mouth of
White Rock creek, whither all the
settlers in that section of country had
congregated for the purpose of forti-
fying a camp, and preparing for win-
ter. A number of men were o\it cut-
ting hay, when they were suddenly
attaeksd by a body of mounted In-
diana. All run for the eamp and es-
caped except W^iubigler, who stoi)pcd
to pick up his hat which fell off on
the way. ; His anxiety to- save his
head gear cost him his life, for in
stopping to pick up his hat, he v.-as
(iwertaken by an Indian, and was kill-
ed by u thrust of his lance, which
struck him in the neck,, severing the
jugular vein. This toofc place in plain
view of all assembled at the cam]),,
including quite a number of women
and children.
INDIAN SUPEKSTITION.
Winbigler had a little dog, that,
after the death of its master, set up
a terrible howl. Now the Indians
have a superstition that the spirits of
those who are killed take the form of
animals, and when this little dog set
up its mournful howl, they, after sev-
eral ineffectual attempts to kill, it.
came to the conclusion that it was
Winbigler's spirit, and was there to
torment them for his death ; to escape
which the entire band suddenly with-
drew, leaving this whole section free
of their presence. This attack on the
"White Rock settlers was made on the
same day that White was killed and his
daughter taken prisoner on Granite
creek in Cloud county. On this day
the Indians made a simultaneous at-
tack on all the settlers along the fron-
tier, from the Saline to the Republican
river, murdering about forty men,
women and children, indiscrimin-
ately.
Adam Rosenberg is still living in
the county, though in 18G9 he enlisted
at Manhattan, in the 19th Kansas Vol-
unteers, and was with Gen. Custer pn
his famous expedition to the Canadian
river, in the Indian Territory, where
Mrs. Morgan and Miss White were
rescued from the Indians. As his
name would imply, Adam Rosenberg
is a Dutchman, and is something of
an odd genius, commonly called "Old
Adam." Adam weis present at the
death of Winbigler, and afterwards
got his hat, and it is thought, got an
Indian about the same time, he hav-
ing fired several shots at them, one
appearing to have taken effect. After
the killing of Winbigler, Thomas
Lovewell and Adam were the only
two settlers who remained on the
creek that winter, from its head to its
mouth, and' they employed their time
in numerous
HUKTrNQ EXPEDITIONS,
some of which we will briefly notice,
on account of the part taken in them
by the Indians. In September, 1868,
one of these hunts was taken on the
Republican river, near the present
town of Superior, Nebraska. They
were accompanied by James Reed,
his son and Robert Watson, from Lake
Sibley, in Cloud county. They had
just killed their first buffalo, when
tiiey discovered a band of 3G Indians
making directly for them. The team
was sent down a ravine out of sight,
while Lovewell and Reed went in
another direction to mislead the In-
dians. This ruse was successful. Af-
tcj: getting the Indians far enough
away to insure the safety of the team,
they suddenly disappeared down a
ravine,, and after several miles of pret-
ty fast traveling, again rejoined their
friends with the wagon. The last seen
of the Indians, they were on the north
side of White Rock, near the mouth
of John's creek, which was in the
direction that Lovewell and Reed first
started.
The next day they tried hunting in
another direction, going southwest to
the forks of Marsh creek. Here the
team was left in the thick timber,
while Lovewell and Reed started for
a herd of buffalo, which could be seen
about five miles distant, Adam and
the rest of the party remaining on
I guard near the team. After the hunt-
|-ers had proceeded apart of the way
in the direction of the supposed game,
they discovered, that instead of buf-
falo, they were after a party of In-
dians, who immediately proceeded to
hunt them. The hunters took to their
heels, and ran about two^ miles in ^
southeasterly direction, avoiding the
camp, and secreted thems'elves in thie
tall grass. The Indians hunted faitJh-r
fully for them for several hours, some-
times coming rather uncomfortably
near them, but failing to find them,
withdrew before night. The maneuv-
ers of the Indians were in plain view
of the guard left with the team, who
supposed that they had killed Love-
well and Reed, and were hunting
about for their companions. After
dark the hiding hunters returned to
camp and rejoined their friends. They
remained there all night, and the next
morning, having oome to the conclu-
sion that there was no chance to kill
buffalo, where, as Adam expressed it,
they all turned to "Inchins," the party
broke up, Adam and Lovewell return-
ing to White Rock, and Reed and hiB
party starting for Lake Sibley, which
they finally reached in safety, aftex
again encountering Indians, and be-
ing corralled in a ravine for neai"ly a
whole day.
ADAM KILLS AN INDIAN.
A short time after the liunt above,
noted Lovewell and Adam took one
alone. When near the present towa
of Holmwood Lovewell left the wagon.
m
for the purpose of killing some buf-
falo, a- herd of which he had seen a
short distance off, leaving Adam with
team. He had proceeded but a little
ways when he discovered three Indi-
ans on horseback, riding at a furious
speed, directly towards the wagon-
He immediateLy turned and ran to the
as-sistance of his friend. But before
coming within gun shot, what was
his surprise, without seeing the smoke
or hearing the report of a gun, to see
one of the Indians suddenly fall from
his pony, shot through the heart, the
other two Indians only stopping long
enough to recover their dead com-
rade's flrc-arms, and then dashing
away across the prairie. Lovewell, on
coming up to the wagon, said : "Adam,
did you see any Indians around here,
j ust now ?"' Adam replied : "You yoost
petter pet I did, sonny." "Did you
lull any?"" He replied: "I Don't
know sonny; I dit my pest; I took
goot aim." "Well," said Lovewell,
"there's a dead Indian lying -up here
in the ravine, who tumbled olT of his
pony a little while ago." This was
the first intimation that Adam had
that his shot had taken effect, the In-
dians having passed out of his sight
directly after he fired. They then
went up to where the dead Indian lay..
On approaching him Adam's joy knew
no bounds. He fairly danced around
his fallen foe with the livliest mani-
festations of delight. In the wagon
\ycre two guns— one a Spencer car-
bine, that fired eight times, and the
other a Star, that only fired once,
without re-loading. In his hurry to
fire on the Indians Adam had picked
up the Star instead of the Spencer.
Ou discovering his mistake Adam was
furious, with rage, and thus relieved
himself: "If I had only not been one
tam fool, and had took the Spencer,
instead of tat tam Star, I coot haf got
two, in place of this tam one."
Lovewell thought it best to leave
this vicinity, but Adam insisted on re-
maining and killing a load of buffalo,
remarking : "Who's afraid of two tam
Inchins?" Lovewell, however, car-
ried his point, and they returned
home, much to Adam's disgust, but it
vrus no doubt for the best.
A FRIENDLY VISIT (?)
On the 12th of July 18C.8, a large-
party of Indians came down White
Rock and camped near White Eock
City. They appeared extremely
friendly, and manifested no disposi-
tion to harm any one. They were no-
doubt taking in the "situation" pre-
paratory to the general massacre
which took plaee all along the fron-
tier just one month later, already do-
scribed. Although they showed no
disposition for blood, it was impossi-
ble for them to entirely resist their
ruling passion— horse stealing. Con-
sequently they picked up all the loose
horses that they could lay their hands
on, without resorting to violence.
FIGHTING FOn HIS TEAM.
In the month of Juno 18G8, a short
time before the "friendly visit" above
narrated, two brothers by the name
of Catlin, and another man from Man-
hattan, Kansas, came up to contest
the claims of some of those who had
been killed in 18IJ7, and took i)Ossrs-
sion of the house in wliich Mrs. Sutzer
and Bartlett were living at the time.
they were killed. TJiis house stood
on the identical spot where Peter
Tanner's, house now stands, and in
which he now lives. The party gener-
allv stayed further down the creek,
bui made occasional trips up to their
claims to work. One day George
Catlin went with his team up to the
cabin after some things. While there
a party of "friendly Indians" came up
and began to talk "swap." He stood
in the door, somewhat dubious, and
parleyed with them. Presently one
of the Indians commenced to unMtch
the team, and Catlin comnn-nced to
shoot. The Indians returned the lir<%
filling the door jamb full of bullet
holes. Catlin would .shoot and th^ri
dodge back out of the way. The In-
dians finally retired, leaving plenty
of blood on the ground, where they
had stood, showing the accuracy of
Catlin's aim. Catlin was unhurt, but
one bullet struck his watch, smashing
it all to pieces. These young men.
however, concluded i^ot to farm in
Jewell county, and i)ackiiig up their
"traps," they changed tlieir place of
residence without delay.
■n
Sex UmhtB Killed.
No One Left to Tell the Sad Story
JOf Their Tragic End.
About the middle of May, 1868, a
party of buffalo hunters, sis in num-
ber, named Lewis Castle, Walter
Haines and two Eoberts brothers, of
•Clifton, Kansas, and two brothers by
the name of Collins, from near Lake
-Sibley, Cloud county, Kansas, went
on a hunting expedition in the south-
ern part of Jewell county. As they
did not return within the expected
time, their friends becoming solicit-
ous of their fate, organized a party to
go in search of them. The searching
party, after two days' hunt, finally
struck their trail and followed it to
its fatal end, where their sad fate was
only too vividly and horrifyingly ap-
parent. There, in a heap, in the bed
■of the Little Cheyenne, lay their pu-
trefying bodies, a most melancholy
.-and sickening sight to behold. The
trail leading to this "Valley of Death"
was still painfully visible and, though
.silent, was a true witness to the par-
ticiilars of this horrible Indian butch-
•€ry. The first four hunters named
had a hOrso team and were hunting
on Brown's creek, four miles west of
Avhere Jewell City now stands. When
attacked, they •started east, and after
Ijoing about two miles, ,,were joined
by the Collins boys, who had an ox
team, which the Indians killed near
where the two trails came together.
The running fight was continued east
to near the crossing of West' Buffalo,
where the Indians supposing the hun-
ters would cross, had laid an ambush.
The hunters, evideutly becoming
aware of this, suddenly changed their
•course due south, thereby gaining
.ground and safely crossing Dsy creek,
one mile and a half south, and reach-
ing the divide south of Buffalo creek.
Here their trail again turned east, giv-
ing every evidence, along its entire
course, of a desperate conflict. One
of the hunters had evidently been shot
before reaching the fatal crossing on
Little Cheyenne, and had been carried
along in the wagon. When found, the
todies wore so far decayed and em-
mitted such a sickening odor that the
most that could be done for the dead
was to throw a few shovelfulls of
dirt and lay some stones over them,
until the following spring, when their
bones were carefully gathered up and
properly interred. Whether any In-
dians were killed will never be known.
Thomas Lovewell, wife, and Dan
Davis, (Mrs. Loveweli's brother) and
wife were camped, on the day this
occurred, three miles northv/est of
Jewell City, on what is now Oliver
Smith's farm, also on a hunting ex-
pedition, and -distinctly heard the
sound of voices calling, probably the
first party calling the Collins brothers
to apprise them of danger.
m immwiim.
A FEW WORDS THAT TELL
AWHOLBSTORY.
In connection with the foregoing
tragedy, there is evidence that leaves
little or no doubt but that on the same
day, a still greater scene of blood was
enacted. While searching for the
missing hunters, an inscription in
l)encil was found on a small black
walnut tree on Buffalo creek, just
above the mouth of Dry creek, which
read as follows :
"Had a fight with Indians; 6 of us
killed, and 4 taken prisoiiers."
The tree had been blazed in order
to receive the inscription, and attract-
attention, and if not a most wicked
and foolish device to deceive, it told
a sad tale in a few words. Now for
the corroborating circumstances. On
the day previous to the killing of the
hunters, a party of six young men, in
a spring wagon, crossed the Eepubli-
can river just above the mouth of
Buffalo creek, at the same time the
Lovewell party crossed. These young
men were from the East, and were in
gay spirits, and appeared quite con-
tented with their own company. Af-
ter crossing the river, these two par-
ties took slightly different courses,
Lovewell bearing farther north than
the others, but keeping them in view
until nearly dark. About 4 p. u^
another wagon was seen to join tb«
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spring wagon party. Nothing was
over seen or heard of these two
wagons, or the men who were with
them, except that the irons of a spring
wagon were afterwards found near
the forks of the Buffalo. If the sec-
ond wagon contained four men, mak-
ing ten, the number named in the in-
scription, four of wliom were talcen
alive, it is reasonable to suppose the
prisoners were taken west to the In-
dian villages in their own wagon, and
Uiere suffered death, probably at the
stake. Another link in this chain of
evidence, is the fact that, several years
after this time, the frame of a violin
was found near the bluffs, west of
Jewell City, where it had apparently
Iain for years. How came this violin
there? It must have been either
dropped in flight by the whites,, or
thrown away as useless, T)y an Indian,
after he had taken- it from the whites.
What more natural than that this gay
party, who seemed bent on having
a good time, should have had a violin
along to while away the hours? In
all human probability, the soil of
Jev.'ell county drank on this day, the
blood of twelve white men, four more
being reserved for torture.
Another Innocent Life Sacrificed
to the Savage Moloch.— "The Ex-
celsior Coloay."— Hiintara Attack-
ed.— A Gallant S.S3istazice, "With
Another Bloody Sequel.- Indian
Troubles all Along the Line.
Late in October, 18(38, a large colony
of Scandinavians located on the Ke-
publican river, and laid out the town
of Scandia, in Republic county, which
Vv-as the headipuirters of the colony.
This settlement reached far up the
river, and also up White Rock creek,
iiito Jewell county. Several members
of this colony contested claims that
had been previously taken by parties
heretofore mentioned. At this time
there was a lively rivalry for these
claims, and a number were home-
steaded by Swedes, who lived in
Junction City, and who would be first
notified of their cancellation through
the medium of a Swede clerk in the
Land Office. Some of the Swedes
who took claims at this time, con-
tinue to hold them, though none re-
mained permanently in the county
until the spring of 1870, and by far
the largest number entirely desei^ted
them. The names of those who took
laud this year, and held it, besides
those heretofore mentioned, are
Martin Dahl, G. R. Nelson, John John-
son and Peter Tanner. John Dahl
settled with the rest, but was killed
by Indians in the following spring,
an account of which will follow.
In May, 1869, what was known as
the "E-xcelsior," or New York Colony,
under the lead of one Walker, came
into the coiinty and took claiins along
White Rock creek, as high up as Burr
Oak, and as far down as John's creek.
About 2 miles east of the present sito
of Holmwood, a block house was
erected for protection, and surround-
ed by two lines of earth-works. Hero
the whole colory resided during its
short ptay in the county. Immedi-
ately .after their arrival, therj- gave
public notice that all cl.-iimants of land
on the creek muet be on their claims
by a certain date, or they would bo
contest-^d. Thfe hatl the effect to
bring to the creek a number of Swedes
and Norwegians, who laid claim to
nearly all the most Vifluahle land. At
this time, the latter part of May, 1860,
there were over lOU people in the
county, all on White Rock creek.
THE BKaiNXLNG OP TROUBLE.
On the 20th day of May, three men
came to White Rock and stated that
they had started on a hunt from Roso
creek. Neb., with a party of seven, but
had been attacked by Indians and four
oi their ntui'iber killed, and they asked
for help to go back and bury their
dead companions and recover their
wagons. A force of 30 men were raised,
and under the lead of Lovewell, pro-
ceeded to the scene of the massacre,
which occurred partly in the North-
west corner of Jewell county, and
paitly on the Republican river in Ne-
braska, where the wagons were found,
and two of the dead men, with every
evidence of a desperate resistimce.
The two dead men at the wagons were
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buried, but the others were not found
for some time after. They had fallen
in this county, adding the blood of
two more victims to its soil. During
the return of the burial party, Indians
were visible at a distance, they judg-
ing the whites too strong to be safely
attacked. On the 23d, they got back
as far as the "Excelsior Colony" forti-
fications, and on the morning of the
24th, those who did not belong to this
colony, proceeded down the creek,
dropping out as fast as they came to
their claims. Upon arriving at Peter
Tanner's place, that individual came
out of the brush and informed them
that on the previoiis day, the Indians
had made a raid at this point, and
shot Johnny Dahl, and burnt several
cjibins, destroying a laige amount of
properly, and run off' much stock.
The smoking ruing of Pete's house
attested the truth of his statement.
At this moment, a party of horsemen
were seen (i'^Vning, and the little army,
now numbering only 16, prepared for
battle, but the horsemen proved to be
whites, from Salt creek, out after
some wagons that had been left hid in
Upper Elm Grove, on the Republican
river, now McOraken'e Grove, whil©
two hunters were run home b-y In-
dians. It was afterwards learned that
these wagons and teams were found
all right, the Indians not happening
to go that way. As Lovewell and his
party proceeded down the creek, they
were continually seeing the heads of
men peeping at them over some hill,
or from some ravine in the distance,
■appearing for a moment, then disap-
pearing, only to be seen again at some
other point. Finally chase was m_ade,
and two of these mysterlouf^ persona
caught, and the mystery was solved.
Nearly the whole Swede settlement
had taken flight, and in their fright
saw Indians in this band of horsemen.
It is not strange they were frightened,
all unused as they were to scenes of
blood. Johnny Dahl had been carried
six miles down the creek, on a door,
mortally wounded, and left at Al.
WoodrufT's house, where he died at
11 o'clock at night, the day previous
to Lovcwell's return. That night
nearly all the Swedes and Norwegians
left the creek and went back tw
Scandia.
SIX MORE HUNTERS KILLED.— ONE ESCAPES
TO TELL THE STORY.
On the 26th, only two days subse-
quent to the attack on the Swede
settlement, a party of seven hunters
from Irving, Kansas, were attacked
just south of Wilson's Grove, on the
Republican river, in the north part of
the county, and slowly fought their
way back to a block house, just in the
edge of Republic county, and about 2
miles north of White Rock creek. The
firing was distinctly heard on the
creek during nearly the whole of the
afternoon. This party remain*ed safe-
ly at the block house during the night,
and in the morning, no enemy being
visible, started for home. Upon reach-
ing the Republican river, the Indians
again attacked them, and having ex-
pended all their amunition in the
tight of the previous day, the whole
party broke for the water, and six
were overtaken and shot in the stream,
one only escaping, John McChesney,
an uncle cf the John W. McChesney,so
well known in newspaper circles in
Northwestern Kansas.
The firing was distinctly heard on
White Rock, and a party would have
went to the assistaBce of the hunters,
but were i)revented by a big rise in
the creek, making a crossing impos-
sible.
MORE MISCHIEF.
On the following day, (the 27th)
about 80 Indians swam across the
creek, about half a mile east of the
county line, and skulking up a ravine,
attempted to surprise three Swedes —
Munson, Eurchlam and Hageman —
whose claims were in Jewell county,
but who were then helping a friend to
put in corn just over the line. They
had become tired and had sat down
to rest, unconcious of danger. Love-
well, who was at work close by, saw
the Indians, and ran down to save the
Swedes. Arriving within about 60
yards of them, he saw an Indian's
head and gun cautiously raised up
out of the head of the ravine, evl'
dently bent on mischief. He instantly
leveled his rifle at the Indian, who, aa
suddenly ducked down again, Th©
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next instant the 80 savages sprang
from their cover in a body, and be-
gan to circle, as is their mode. Love-
well held his rifle to his face, first
bearing on one and then on another,
and slowly backing until the Swedes
had reached the other end of the field,
where they had left their carbines and
revolvers. After this the Indians kept
a safer distance for both jvirties.
When he first discovered the Indians,
Lovewell ordered Burchlamto secure
the horses he was driving. But he
vras so stupefied that when the other
men had secured their weapons, he
still stood looking on in a dazed way,
not having made a move towards se-
curing the team. He was again or-
dered to save the team, and striking
them with the lines, they became
frightened and ran away with the
plow. In a few minutes the plow
struck something niid became de-
tached, and the horses ran and mixed
with the circling ponies of the In-
dians— just what the latter most de-
sired. The raid was made about 3
V. m., and the Indians withdrew about
dusk. But two or three shots were
fired by the whites, the Indians, after
the first rush, keeping at too gi-eat a
distance. Lovewell, who at first was
close enough, wisely held his fire, in
strict accox'dance with the only true
tactics in such trying emergences.
Had he fired, instead of simply cover-
ing the Indians with his rifle, in all
human probability not a man of the
whole party would have escaped. As
it was, the 'only loss sustained was
that of the team. In this place we
Vvill add that on the day Johnny Dahl
v/as kil'led, the Indians took A 1. Wood-
ruff's team, leaving him afoot and
•without the means to buy another.
A PLUCKY WOMAN.
At this time, Mrs. Frazier, a widow
woman who now lives in Jewell
county, was living on a rented place
about a mile east of the county line.
While the Indians were skirmishing
with Lovewell and the Swedes, a num-
ber of them paid her a. visit. A man
by tlie name of Rol^ert Watson, was
out in the field plowing with a span
of horses, and the Indians had entirely
cut him off from the house and was
about to take him in, when Mrs.
Frazier ran out with a double-bar-
reled shot gun and fired several shots
at them, and drove them back until
Watson gained time to unhitch, and
come in with the horses. The In-
dians gave her no further trouble, and
soon took their departure.
BUCaSKIN TAKES A BATH.
Just as the Indians crossed the creek
an Irishman, who went by the name
of "Buckskin," and who had come out
with Mrs. Frazier, had been up to
Lovewell's, and had started home, but
had proceeded but a short distance
when he discovered the Indians.
V/hen he saw them he ran down to
the creek, and plunging into the water
he got under a large drift, where ho
remained all night in the water, only
venturing out at daylight, ^nearly
chilled to death. The joke was on
"Buckskin," for the Indians had not
seen him at all.
THE EXCELSIOR COLON^jn'CAVES.
Mrs. Frazier had two sons— Frank
and William— who had been employed
to go up to the "Excelsior Colony" and
move one of the families out of the
country. Contrarv- to advice the boys
started up the creek that morning and
arrived safe enough at the colony fort;
got the family— husband and wife and
their effects into the wagon, making
a big load. They were city bred and
in fair circumstances, having several
trunks of fine clothing, rich dresses
and millinery. On their return they
had reached John's Creek, when lo!
a hundred Indians made their apj^ear-
ance on the bluffs above them. See-
ing no chance of escape the Frazier
boys cut the horses loose from the
wagon, and mounting them started
back for the fort, pursued by the In-
dians. After a short run, seeing that
they were about to be overtaken they
jumped from their horses and taking
to the timber on foot, made their es-
cape. The husband and wife at th«
the wagon, with two Englishmen who
)3elonged to the Colony, ran down
John's Creek, and assisting the wo-
man, crossed the swollen White Rock,
and escaped, reaching Lovewell's at
3 a. m., the next morning. In their
flight they" followed every tortuQU*
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bend of the stream, not daring to cross
the open spaces for fear of being seen
and butchered by the Indians. The
woman was a sad sight to look upon
when she arrived. Having had. to
cross the stream several times, in or-
der to facilitate her flight, she had
taken off all her clothing but one
dress, her peticoats being .so heavy
with water that she could not walk
with them on.
The Indians broke open all the
trunks and boxes at the wagon and
rigged themselves out in gorgeous
array with the contents. As the party
appeared at the fort later in the day
one old Indian had on a silk dress
and a fancy trimmed lady's hat. They
gathered on the bluffs about half a
mile south of the fort and treated the
terrified inmates to some original
dramatic attitudes, which, however,
it must be admitted, were not appre-
ciated at the time.
The President of the colony, Mr.
Walker, being down at Junction City
at the time, heard of this raid on his
way back, hired a lot of men and
teams, came up and took the colony
away, leaving about the first of June.
It will be remembered that nearly all
the Swedes had left only a few days
l^revious, and when the Calony left
these few went also, leaving ndt a
white man or woman in Jewell
county. From this time, (June 1st,
1869.) the Indians held undisputed
possession 'of Jewell county until
August following, but few whites re-
maining even in Eepublic cou^ity.
But among them was Mrs. Frazier,
who did not leave for a month or
more. She came back with her two
sons in 1870 and still remains a
permanent resident of the county.
ANOTHER NEW SETTLER.
In August 18G9 Peter Kearns ven-
tured into the county and took the
Nicholas Ward claim and remained
working on it all the following win-
ter, the sole occupant of Jc
county. However, in December of
tiat year Robert Clellan picked out a.
f'laim, but did not settle on it until
the spring of 1870. So to Peter Kearns
alone belongs the honor of spending
the winter of 18fi9-70 in Jewell
county. Jle has spent several win-
ters since, but with each succeeding
winter the number of his fellow citi-
zens has increased iintil now he can
count them by the thousands. The
Indians have entirely disappeared,
not only from Jewell county, but from
the entire State, not a hostile red
man being nearer our borders than
five hundred miles.
From the preceding pages it would
appear that nearly all the blood shed
in Jewell county was on the part of
the Indians. But such is not the case,
in evidence of which we here give an
account of a
DESPERATE BATTLE WITH INDIANS.
In the fall of 18G1, a desperate battle
took place between a scouting party
of soldiers and citizens from Fort
Kearney, and a band of Indians, at
the forks of East Buffalo creek, on the
farm now owued by Joseph Collar..
Thirty Indians were killed and one
white man— John Collins. The re-
mainder of the Indians were taken
prisoners. The Indians -were buried
in two trenches, and Collins was
buried in "a grave on the bank of the
creek, with head and foot stones to
mark the spot. This incident was re-
lated to us by William R. Whitney, to
whom it was told by one of the par-
ticipants, who now resides at Fair-
bury, Nebraslia.
Final Settlemed.
The Great Ininx of 1870.— TLo
Permanent Settlement of the
County.— Its Organization, First
Ulection and Some Interesting In-
cidents Connected Therewith.—
Also a few More Indian Raids.
Before^ detailing the great influx of
immigration, which came in in 1870,
we will go back to 1869, and give a
list of the few claims taken that year
that were finally proved up on, and
the settlers became permanent resi-
dents.
May 22, 18G9, James A. Highland
homesteaded the s i ne i and n i
se i Section 8, Township 6 south.
Range 6 west. Proved up April %
187&. Still lives in the county.
May 24, 1809, Nels. S. Cederberg
homestetided tlie s i se i Section 5
and n i ne i Section 8. Township 2,
south, Range 7, west. Commuted
July 10, 1870.
May 26, 1869, William D. Street
homesteaded the noi Section 8, Town-
ship 5 south. Range 7 west. • Com-
muted July 9, 1871. Farm now owned
by Hon. Bonj. F. Hansford, Chairman
Board of County Commissioners.
November 6, 1869, Peter Kearns
homesteaded the sci Section 2, Town-
ship 2 south, Range 7 west. Com-
muted July 21, 1873.
November 13, 1869, James McCraith
homesteaded the swi Section 1, Town-
ship 2 south, Range G west. Proved
up August 16, 1876. McCraith came
back in January 1870, and has rcmain-
e<l a permanent resident ever since.
THE TIDAL WAVE
of 1870 commenced iuj February. In
that month John O'Roak, William
Scott, Samuel Sweet, Wils. McBride,
Chris. Erns, John W. McRoberts. Sara.
Bowles, T. Bowles, Phil. Bakor,
Adams and Gregory came in, all tak-
ing claims on V/hite Rock. In the
same month, A. J. Davis, JenT Bur-
nett, L. M. Stults, Benjamin Lewis
and Charles Lewis came in and set-
tled on Buffalo creek.
TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.
From this time, (February, 1870) the
settlers came in so thick and fast that
wo find it impossible to keep track of
tlicm with any kind of accuracy. Oon-
ftequently we are under the necessity
in this place of omitting the names of
many, and only giving those of a few
of the most prominent in each .sec-
tion of the county. The names of the
first settlers of each Township will
appear in our description of Town-
ships.
THE BUFFALO PIOKEERS.
The first permanent settlers of the
Buffalo Valley were Henry Sorick,
Geo. A. Sorick, John A. Sorick, Geo.
W. Waters, R. F. Hudsonpeller,
Thomas B. Hart and William Cox,
who took claims in the immediate vi-
cinity of Jewell City, April 8, 1870.
The next arrivals were S. R. Wor-
ick, John H. Worick, John Hoffer,
Joseph W, Fogle, Cyrus Bichart,
Chris. Bender, David J. Rockey,
William H. Cameron, Samuel Krape,
C. A. Belknap and A. J. Wise, known
as the "Illinois Colony," who arrived
atUie forks of Buffalo creek, April 12,
1870. They all took claims in the vi-
cinity of Jewell City, and all, with
the exception of ,Mr. Cameron, re-
mained until "the war was over" and
very materially assisted in "holding
the creek" during the somewhat
troubleous season of 1870.
The next arrivals on this side of
the county were James A. Scar-
brough and William Queen, who took
claims four miles north west of Jewell
City, April 24, 1870. Mr. Queen went
back to Clyde, where he had left his
family and remained until the first of
the following October, when he re-
turned, and has lived here ever since.
Scarbrough remained with "tho
boys" and took an active part in tho
stirring events of tho succeeding
summer and fall.
During the month of April, 1870,
quite a number of other settlers ar-
rived and took claim.o iu the southern
part of the county. Prominent among^
them wore Charles L. Seeley, Isaac
A. Sawin, Allen Lightner, Wm. M.
Jones, James W. Hall, Richard D.
Fardy, L- J. Calvin, F. A. May and
Joan R. Wilson. The majority of
them remained, and are among our
most enterprising and respectable
citizens.
BIG INDIAN BCABE.— THREE MEN KILLED
AT THE MOUTH OF THE LIMESTONE.
Tho settlers all went to work with
a will, breaking prairie, building
cabins, digging "dug outs" and other-
wise improving their claims, with
scarcely a thought of danger, until
Hhe night o! May 12, 1870, when they
were all aroused from their peaceful
slumbers by a couple of courier*
from the mouth of the Limestone,
who brought the unpleasant news
thy.t the noble Cheyennes wore
AGAIN ON THE WAR PATH,
,i had only the day before killed
tnree white men who were working
on a mill dam on the Solomon, the
present site of the fine flouring mill
at Glen Elder. The couriers advised
all the settlers to repair at once to
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"Hoffer's shanty," near the forks of
Buffalo creek, and take some steps
toward an organization for self pro-
tection, as in their scattered condi-
tion they would fall an easy prey to
mon buff envelope, now in our pos-
session:
L. J. Calvin, F. A. May, W. M. Jones,
Samuel Krape, Louis A. Dapron, C. L.
Seeley, J. A. Scarbrough, Cyrus Rich-
the blood-thirsty savages, in case j art, Chris. Bender, J. H. Worick,
they should take a notion to pay | David J. Rockey, James W. Hall,
them a visit. It is almost needless to j Richard' D. Fardy, Charles J. Lewis,
say that this advice was taken and C- A. Belknap, A. J. Wise, JohnHoffer,
acted upon in the promptest manner
imaginable.
By daybreak the next morning,
(May 13, 1870) 28 settlers had gathered
together at the designated place of
rendezvous, and to draw it mild, while
the excitement was not intense, the
cause of their coming together was
the all absorbing topic of conversa-
tion. After a hasty breakfast, the
meeting was called to order by Will-
William Cox, S. R. Worick, Allfen
Lightner, James F. Queen, J. '^.
Fogel, J. A. Sorick, R. F. Hudsoil-
peller, L A. Sawin, Henry Sorick,
Wm. D. Street and John R. Wilson.
These names (28 in number), com-
prised all the settlers on Buffalo creek
at that time, west of "Davis' Ranch."
On the election of officers, William D.
Street was elected Captain; Charles
J. Lewis, First Lieutenant; Louis A.
iam D. Street, who, in a few brief ' Dapron, Second Lieutenant, and
rema k ., explained the object of the James A. Scarbrough, Orderly Ser-
same, and strongly urged the immedi-
ate organization of a company of
militia with regularlj'' elected officers
for the protection of the lives and pro-
perty of the
8CATTEEED SETTLERS.
He also recommended the erection of
a fort, and a fraternal banding together
for the purpose of "hcMing the creek."
He was followed ty several others
with remarks of similar import, all
agreeing that if the Indians were al-
lowed to run riot all ever this valley
the present season, the settlement, at
least of this portion of the county,
would perhaps be deferred for years.
All had come here with the avowed
intention of remaining and securing
homes for themselves and "the loved
ones to come," and they did not pro-
pose to be run out of the couiatry,
simply by a little Indian scare, or, at
least, until they had had a sample
interview with Mr. Lo. The conse-
quence was, a resolutioa was adoptqd
to the effect that they organize a cooi-
pany, and
BUILD A FORT
at once. On the orgjxnization o-f the
company, the following voluafeeers
stepped to the front and placed their
names oa the roll of the "Buffalo
Militia." We give their names in the
exact O'rder in which they appear on
the original roll, which was a com-
geant. Having their teams and break-
ing plows with them, this spartan
band at once repaired to the present
town site of Jewell City, and com-
menced the erection of
FORT JEWELL,
by selecting a spot of ground 50 yards
square, around which they immedi-
ately commenced breaking the sod,
cutting it into squares of the desired
size, and laying up a wall. In two
days their work was complete, show-
ing a good substantial wall, four feet
thick and seven feet high. As soon
as the fort was completed, the com-
paay tarned their attention to digging
and walling a well in the northwest
corner of the inclosure, which was
soon finished, affording an abundance
of the best of cold water. This was
THE FIRST WELJ. DUG
in the county that we have an> ac-
count of. It is 29 feet deep, and is
still in good condition. It is now the
property of the Jewell City Town
Company, being, situated in the edge
of Delaware street.
MOUNTING GUAB]>.
The settlers remained in the fort,
off and on, ujjtil the 28th of June, 1870,
mounting guard a part of the time».
during the night,, and keeping scouts,
out during the day. During this time,
the men would work on their claims
in th& day time, but at night they
re
generally returned to the fort, feeling
a little safer under the protection of
it§ friendly walls than on their claims.
However they were never attacked,
and the Indians, althoufrh often seen
in the immediate Aioinity of the fort,
never gave the settlers any. trouble.
At this time, (June 28, 1870,) after the
Indian scare was all over. Col. "Weir,
of the 3rd U. S. Mounted Artillery,
aent a company of soldiers to our re-
lief, who took up their quarters in the
fort, and gallantly remained with and
protected us until late in the fiill. But
as soon as the soldiers came, the set-
tlers deserted the fort almost entirely,
only returning occasionally to beg
tobacco of each other, and laugh over
the funny incidents of the ever mem-
orable 12th and' 13th of May.
OUR LIMITHTD SPACE
forbids as extensive an account of the
early settlement of the Buffalo Valley
as we would like to give, and those of
our friends among the pioneers, who
fail to find their names and date of
.settlement in this little volume, will
l4ease attribute the fact to the proper
c?ause.
MORE NEW SETTLKRS.
During the months of May and June,
our numbers were increased by the
arrival of Col. E. Barker, O. L. Mc-
Clung, ^. C. McClung, R. R. McClung,
Z. F. Di>dge, J. K.Dodge, F. T. Gandy,
H. P. Gandy, L. (3. Gandy, Gabe. B.
Wade, P.R. Deal, Samuel Cameron,
C. E. Plawman, Jonathan Street, Geo.
F. Lewis, James Carpenter, Jacob S.
Jackson, W. R. Phillips, and many
others, whose names we have forgot-
ten. The name of Jesse N.. Carpenter
does not appear in either, of the above
lists, from the fact that we copy from
the- old muster roll, and as Mr. Car-
j)entQr was not a member of; the or-
ganization, his name fails to appear.
He wasa resident of the county, how-
ever, fron>: early in the spring of 1870,
and still remains, one of our most in-
fluential and. worthy citizens.
THE FJKBT WHITE WOMAN
who became axesident of the southern
part of Jewell county, was Mrs. Annie
Billings, wife of N".. H. Billings, who
aiTived at Fort Jewell, May 22, 1870.
^le was accompanied by her little 10
year old sister, Miss Jennie Jones,
who is now married and lives on Wolf
creek, in Cloud county.
THE 8KCOND INVOICE
of white women who came to cheor
the bachelor })ioneors vv^ith their re-
fining and moralizing })r<'S('nee wore:
Mrs. Adaline Sori<'k,,M)'s. J(Mu>i(! Hal-
stead, Mrs. Annie V/ators and Mrs.
Mariah Dodge, all of whom arrived
at Fort Jewell on tlie evening of July
3, 1370.
THE FOURTH OF JUUY.
The Indians having taken their de-
parture to more inviting fields of
blood and ]>lundcr, and the country
being comparatively safe, the i)i()neers
resolved to cclebrati^ th^ anniversary
of the Nation's birth-dayon rather a
novel plan. To this end, a committee
was appointed to build an arbor near
the fort; another to gc out on the
buffalo grounds and kill a load of
fresh beef, and still another to bar-
becue the buffalo meat after it Avas
brought in. Col. E. Barker was aj)-
pointed.Prcsident, and W. R. Phillips
Orator of the day. The various com-
mittees discharged the duties assign-
ed them with fidcdity, and Avhen the
day dawned, all Was in readiness. The
ladies of Clyde and L.-ike Sibley kind-
ly fjirnished the liglit bread, ])ies,
oako.o, butter and ])reserves, and
many of them favored the occasion
with their fair presence. The attend-
ance was good, all the settlers in tlio
southern part of the county being
present, with the c.x^ception of a small
settlement on Browirs creek, con-
sisting of B. G. Williams and wife, Al.
Williams, Wesley Harberson and wife,
Jacob Presler wife and daughter,
Jiunes Presler and James Willia)ns.
They had settled there only a short
time i)revious, and were unaware of
any settlement but their own in the
county. Besides the settlers tliere
were very respectable delegations
from. Clyde, Lake. Sibley and Man-
hattan. Among the latter was our
present respcoted fellow citizen, J. C.
Postlethwaita, who acted in the cap-
acity of Chaplain and invoked the
Divine favor. The programme was
carried out to the letter. Col. Barker
presided with his usual dignity, and.
a
Mr. 'Phillips "soared ttto ea^le." The
•dinner was all that could be desired.
There was an abundance for all, and
plenty left. The "Buffalo Militia" fired a
National salute, and the "day's doings"
clOKod with three rousing cheers for
our country and the Buffalo Pioneers.
Atnij^'ht there v/as a i>latform dance
under the arbor, of the most.primitive
character, in which nearly the entire
comi)any participated.
PIONEEll FRIENDSHIP.
X'io have enjoyed seven recurrences
of '"the day wo celebrate" in Jewell
City since that time, in which there
was more display, but you can not
make one of those old pioneers be-
leive but what he had a better time at
xhc "Fourth" in 1870 than he has'evcr
had since. We will not shock our
eastern readers with the intimation
that the absence of the "jerked buffalo
meat" from these latter -voccasions
may be the cause of all this. l<o, it
was the associations of the time ; the
hardships, trials, dangers and priva-
tions of these early days, mutually
shared together, that causes the heart
of the early pioneer to beat with, -a'
(luicker throb" as he .grasps with alac-
rity the hand of one of those old time-
tried friends. They love to live those
days over iigaim They never tire of
t!ie buffalo hunts they have taken
together; of the bivouac by that little
creek "over yonder," or on the silent
prairie, with nothing* but a buffalo
robe and the broad, blue canopy of
Heaven for a shelter. Their hearts
are indelibly intcj-twined, and no
changes of time -or- ^place can effect
any permanent change in their feel-
ings towards eachother. But we will
spare our readers any further elabora-
tion of the subject. Space forbids,
and even if wo made the attemj)t, no
oiie would understand it but the old
pioneers themselves. Deep down in
the secret recesses of their ihearts
they feel and know how it is, but
language is inadequate to the tosk of
expressing it. Tbey aro fxionds in
the deci>cst, broadest, fullest accepta-
tion of the term, and pioneering has
made them so. Pioneers, are we cor-
rect or not? We know your kind,
sympathetic; hearts. "Yes!"
JBWBLL orrr.
The beautiful town site of Jewell City
was selected and Bled on under the
Town Site Act, May 6, 1870. On Fri-
day, May 28, 1870, the Jewell City Town
Company "V^as organized with the fol-
lowing members: Henry Sorick, Geo.
A. Sorick, Geo. W. Waters, R. F. Hud-
sonpeller, WilliamD. Street, James A.
Scarbrough, S. E. Worick, Dennis
Taylor, and N. H. Billings. The-com-
pany met at the house of Esquire
Collins, near the -mouth -of Buffalo
creek, in Cloud county, on Friday,
June 11, 1870, and acknowledged the
signing of the charter, w-bich was sent
to-CoL Thomas Moonlight, Secretary
of State, atTroi)eka, and by him re-
corded and a certified copy returned
to them. The town site comprised
the sw i Section 30, Township4 south.
Range 7 west. The south west quar-
ter of the town site was at onee sur-
veyed and laid off into town lots, the
remainder being left "until further
orders." No improvements were
made, however, until the 30th dav of
June 1870, when
THE TIRST QTJfLDrNG
was erected by James A. Scarbrough,
for an office and store. This was one
of the most primitive buildings ever
erected in any country. It was 16 feet
square and was constructed by set-
ting a lot of posts in the ground and
boarding them up with box lumber.
The roof was composed of the same
material. The building was com-
menced in the morning, and by the
middle of the afternoon was complet-
ed. That evening Scarbrough's goods
ar^vod, and
TTTE FIKST STORS
was opened in Jewell City, ibeing also
the first one ever opened in Jewell
county. The stock consisted of gro-
ceries," provisions, cigars, chewing
and smoking tobacco, baking powders
and Hostetter's bitters, and invoiced
just $.130.05. Mrs. Mariah Dodge and
David H. Halstead soon after erected
a dwelling house e<ich,and Scarbrough
soon followed with a more substantial
building, known then and now as
THE PIONEER DRUG STORE.
These were the only buildings in the
town when the ccunty wao organiz&d.
THE LAST INDIAN RAID
made in Jewell county, was on the
10th day of May 1870, when a band of
Indians, supposed to be Cheyennes,
made a descent on Bowles' settle-
ment on "White Eock, and stole two
Jpans of horses— one from Sara. C
Bowles and the other from Peter Tan-
ner. Bowles made a gallant fight for
his, firing thirteen shots at the In-
dians, who in turn fired six gun shots
and seven arrows at Mr. Bowles.
None of the shots, however, took ef-
fect, as Sam. escaped with his seal])
lock in its accustomed place, and no
dead Indians were found lying around
loose. They got his team, however,
which he never recovered. Peter
Tanner was more lucky. Towards
night of the same day, while out look-
ing for them, Peter found his horses
in a ravine, on the north side of White
Kock, where they had been hid by the
Indians.
A FUNNY rNCIDENT
connected with the Indian visit to
Bowles, goes to prove that their ob-
ject was more for plunder than blood.
One old Indian who appeared to be
the leader, stepping up close to
Mr. Bowles fired his pistol in the di-
rection of Bowles, the shot striking
the ground a few feet from him.
Bowles is accused of making the re-
mark: "You d d old scoundrel;
give me that pistol, and I'll make a
better shot than that." The Indian,
however, did not comply with Bowles'
request, whereupon Sam made for
the house, met his wife who v.'as com-
ing to him with his weapons, and fired
the ineffectual shots above noted.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY.
Early in July a petition was circula-
ted by Col. E. Barker and Orville L.
McClung for an organization of the
county, which after being numerously
signed was presented to Gov. James
M. Harvey at Topeka by Col. Barker,
who carried the same there in person.
The prayer of the petitioners was
granted July 14, 1870, on which day
C. L. Seeley, F. T. Gandy and A. J.
Davis were commissioned County
Commissioners of Jewell county;
James A. Scarbrough was commis-
sioned Count> Clerk, and Jewell City
was designated as tiic county seat.
July 20, 1870, Col. Barker returned t<>
Jewell City, and presented the newly
appointed officers with their commis-
sions. Col. Barker was commissioned
Notary Public of Jewell county on
the IGth day of June, 1870, being the
first olficer, either elected or appoint-
ed, in the county.
SWEARING THEM IN.
On the 4tli day of August, 1870, the
newly appointed county officers called
on Col. Barker at his shanty on Mid-
dle Buffalo, one mile and a half north
of Jewell City, and there and then,
standing out in the ojien air, on the
bank of the historic BulTalo, they were
duly sworn into ofuce by C'ol. Elden
Barker, the first NoUiry Public of
Jewell county. P..eturning to town
they effected a temporary organiza-
tion of the Board, and instru(rted the
Coimty Clerk to give public notice of
their first formal meeting, which was
set for August 22, 1870. In accordance
with said notice
TJIE FIRST MEETING
of the Board of County Commission-
ers, in and for Jewell county, Kansas,
was held at the office of the County
Clerk, in Jewell City, on Monday,
August 22, 1870. At this meeting, C.
L. Seeley was elected Chairman • of
the Board, and the county was divided
into three Commissioners' Districts,
of equal size, and five municipal
Townships, as follows: Yicksburg,
comprising Townships 3, 4 and 5 south,
Piange G west; Buffalo, comi>rising
Townships 3, 4 and 5 south, lianges 7
and 8 west; Limestone, comprising
Townships 3, 4 and 5 south, Ranges y
and 10 west; "White Ilock, comi)ris-
ing Townships 1 and 2 south, and
Ranges 9 and 10 and west half of Range
8 west, and Big Timber, comprising
Townships 1 and 2 south, Ranges 6 and
7,and east half of Range 8 west, with the
voting precinct designated in each.
At this first meeting, an order was
made for an election for the purpose
of electing County and Township of-
ficers and
LOCATING THE COUNTY SEAT,
to come off on the 27th day of Sep-
tember 1870. Notice of the a])proach-
ing election was given by written
notices posted up in each Towaskip,
and eaino off on the day de-sij^'njited.
The result of this first election wa« as
follows :
For County Commissioners: First
District, Dennis Taylor; Second Dis-
Uict, Thomas Covordale, Third
District, Samuel C. Bowh-s. For Coun-
ty Clerk, Jiimcs A. 8<-url)rough; for
County Trciusurrr, Henry Sorick; for
Coujity Burvcyor, X, H. Billings; for
Kc-ister of Deeds, S. O. Carman; for
Pi-obate Ju<l,i;e, Chaik'S L. Seeley ; f(n-
Sheriif, A. -T. Davis; for Coroner, Will-
iam Cox; for County SuperinLeud-
ent, 8. 11. Woi-ick; for County seat,
Jewell City. An ima.i.,dnary town on
the divide between V/hitc Rock aiul
the head of East Buffalo, caUed
Sprin;,'dal<\ received 24 -/otes "for the
c'oimty seat," It is almost useless to
add that S;)J"inj;daie never had im ex-
istance in this county, ii'id was u'^ver
heard of itfter the county seat elec-
tion of 1870,
THE SECOND KLKCTI'^N
Justice of lut' Peace; Jesse N. Car-
penter, Towns]ii]) Trustee; Z. F,
DodjJ[e, Township Treasurer; Wm. M.
Jones, Township Clerk, and John K.
Dodge, Constable. Jesse N. Carpen-
ter failed to (pmlify us Township
Trustee, and on February 20th, le7l,
Y7m. H. Cameron v/as uiipointed by
the Board of County Commissioneis
to llil vacancy, and (pialilicd the same
(lay. The first regular election for
Towtiship officers in Buffalo Towri-
s]\ip was held April ;kl, 1871, at which
the follo\vJn<.:f ohiccrs were elected:
J. L.W;'g(Mn;:n, Trustee; Z.F. Dodge,
Treasuier; Wm. M. Jones, Clerk;
Will. 11. Cameron and B. G. W^illiams,
JiibtJces of the Peace, and James
Pres'er and John K. Dodge, Con-
sktbies.
THE .MUST SETTI.KUS
of Eu.Talo Township have alre.idv
been named among the "Buffalo Pio-
neers." Hence we omit them here.
B'.ifTalo Townsh.'i), since its first or-
ganization, has been reduced 'to one
in Jewell county was held on Tuesdav,j (^'^^'^^i'ii'^-''-t Township (TV)wnship 4,
November 8, 1870, at which Felix T. { i'^'^'-''^-^' '^'^ Prairie, Brown's Creek,
Gandy was elected B,epresentative to | <^-'^^^'iii. Centre and AYashington hav-
the State Legislature; John Hoffer,
County Commissioner, First District;
Thomas Coverdale, County Commis-
.sioner Second District; Seth Hoag,
County Commissioner, Third District,
James A. Scarbrough, Countj' Clerk;
A. B. Kellogg, County Treasurer; N.
H. Billings, County Surveyor; 8. O.
Carman, Register of Deeds; A. J.
Davis, Sheriff; Abraham Ja-ckson,
Probate Judge; Thomas li. (Jomstock,
County Sui)erintendent; K. F. Hud-
sonpeller. County Attorney, and Will-
iam Cox, Coroner.
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP
%vas organized at the first meetiiag of
the Board of County Commissioners,
August '22, 1870, and was composed of
Townshii)s 3, 4, and 5, south, Eaiiges
7 and 8, west.
THE FIRST ELECTION
lor Township officers w;)s h' Id o;^:
Tuesday, September 27th, iciVi), ;■.;
Which David H. Halstead was tleci. :;
ing been formed out of its original
territory. It now contains six miles
square of the finest land in tlie county,
all of which is susceptable of the most
successful cultivation, and all of
which is taken up. It is well watered
by BulTalo and Spring creeks, and is
tliickly settled by as intelligent, en-
(u-getie, industrious and moral a com-
munity as can be found in any
country. There aro four school dis-
tjicts, in all of which are good sub-
stantial school houses, in which reg-
ular terms of school are taught. There
are six church organizations— Meth-
odists, Evangelicals, Christians, Bap-
tists, Presbyterians ;vnd Catholics, all
of whom have regular jneaching.
The Methodists and Evangelicals
each have a nice church building, and
the Christians and Catholics are pre-
paiiug to build. There are four Sun-
day Schools in the Township, all of
which are largely attended. The pres-
ent population of the Township is 613.
TU ^ VRESK\'T TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
' : •.: :, . -mberG, 1877, arc: James
J. '. .. :nougii, Trustee; M. F. Knap-
2S
penberger, Clerk ; R. W. Hill, Treas-
urer; A. L. Marks and Nicholas Gisli-
willer, Justices of the Peace, and M.
W George and S. B. Scott, Constables.
is situated in the extreme southeast
corner of Jewell county; it is six
miles square and is well watered by
Buffalo and Little Cheyenne creeks,
on which a liberal sui)ply of good na-
tive timber is found. These streams
afford good running water iill the
year round. In addition to the tim- ]
ber, .there -jsJfi most abundant sur)ply
of building stone, of excellent quality,
ti'om which good, subtantial houses
are built.
THE FIKST SETTLERS
of Allen Tov/nship were A. J. Davis,
John B. Keyes, M. L. Stults, M. Betz-
ner, Milton Sadler, ^Villiam Jones,
Ed. D. Eandall and B. W. Brigham.
Allen Township was organized Au-
gust 10, 1872, and was named in honor
of our present efficient County Clerk.
V/hen organized M. L. Stulta was ap-
pointed Trustee; Geo. W. Clark,
Clerk; D. McKellar and Bogers
Justices of the Peace, and W. Latti-
more. Constable. The majority of
these officers were elected at the first
regular election the next spring.
Taken a,s a whole, Allen is a fair av--
€irage township, with regard to the
jDeauty and fertility of its lands ; the
energy and inteiygcnce of its people ;
its numerous well cultivated farms
«knd its neat and substantial farm
houses, iiU of which speaks of thrift,
happiness and prosperity.
SCHOOLS AND CHUS0HE3.
There are two good, substantial
school houses in the township— one
in District No. 23, and the other in
District No. 52, in both of which reg-
ular terms of school are taught, and
religious services held by the Pres-
byterians and Methodists.
The public land is all taken, with
the excei)tion of School land, and all
that is sold that is worth buying.
THE PRESENT TO'ttTySHIP OFFICERS,
elected 1>Jovember 6, 1877, are Jona-
than Corn, Trustee; -Milton ^adlei.
Clerk; J. Chitty, Treasurer; P« P.
Pierce, and W. R. Phillips, JusMces
of th« Peaca, and M. W. Loop and
Thomas J. Hutchison, Constables.
BROWN'S CEEEK^OWNSHIP
was oris«nally a ijortion of Buffalo
Township. It was organized August
10, 1872.
THE FIRST ELECTION
was held April, 1, 1873, at which An-
drew S. Clelland vras elected Ti-ustee;
John O'Conner, Clerk ; B. G. Yv illiams,
Treasurer; Judge A. Jacksou aiul Ja-
cob Presler, Justices of the Pixice,
and A. G. William:; and James Bar-
ton, Constables.
THi: FIRST SETTLERS
were B. G. Williams and wife ; Jacob
Presler, .wife and daughter; Wesley
Harberson and wife; A. G. Willianis,
James S. Williams. James Presh-r,
William Booth and James Lainp.sori,
who all took claims on the nth day of
June, 1870. The first homestead taken
in the Townsliip v.'uis by A. G. Will-
iams. The first death was that of
Benjamin Lyons, v.'hielioccurretl Feb-
ruary 22, ]872. The first birth was a
boy born to Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Sny-
der. The first marriage was Estt^^)
Munks to Miss Emily Baruett, in Oc-
tober 1872.
SCHOOLS AND CHUECHES.
There are fivo sclinol disti'icts in
the Township, all of which have school
houses, in wiiich regular term.s of
school are taught. The religious 'de-
nominations are the Christians and
Methodists, both of wiiich have regu-
lar preaching and Sunday Schools.
There is also a Union Suiiday School,
which was organized March 25, 1877.
All of them are well attended, and arc
in a flourishing coiidition. The morals
of the Township are most excellent;
the people ai'o intelligent, industrious
and sociable. Consequetitiy they are
prosperous and happy.
Brown's Creek Township comprises
all of Townshij.) 5, south, Bange 8,
west, and is by far the finest Town-
ship of land in the county, there not
being a forty acre lot in the wholo
Township but what can be success-
fully cultivatod. It is watered by
Brown's Creek and a small tributary
of Buffalo, both of which afford an
abundance cixunuing Winter th-e year
23
round. Mayviewisthe poetoffico.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
are H. H. MeGugin, Truetoe; Jaraee
W. Adams, Clerk ; H. C. White, Treas-
urer; A. S. CloUand and J. D. HoU«n-
l)eck, Justices of the Peace, and A.
G. Williams, and J. G. King, Con-
stables.
IiIMESTOHE TOWNBWTP
■was organized at the first mooting of
the Board of County Commissioners,
Auj^'ust 22, 1870, and was composed of
Townshij^s 3, 4 and 5, Eanges 9 and
10. It has since been reduced to one
j,'OA'ernment Township (Town 3, Banpe
9). Athens, Erving", Ionia and Ezbbn,
having been formed out of its original
territory.
THE FIRST ELECTION
for Township officers was held at the
house of Thomas Coverdale, April 3,
1871, and resulted in the election ai
Adam Ileimcnschneider,Trustee ; Sen-
oca Sumner, Treasurer; O. S. Baxter,
Clerk; John McAffce and A. D. W.
Carman, Justices of the Peace, and
Thomas Grimes, andC. E. Pound, Con-
si ables.
On February 12, ]874, it was organ-
ized as it now stands, with Geo. S.
Vilott, Trustee ; Eansom J. Harwick,
Clerk, and George Snyder, Treasurer.
The Township contains six miles
square of excellent rolling land, rich
and productive. It iSs well watered
by the second and third branches of
Limestone creek, on which is found
an abundance of good timber.
THE FIRST SETTLER
of the Townshi]-> was Captain Garland,,
an old sea captain, who settled on the
third branch of Limestone in the fall
of 1870. The second batch of settlers
were Ptobert Pattison and family, who
settled on the fourth branch of Lime-
stone, the same fall, though a little
later.
The first white child born in tlie
Township was born to Mrs. Anna Bur-
gess, in 1871 ; it was also the first
death, as it died a very short, time
after its birth, followed in a few days
by its mother.
Every quarter section of land in the
Township is taken, and nearly all of
them contain actual settlors. The
5eo])le are intelligent, moral and in-
dustrious, and the society is g00( ►
There are four school districts in the
Township, in all of which regular
terms of school are taught. There is
only $000 bonded indebtedness in the
Township. There are two church or-
ganizjationg in the Township— the
jVIethodists and Presbyterians, both
of which have regular preaching, and
Sunday Schools. Present popula-
tion— 470. Ezbon is tJie post office.
TEE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November 6, 1877, are : John
McCammon, Trustee;. Geo. W. Con-
glcton,Clerk; W. H. Isaacs, Treasurer;
r. E. Cannon and W. P. Walker, Jus-
tices of the Peace, and. A.. W. Park-
hurst and S. E. T>Iax9on, Constables.
was organized April IG, 1872, being cut
off from Buffalo and containing all of
Township 5, Range 7, with, the excep-
tion of the first, tier of sections, which
remained a portion of Buffalo Town-
ship until the October 1877 nieetrng ot
the Board of County Commissioners,
when it was taken away from Buffalo
and declared, the legitimate property
of Prairie. iJt is a beautiful, rich and
fertile Township of land, and is thick-
ly settled by an industrious, energetie
and intelligent class of. citizens, well
and f&vorably known for their piety
and morality. They all came hera
poor, but they went to work with a
will and determination to make their
beautiful prairie homes bloom and
blossom like the rose, and we aro
pleased to chronicle the fact that their
efforts have been crowned with entir*
success.
THE FIRST SETTLERS
of Prairie Townshii) were: Wm. D.
and Jonathan Street, Benjamin
Lewis and J. A. Zimmerman, who
came here in October 1869, and Jes8«
N. Carpenter and Eugene Carpenter,
who came early in the spring of 1870.
Wm. M. Jonss, Isaac A. Sawin and
Charles L. Seeley followed soon after,
arriving here April 29, 1870. Wm. W.
and John ItlcCracken, the proprietors,
of "McCracken's Ranche," came in
August 1870. A host of others cam*
in, about the same time, but our limi^
ed space forbids further particular,,
under this head.
SCUOOL.S AI^D CHCTUCHES.
Prairie Towiishii* contains four
school districts, iu nil of wliicli there
are {i^ood substivntiul school houses, in
which rej,'ular terms of school are
taught. The religious element is also
well represented— the Methodists,
Christians and Baptists, all having
regular organizations and places of
worship.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November 6, 1S77, are: Ste-
phen Kilgore, Trustee; ,T. F. Harring-
ton, Treasurer; D. A. Salley, Clerk;
E. Card and J. B. Allen, Justices of
the Peace; J. T. Whitney and J. C.
Tliornton, Constables.
VICSSBURG TOWNSHIP
was organized at the llrst meeting of
the Board of County Commissioners,
August 22, 1870, and v/as c'dnpos^d of
Townshii)S 3, 4 and 5, Range (i.
THE FIRST ELECTION
for Township officers took i)lace at
A. J. Davis' house, April 3, 1871, and
resulted in the election of O. I''. John-
son, Trustee; Thos. Dale, Treasurer;
A. J. Highland, Clerk; James Fogle,
Jr. and Abraham Alsdurf, Justices of
the Pe;icc ; J. M. Welch and Jeremiah
Burnett, Constables.
THE FIRST SETTLERS,
as the Township novv^ stapds, were :
Captain O. F. Johnson, Matkias Hof-
weimer, Lewij Spcigle, Wni. 11.
Friend, C. James Jones, Abra'.iam
Alsdurf, George Zimmer, James
Fogle, Jr., Thomas Dale, William
Taylor and Silas Mann, all of whom
settled in the Township in the fall of
1870, the three first taking their
claims August 11, 1870.
THE FIRST MARRIAGE
in the township took i)lace June 17,
1871, Captain O. F. Johnson and Miss
Elizabeth Zimmer being the contract-
ing parties. This was also the first
marriage in the county, standing No.
1 on the marriage record of the Pro-
bate Judge's office.
The Township is well watered by
Marsh creek and its tributaries. Its
present territory is township 4 south.
Range 6 west, and contains six miles
square of excelleat table land, rich
and productive. Its mhabi^tants are
intelligent, moral and industrious. Ifc
contains four school districts, in all
of which regular terms of school are
taught. Every quarter section of
land in the Township is taken, nearly
all of which contains actual settlers.
Its present population is 441.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November G, 1877, are Edwin
Wertenbcrger, Trustee; John Kissin-
ger, Treasurer; J. K. Adams, Clerk;
A. Alsdurf and J. K. Adams, Justices
of the Peace; J. A. Bell and B. F.
Hardin, Constables.
OMIO,
the only town in tht3 Townshiji is a,
thriving, enterprising little place,
started in 1877. It contains a post
office, two general stores, two black-
smith shops, and several handsomo
private residences. Johnsonville,
named in honor of Captain O. F.
Johnson, is a post office near the cen-
ter of the Township.
I3SD0N 'JO-C-ZLJSHIP
was originjdly a }>ortion of Lime-
stone Towi)shii>. It was organized
August 10. 187:2, and at that time con-
tained all of Towwship 3, south,
Eanges i) ond 10, west. It now con-
tains Townt-hip 3^ south. Range 10,
west.
THS FIIi»T SETTLERS.
of the Township, as it now stands,
were Henderson W^ard, John W,
Wnrd, Levi Ward and Geo. W. Ward,
who settled and took claims on the
west branch of the West Branch of
Limestone creek in October, 1870.
Several other settlers came in that
fall and the next spring, but we av&
unable to get the names and date of but
very few. Among them were Hon. D.
W. Pate, afterwards Representative;
A. W. D. Carman, afterwards Justic©
of the Peace and S. O. Carman, after-
wards Register of Deeds. The Car-
mans came in 1870, and Mr.. Pate came
in March, 1871.
THE FIRST ELECTION
held in the Township was the gener-
al election of 1872, held Novei^beE 5,.
1872, at which 20 votes were cast, all
of them for the Republican ticket.
The first Townsliip^election was held
on the first day of April, 187L;, at.
25
■which Geo. S. Vilott was elected
Trustee; C. W. Tillotson, Clerk; M.
P. Rozcll, Treasurer; S. C. Jackson
and Gideon Brown, Justices of the
Peace and Clarence E. Pound and
Frank S. Griffith, Constables.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
There are four school districts in
the Tov/nship, in which regular terms
of school are kept. There are also
four church organizations— the Cath-
olics, Free Methodists, Dunkards and
United Brethei-n, all of whom have
♦Sunday Schools in connection there-
with, and regular preaching. The
people are intelligent, industrious,
thrifty farmers, and the society is
good. The Township' contains six
miles sijuare of fine rolling land, rich
and productive, and is well watered
))y Limestone and its numerous tribu-
^u-ies. The only
CATHOLIC CHURCH BUILDING
ill the county is a neat one story stone
.<;iliie, 23x3;^, situated near the resi-
<ien< c of Miirtin llegan, in Ezbon
Tj\v)u>hiii, Father Timi)haus. of Be-
loit. Priest in charge. The building
<;ost $600, is nicely finished, and is a
credit to tin:^ county.
THE PHKSKXT TOY.'XSHIP OFTICERS,
elected November C, 1877, are: Martin
Ivegan, Trustee; N. Z. Lewi
whorn came onto Limestone creek in
April 1870.
SCHOOLS AND CHUKCHES.
There arc four School Districts in
the Township, all of which have
school houses, and regular terms of
school. The religious denominations
are Methodists, Presbyterians and
Dunkards, all of whom have regular
preaching.
Tlie people are moral, intellegent,
industrious and prosperous, and the
society is unsuiiiassed.
Athens ^Township is one of the
finest Townships of land in the coun-
ty and' is well watered by Limestone
creek and its tributaries, which af-
ford an abundance of running water
the year round, and is bordered by a
wide Ijelt of excellent timber.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November 6, 1877, are Morris
Gray, Trastee; J. C. Slagle, Clerk;
Geo. B. Steen, Treasurer; M. B. Bar-
toji and Charles Stoner, Justices of
the Peace, and John Yantis and D. C.
Slagle, Constables.
ERVING TOWJSSBTP
w as originally a portion of Limestone.
It is situat£-d in the southwest comer
of Jewell county, ajid comprises
Township 5 south. Range 10 west. It
Clei k ; i ■^•1"^ organized November 10, 1872, and
Henry Horshner, Treasurer; J. C.
Hubb;;r<! aud Percival Sheard, Jus-
tices of the Peace; P. G. Regan and
S. C. Ja<'ivson, Constables.
ATHENS TOWNSHIP
was oi'i^inaJly a ]jortion of Limestone
Tosvn-hjj). It was orgaoized August
10, 1872, and the lirst election wa.s held
at the house of T. B. Johns, August
28, 1872, which resulted in the eb'ction
of E. D. Plumb, Justice of the Peace;
Thomas B. Johns, Township Treas-
urer, and Robert Day and Jacob Gil-
more, Constables. No other Towji-
ship officers were eloctod at this time.
John McAffee, Justice of the Peace,
and A. S. Hoag, Township Clerk, who
had been api)ointed, held over until
the next regular' election.
THE FIRST SETTLERS
of Athens Township were Fred Bec-
ler, E. D. Plumb, Richard Albertson,
Robert White. John McAffec, all of
named in honor of Dr. Ei"ving, of
Hiawatha, Kansas, from which place
quite a number of the first settlers
emigrated.
THE FIRST ELECTION
took place Ajiril 3, 1873, at which Fi'ed
J. Vosburg was elected Trustee. The
reconls fail to show the election of
any other offi(>ers. Perhaps tha peo-
ple were just as well off without them.
THE FIRST SETTLER3.
Fred J. Yosburg took the first claim
in the township in June 1870. He was
followed in the spiing of 1871 by Wm.
Babcock, Frank Clark, R. Snider, AJ.
Chiuidlcr, George Engleheaii^ P. J.
Heller, Peter De Younj?, Gcorgo
Schoonmaker, Heni-y Van Tilborg
and a great many otiiers. In fact so
gieat was the rush of emigration that
spriu^g that before the close of 1871,
all tlie land in the Township was ta-
ken up. The Township is well water-
ed by Oak creek and its tributoria^
aloag the banks of which an abund-
ance of excellent timber is found.
The soil is rich and productive.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
There are three School DistrjctSj in
two of which are good substantial
school houses, in which regular terms
of school are taught. The other dis-
trict contemplates buildipg this fall.
The church organii^ations are— the
Dutch Reformed Church, who have a
commodious , church building and
parsonage; the Advents and the
Congregatioualists. The Wvo latter
have no church buildings, but all have
regular preaching. The majority of
the inhabitants are Hollanders. They
are honest, industrious, hardworking
l^eople, and make good citizens.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November 6, 1877, ovo : Henry
Van Tilborg, Trustee; R. W. Mayri-
hugh. Clerk; George Schoonmaker,
Treasurer; Fred J. Vosburgand F. J.
Heller,Justices of the Peace, and Will-
iam .Orchard and Geo. M. Stanton,
Constabl py^.
WHITE MOUND TOWNSHIP
was originally a portion of White
Itock Tovv'nship, which was orgouized
August 22, 1870, the date of the
county's organization. It now com-
prises Township 2 south, RiUige 10
west. Organized January 7, 1873
THE FIRST SETTLERS
M eje Nelson Fr.ost; J.ohji Brittan, H.
C. Baehclder, and Y/c-sloy Clemens,
who took claims on White Kock in
,Tnne- 1870. The next settler was
Menzo W. Smith, who came in July
1870. The next settlers were W. H.
McKimmey, the first and present
township trustee, J. B. Ariugdale and
A. J. Dodd, who took their claims on
the 7th day of October, 1870.
THE FIRST ELECTION
held in the township was at Salem,
November 5th, 1872. The result of the
election was very satisfactory to the
Republican party, everyvote cast be-
ing for the Republican ticket.
THE MRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
api-)0int6d.by the county commission-
ers were: W. H. McKimmey, trustee ;
Geo. W. C; Smith, clerk; James
jGline, treasurer, and Menzo W. Smith,
justicp of the peace. No constables
v,-ere appointed. Mr. Smith did not
find out that he was not a legally con-
stituted justice of the ]>eace until af-
ter he hadpei-formed his lirst marriage
ceremony. He was afterwards legally
appointed justice of the peace by
Gov. Osborn.
THE FIRST FLECTION hcld in tliO
township for township oflicers, was
held at Salem, Aj.ril 1, 187:!, at which
41 votes were cast, resulting in the
election of W. H. McKirnmey, trustee;
Thos. L. Guthrie, Clerk; James
Mouace, treasurer; Menzo W. Smith
and James Campbt^U, justices of the
peace, and Isaac Conger and Samuel
Fruzier, constables.
The first white child born in White
Mound Township was n girl born to
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dodd, August 24,
187i.^ Rer name, is Mattie; she \b a
bright little girl, and is still livinR
with her parents on the old original
horacstetid.
The first iind only steam mill in the
township was started by H. L. Brown-
lug, February 1, 1872. It is still run-
ning at Salem, and, has done an im-
mense amount of good in the improve-
ment of the townsh!]>. II. L. Brown-
ing located the claim on which he in
now living, August 5, 1871. On De-
cember 12, 1871, he returiied and set-
tled ])ermaneiilly, bringing his steam
saw mill with him.
Menzo W, Smith was the first set-
tler in the iiimiediato neighborhood
of the present town of Salem, being
for some time the farth-st settler west
in Jev/ell county,, or Northwestern
Kansas. Mr. Smitii still remains an
honored resident of the townshii>, and
is justice of the peace and Tostmaster
at Salem,
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES,
There are seven school districts,
three of them, however, lapping over
into other townships. There are
school houses in all the districts but
two, and regular terms of school are
tciught in all. There is no bonded in-
debtedness in any of them. There are
six church organizations— Free Will
Methodists, United Brethern, Christ-
ians, Dunkards, Quakers and Sjnrit-
ualists. A union meeting house is in
course of construction on the north-
27
west corner of W. H. McKimmey's
claim, which is to be used by all de-
nominations for preaching and Sun-
day Scliools.
White Mound Township contains
six miles S(iuare of as fine land as
there is in the county, all of which is
well watered by White Eock and its
numerous tribut;iries, on all of which
jvn abundance of excellent native tim-
ber is found. It is thickly settled by
an industrious, intelligent and active
class of citizejis, and the society is
good.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November (1, 1877, are : W. H.
McKimn"icy, trustee; James Brown,
<-lerk; JI. L. l^rowning, treasurer;
Meiizo W. Smith and John Hill, jus-
tices of the pcj^ce, and F. D. Joy Lnd
Thomas Sheard, constables.
SALEM, •
the only town in the township, is a
busy, bustling and enterprising little
town full of business and in the enjoy-
ment of an excellent trade. It was
laid out January 25, 1372, by H. L.
Browning, C. P. Miller and Geo. W.
Smith, the town site being a strip of
ground taken from each one of their
claims. The first store house was
built by Brovrning and Smith in March
1872, v.'hich was occupied for a short
time by Wilson Brothers, of Scandia,
with a small stock of goods. The first
permanent store was opened here by
J." M. Parker, June 1, 1872, who done
a big mercantile business for along
time, and is now engaged in the stock
business. Miller and Smith have both
left the county. Miller is preaching
for the Free Methodists near Gales-
burg, Illinois, and Smith is engaged
in the same laudable calling for the
same denomination at Council Grove,
Kansas. Browning has not yet com-
menced preaching. All branches Of
business are well represented in
Salem, as evidence of which we refer
with pleasure to the numerous "cards"
of that town to be found in our ad-
vertising pages.
EICIILAND TOWNSHIP
was originally 'a portion t»f Big Tim-
ber. Was organized as Bichland
Township, February 12, 1874.
ITS FlRST OFFICERS
Hvcre: Andrew Green, Trustee; C. P.
B. l)azy, Treasurer; John W. Mc-
Roberts, Jr. and-T. McBiide, Justices
of the Peace, and John Wyatt, Con-
stable.
THE FIRST SETTLEB'S
were Sara. C. Bowles, T. Bowles, G.
I. Nelson, Peter Kearns, Peter Tdn-
ner, Nels Cederburg, John O'Roak,
Chris. Ahrens, John W. McEoberts,
Sr..John W. McEoberts, Jr. W. E.
Sco'tt, Sam. J. Sweet, Alfred Wildo
and Urban Wilde, all of whom settled
here early in the spring of 1870, some
of tJaem coming in February and t^ie
remainder in April.
The Township is a little inclined to
be rolling, but as 'its name indicates,
the land is rich and productive. It is
well watered by John's and White
Eock creeks, and good timber is
abundant. It is thickly settled by an
industrious and thrifty class of farm-
ers, and the society is good.
SCHOOLS AKD CHURCHES.
There are four school districts in
the township, all of which have good
school houses, in which regular terms
of school are taught. We have ■ no
report of churches.
BUBENS
i^ a thriving little town, containing
one general store, a card of which
will be found in our advertising pages,
a post office, in which confectioneries
and notions are kept, and a black-
smith and wagon-maker's shop.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November 6, 1877, are Thomas
E. West, trustee; Samuel J. Sweet,
clerk; S. M. Wright, treasurer; W. G.
King and W. Wilde, justices of the
peace, and W. S. Wright and W. J.
Bowles, Constables.
CALVIN TOWNSHIP
was the last township organized in
the county— December 7, 1875. It was
originally a portion of Buffalo. It is
well watered by Middle and West
Buffalo, and is a splendid township of
land. It was named in honor 6f J.
Calvin Postlethwaite, who was mainly
instrumental in its organization.
Thickly settled; society good.
THE FIRST SETTLERS
were Henry Sorick, Geo. A. SoFick,
James A. Scarbrough and William
Queen, all of whom settled here-iu
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April 1870. The next settlers were
Col. E. Barker, F. T. Gandy, Lewis
Gandy, Orville L. McCluiag, and W.
C. McClung, who settled in May and
June 1870. William M. Runyan was
the first settler of West Prairie in this
township, settling here in August
1870.
THE FIEST TOWNSHIP OFFICKKS
were: F. T. Gandy, trustee; John
Deloug, clerk; A. Wyland, treasurer;
A. Jackson and T. J. Cassou, justices
of the peace, and Oliver Majers and
J. F. Sehoonover, constables.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
There are two school districts in
the township, both of which have
good school houses and regular terms
of school. Having for a long time
been attached to Bulla' :iid Centre
townships, nearly all the School Dis-
tricts had been formed before it was
organized .as an independent town-
ship. Hence the best portion of its
territory is thrown into these town-
ships for school i»urposes. There are
two church organizations— the Meth-
odists and Evangelicals, both of
which have regular preaching and
Sunday Schools.
THK rUESENT TOSVNSniP OFVICKRS,
elected November G, 1877, are : A.
Harbour, trustee; H. S. Cox, clerk;
R. R. McCluug, treasurer ; A. Jackson
and G. W. McGehee, justices of the
peace, and H. Pitkin and James Bar-
ton, constables. Judge Jackson has
since removed to Missouri Valley,
Iowa.
JACKSON TOWNSHIP
was originally a portion of Big Tim-
ber township, and was organized
April 16, 1872.
TUE FIRST ELECTION
took place May 14, 1872, at which A.
W. Vale was elected trustee ; Milton
Ringland, clerk; M. Jennings, treas-
urer; G. W. Byers and A. B. Marsh,
justices of the peace, and R. A. Bad-
ley and John Maudlin, constables.
THE FIKST SETTLERS
■vrere Frank Bregren, S. E. Wilson
and Walker Vale, who came in 1870,
and G. W. Byers, M. Jennings, A. B.
French, H. A. French and Andrew
Eisonmann, who settled in the spring
of 1871.
Jackson townsliip is situated in the
extreme northe;ist corner of the
county, and consists of Townshit) 1,
south, Range ('., west. It contains six
iniles S(jn;!rc of fine rolling laiul, tlu^
north half sloi>ing towards the Re-
publican river, and the south half to-
wards White Rock creek. Tliat por-
tion lyir.g immediately al()n,'.r the Re-
publicim embrac's a beautiful tra(;t
of rieli bottom land. The i>eople as ;i
class will compare favorable with
any other conununity in tht^ c(junty,
in point of intelligence, industry, so-
ciability and morals.
scnooi-s AND cut i:cirKy.
There are four school districts in
tlie townsiiip, iiU of which liave com-
fortable sc-]\ool houses, in Vvhieh leg-
ular te}-ms of seliool i'.'-e (;inglit.
There are two church orgaiiizations-
the Baptists and United Brethren-
each of Avhicli liave rt'gular preadi-
ini( andSabljutli Seliools.
TMK I'KKMi.NT TOW N .-^U 1 1' OII'ICKltS,
elected Noveml>er <;, lvS77, arc M. Jen-
Jiings, trustee; W. (K Wldting, clerk;
Jehn Hobson, tn-nsurer; R. M. Clark
and G. W. Higgias, justices of tlie
peace, and A. L. Skeels and H. A.
French, constables.
IONIA TOWNSHIP
was originally a portion ol Limeston*^
township, and nearly all Ihe "lirst
township oIlietM-s" men (ioned i u Lime-
stone to wnshi)> are now residents of
Ionia. As it now sta)nls it consists of
Township 4, south, Ranges '.) and 10,
west, and was organized August 10,
1872, and is the largest township in
the county.
TltK I'lllST TOWNSHIP OFITCEKS,
elected August 28, 1872, were V/il-
liam Roney, trustee; S. O. Carman,
clerk, and J. Webster, justice of the
peace, each of v.'hom received (1 votes.
' As they were loyal, law-abiding peo-
ple they elected no treasurer or con-
stable.
TIIK FIRST SETTLERS
were O. S. Baxter, Thomas Grimes,
Erving Woostcr, O. H. P. Cook, M.
V. Smith, E. S. Wright, B. M. Cur-
tis, L. E. Ransom and JamotJ W.
Moses, all of whom took claims in
the months of August and September
1870, the first six in August and the
others in September. Frank L. Pound
came in in November, 1870.
A. N. Cole homesteaded the first
claim in the township, September,
29, 18G9, but left it and never returned j
for nearly a year afterwards— Sep- I
tember 20, 1870. Adam Riemensohni- I
<Ier and wife came in with Cole and ;
settled near where they now live. !
Mr. R., had been out the previous :
spring and homesteaded his claim ,
March 1, 1870. j
The east half of Ionia township is |
thickly settled and one of the best
sections of land in the west. The
land is rich and productive, and is
well watered and timbered— Ash creek
and the four main branches of Lime- ]
stone creek traversing it from north to
south. The west half is rath'er hilly
and thinly settled. However there is
some good land on the eastbrar^h of
Oak creek, and the thick settlelnent ;
of the entire township is only a ques- i
tiou of time. The people are intolli- j
gent, industrious and sociable, and '
the society is good.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
There are four school districts in
the township, all of which have good
substantial school- houses, in which
regular terms of school are taught.
There are three cliurch organizations
— the Methodists, Presbyterians and
Dunkards— all of which have regular
preaching and Sunday Schools.
IONIA
13 a flourishing little town, located
in the southern part of the town-
ship, containing two general stores,
one boot and shoe shop and
one blacksmith shop. It is beauti-
fully located near the middle forks of
Limestone creek, and is a place of
considerable trade. Being surround-
ed by a rich and fertile country its
future is bright and promising.
THE PKKSENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November G, 1877, are James
V. Davis, trustee ; E. H. Colson, clerk ;
Geo. Barnett, treasurer; H. C. Davis
and Stephen Hoffhines, justices of the
peace, and F. F. Finch and C. Rin-
dom, constables.
BURR OAK TOWNSHIP
is the legitimate successor of White
Rock township, all the first officers of
the latter being now residents of the
former. As before mentioned in this
v/ork AVhitc Rock township was or-
ganized August 22, 1870.
ITS FIItST OFKICEKS,
elected April, 3, 1871, were Jabe Wins-
low, Trurslee ; Frank Gilbert,treasurcr ;
James McCormick, clerk; Thomas
Moor and A. W. Mann, justices of
the peace, and J. K. Moor and Zack
Mormon, constables.
■JllK, FUibT bET'lLFKS
were A. W. Mann, A. J. Godfrey, D.
H. Godfrey, Frank Gilbert, James
Gilbert, George Beanblossom, Sr.,
Mike Hackenberg, John St. John, and
Thomas Francis, v/ho settled near
the present town site of Burr Oak,
August 28, 1870. A. W. Mann had
been out in June previous and had
taken his claim. Of the nine per-
sons above named all remain, with
the exception of Thomas Jrancis and
John St. John, who have moved
away, and Mike Hackenberg who was
killed on his claim by the falling of a
tree in the fall of 1874. Zack Mor-
mon and Thomas R. Comstock came
in September, 1870.
Thomas Moor and J. K. Moor, and
Henry Sprague came in about the
1st of October, 1870, and took claims
on Burr Oak creek, about five miles
northwest of Burr .Oak, where they
still reside.
J.ohn E. Faidley and Allen Ives
came out an^ took a look at the coun-
try in October, 1870, but did not
take claims. They came back in
January, 1871, to find the nice i claims
they had selected on their first visit
taken by other parties.
BURR OAK.
The beautiful town site of Burr
Oak was located and laid out by A.
J. Godfrey, on the NW k of the NW i
of Section 23, Township 2, south,
Range 9, west, in May 1872. John E.
Faidley built the first house and
opened the first store in this place, in
the same month, which was the be-
ginning of the present town of Burr
Oak, which now contains two good
general stores, ono drug store, on»
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harness shop, one water saw and prist
mill, one Pewinpr and reaping machine
establishment and two (^ood hotels.
On the 23rd day of May, 1873, Mr.
Faidlcy took Franois Gilbert into
l)artnershi]) witli hiiu and the firm
was known as Faidley & Gilbert un-
til Mareli 18th, 1S7.S, when they went
into partnership with A. W. Manii,
an,d the Mini is now known as Mann.
P'aidiey Jl: Co.
Ijusv Oak township is one of tho
best in the eouiity, and if- tliiekly stit-
tled by as rvood a ehiss of etti/.ensiib
ever came west. Pi.';>ula«ion (!u'J.
^eno'M.s an:> cuuiumiks.
There are si:; school (^i'^tvicts in the
t(.nviiship, all of ^^1li(•ll havi' j.vood
s 'hool houses and lej^iilar ter)ns of
school. Tliere •.■'■o tlirec Sunday
Hehools. The reli:-;i( donomina-
tiQns are cjuite nnmerons, and are
]-e;>)-escnted as follows: Metliodisis,
Friends, United Brethren, Durikards,
Saturday and- Sunday ^^dvents,
Christians, Presbyteria.ns and Spirit-
ualists, all of whom have reyula/
prcaehin.!^..
iHK I'UKsr.NT TOAVNsn;r officki-.s,
elected November 0, 1877, ivro J. W.
Green, trustee; A. J. Gcdirey, ch-rk;
]J. F. Pioyer, treasurer; James.
McCormickandJ. M. Qui^dey, justit'es
of the peaco, and David H. Godfrey,
and A. Morris, constables.
as tine as any in the eonnty, but the
western port! u is rather broken and
hilly, but all &nseei)lable of success-
ful cnltiv;uion. The Township is
thickly settled by iinlustrious, intel-
lij^ent an,d successful fanners, and
the socic>ty is excellent.
sonot.ii.s AND cnntrnEs.
There are four school distiicts, in
alloiwiiich there ;;ve ic!.;u!ar terms
of school. There .-ire live church or-
,qaniziilions— I'resiiN terians, Mctlio-
dists, Chiisi.ians, Llnilcd j]r«'ihrcn and
Flee V/ill J'.ai.tisls, ;;11 of whom liavo
rej'ular preachini^ J. M. ranliiu' is
Pastor 01 the Presbytejia)i c-hurcli,
and J. L. i^llen, class leader of the
Methodists.
'in>^ ri!r:sT,NT township offu'KHS,
elected Novouber ('., l>,n, are W. G.
S la. u.!-', liter, Trt
Clerk; J. L. A IK
Adams and Geo.
I of th(^ Peace, ai.d
■Tacobs, Constald(
t-e: Jacob
^v'-yes. J
IL. Jordan
Jacolis,
•; J. M
sti((>s
md J.
WAS:iT.?TGTOIT TOY/irSEIP
was originally a portion of P>ufralo
Township. It was organized August
10, 1872, and
THE FIRST FLECTION
took place at the house of Captain
Pierce, August 28, 1872, at which C.
Stinson was elected Trustee; W. G.
Slaughter, Treasurer; A. P. Huling,
Clerk ; S. Briggs, Justice of the Peace,
and A. AValker and J. L. Allen, Con-
stables.
THE FIRST SETTLERS
were J. M. Pantier, B. M. Gould, J.
L. Allen, Scth Rogers and W. G
Slaughter, who settled on West Marsh
creek the firsL of May, 1871. The first
child born was to Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Allen, November 10, 1871.
The eastern portion of the Town-
ship <;oji tains some beaulif ul country,
GEA^TT TOV/USEIP
was originally a i)Oil,ion of ^'icksburg••
Town.^liip. It is a s])lendid Townshi})
lOil-ij'idand is well watered l)y East
j and Middle Mar-,h creeks, on whoso
'_br.nks is found an abuiulance of ex-
j (••.'llent timber. The land is all taken
up, and is settled by a moral, indus-
trious andintellig(Mitclassof citizens.
TUE FIRST SlOT'JLKRS
were James Fogle, Jr., J. SLurdevant,
D. Nickerson, Mr. P.rr.slicM jmd James
Fogle, Sr,, all cl vJioni came in in
A;)i'il, 1S71, Avil'h tjje ex< '"]'tion of
Jiiines Fogde, Jr., who arrived in
March, 1S71, and who may be justly
I regarded as the first sclUer. The
j ^ownshi]> was Oigani/.ed Aprils, 1873.
THE FIRST El.ETION
took place Ai)ril 22, 1S73, at the house
of E. Bullock, at which C. Stinsoii
was elected Tnisice; B. Ilobson,
Clerk; W. Orton, Tiea-^u.er, and S.
McCay, Justice of the Pea<-e.
SCHOOLS AND CIlURCU KS.
There are six school districts in th«
Township, in all of which there are
good substantial school -houses, in
which regular terms of school are
taught. The church organizations
number six, as follows: Methodists,
3r
Advents, Christians, Presbyterians,
Baptists and United Brethren, all of
whom have regular preaching.
THE PRESENT TuAVNSHIP OFFICERS
held over from last year, there being
no election in the township last fall.
Captain A*. B. Balch is Trustee and
Justice of the Peace. The names of
the other olliccrs.we were unable to
obtain.
S2NCX,AIFu TOWlf SHIP
was originally a portion of Big Tim-
l)er Tow'ishi)>. It is situated on
White Piock creek, on the eastern
line of tlio county, immediately west
of Wliilo Byck City. Much, of its
early history will ))e found in the
opening chapters ol'this work.. It is a
splendid Township of land and is
thickly settled by a gl)od class of citi-
zens. It vv-as or;iauii:e(l February 12,
187-1, and its
Fir.ST TOV>'KSIIIP OFFJCERS
were John Dixon, Trustee; K. A.
Badley, Clerk; H. C. Vestul, Treas-
urer; John Pcnshaw, Justice of the
Peace, and R. A. Badley and T. Hun-
ter, Constal)h'.-;.
Tl-ir. FIRST fjEXTLEES
v/cre C. G. SmiLh, Allen I). Woodrull
and Mis. IMaiy Pi'azicr and her two
sons ri-;;!ilv and Wiilir.m— who set-
tle-1 hcrr in lbG8; Thomas Shuler,
Wiliard Woodrurr, V/illiam Nixon,
James Clellaud, Hugh Clelland, Ed.,
TIamiier, Jotl Frtcvrid, 11. Lapier,
James McCraith, Lli Thoiuas and E.
Maudlin, who sctt'cd in lfc.70.
SCHOOLS AXD CIITTRCIIES.
There are four school districts in
the tovn^.ship, in all of which there
are good snl)tantial school houses, in
v/hi;'li rcgnl;ir terms of school are
taught. Th(>i-e are three church or-
ganizations—the United Brethren,
Presbyterians and Methodists, all of
whom have regular preaching and
Sunday S<;hoolA.
THE PnjCSENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November G, 1877, are A. H.
Poole, Trustee; A. L. Milligan, Clerk;
H. C. Vestal, Treasurer; Ed. Hamner
and F. M. Poole, justices of the peace,
aud R. A. Clelland and T. J. Hutchi-
son, constables.
MOI^TANA T0W2IE'iIIP
was originally a portion of Big Tim-
ber. It ia rather high and rolling, but
t!ie north half, sloping gracei!uJly to-
wards the Eepublican river, contains
some beautiful bottom land. A trib-
utary of AVhite Ilock creek drains the
soul li half of the township, on ■which
there is also some splendid land. It
is all ric-l\ and productive, even the
unland, being very desirable. It is
tiiicic'.y settled by an industnous and
intelligent class of citizens, and the
society is good.
THE FIKST SETTLERS.
Adam Ptoscnberg, the Indian fighttr
of former chapters of this lilt'e book,
was lliejlr.it setUer of Montiina. Ed.
Davis, Frank TVilson and McCracken
are 1S70 settlers, but.the great rush of
immigration to thi3 township was in
1S71. Yv^m. O. Eber>?ole, Geo. Lowe,
Taylor Davis and Joseph Blair were
among the early settlers of this town-
ship. February 12, 1874, the township
was org;inized, and
THE FIRST TOVaNSKIP OFFICERS
were M. D. Bo;:S, trustee; A. G. Xun-
naliy, cb-rk; John Lane, treasurer;
S. j\I. AVriglit, justice of the peace,
and John (lalewood and John Blair,
constal)les.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
Montana township contains three
school districts, all of which have
good comfortable school houses, in
which regular terms of sciiool are
taught. We have no report' of
ohurclio':,.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
olecti'd November G, lti77, arcD. C. Wil-
'-lon, trustee; W. L. Boss, treasurer; J.
K.Pratt, clerk; II. C. BoderandW. H,
Ilaskinson, justices of the peace, and
F. W. Brocaw and S. T. McBride,
e n s ta b 1 es.
HARBISON TOWNSHIP
lays on the divide between the Re-
publican river and White Rock creek_
The surface of the country is rolling,
slo])ing to the north and south. It ts
well watered by Ash, Oak, Augur and
Crooked creeks» runuing north, an d
Hoag, Knob, Norway and Taylor
creeks, running south, on nearly all
of which there is considerable timber.
The tawnship is. thickly eettled by. a
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r,ood class of citizens and the society
is excellent.
THE FIRST SETTLF/iiS
wore Gcorpfc Harrison, James Marion,
Isaac Don;ihoo, Jolm McClure, Geo.
8. Hill, Mori'is Morrison and M:u-tin
Morrison, the iir.-t two coininj^- in
February and the rcMrudndc]- in April,
1871. The tov.nship v.-as originally
one-half in White Koek and the oc!i-
er half ia Bit,' Timber. It was or.ii^an-
ized as an imlopeiident township
April 13, 1874.
THE FIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICFJIS
were Peter Van Orna.m, trustee ; G.
M. Jacobs, treasurer and A. O. Bacon,
clerk.
SCHOOLS AND CHUnCHES.
Thare are six school districts, in
five of which ther'> ai'e sc]>ool houses,
in which regidar teruK-? of scliool are
taught. There are three church or-
ganizations— the Bible Christians.
Methodists and German Mt^thodists,
all of whom have regular preaching.
There are thi;ee Union Sunday
Schools, all in a flourishing condi-
tion.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
elected November G, 1877, ai'e J. M.
Armagost, trustee ; James Essex,
clerk, H. B. Forrey, teasurer; J. C.
Armagost and D. S. Kepney. jiistice.sT
of the i»eace, and D. A. Bogcrs and.A. j
Buttler, constables.
izcd ;is an indrpc'ndent townsiiip Feb-
ruary 12, 1874.
TUK FIRST ELECTION
was held April 7, 1874, rJ; which H. C
Huntington was elected trust(>e; O.
F. llobei'ls, (now County (.!ommia-
sionei-) eh-ik ; J. T. Hoi Ici: beck, treas-
urer; D. Bi(dimond ;ind J. I'. Cole,
Jiis'.ic<'s c)f t'ne pea<'(>, ;in<l A. C. Cox
and. (). a. Foi-d, constabh-s.
SCHOOLS Axn cihuchem.
Tiiere aie iiv(> sehool dislricl.-; in thf.
townslu]), three of vvliich liave good
scliool houses. Tlie other twf) lu^ld
school in hous(^s ei-cete(| I'oi' meeting
houses. Ilegidar teims of seliool are
taught in all the districts. There are
two church organizations— the United
Brethivi!, and Quake rs or Friends,
botli of which have regidi!)' ])rc-acliirg.
Tli<u-e are tlire*! Union Sunday
Schools, all in a flourishing i-ondition.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
elected November 0, 1H77, are A. A.
Davis, trustee; E. Gai'dner, clerk; D.
H. Dillon, treasurer; E. B. Ensign
and J. T. Holh id)eck, justices of the
])eace, and G. Flynn and O. P. Mu-
honey, eonstabh-s.
WALNUT TOWNSHIP
lays on the divide between the Ee- ,
publican river and White Rock
creek; it is principally upland ;md '
considerably broken, but is neverthe-
less, rich and productive. There is
considerable timber on the dilTerent
streams, the principal of whicli is '
Walnut, from which the township I
takes its name. It is thickly settled \
by intelligent, industrious farmers,
and the society is good.
THE FIRST SFTTLEES
were J. G. Moon And A. J. Sprague,
who settled here in the spring of 1870.
The next were J. T. Hollenbeck, John
Green, A. B. George, Abel Carter,
Enoch Scott and Job Williams,
who settled in 1871.
Walnut was originally a portion of
White Rock township. It was or^'an-
HICHLAND TOWNSHIP
is situated in thi^ extrenie northwest
eornc-r of th(^ county. ^ It was origin-
ally a portion of V/hite Mound, but
was erected into an indejiendent
toAvnship February 12, 1874. The
most of the townsliii) is high rolling
upland, but is ricli and j'roductive.
It is wellwatenMl by Ash and Anuty
creeks, along v.hose b;iid<seon.sidcra-
ble timber is found. ]Overy (|uarter-
st'ction of land in th(> townshii) i.s
ta]i;eu and neaily ; 11 eontain actual
settlers. The ))eoi)le are highly in-
telligent, and the society good.
'lUK HKbT SKl'lI,|.;i;a
were William (rettys, J. R. Lyman,
James Mitcliell, It. W. JJullock and
Harrison Davis, all of whom settled
here in 1871. Williani Gettys wasi
the firxt settler, coming in A|>ril 1871,
the ot,hers during the summer and
fall of that year.
THE FIUST ICI.ltCTlOX
was held April 7, 1874, at which W.
M. Wright was elected trustee; J. F.
Webb, clerk; G. W. S. Micheals, treas-
33
urer; Joseph Blair and Elbrlflge Hill,
justicesof tiiepcace.andP. N. Hogue
and A. D. Brown, constables.
There are six - achool districts in
the township, all of wh'ch have good
school houses and regular terms of
school. There are three church or-
ganizations—the United Presbyteri-
ans, United Brethren, and Methodists,
all of which have regular preaching
and Sunday schools. The United
Presbyterians have a nice stone
church building 24x36.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November 6, 1877, areElbridge
Hill, trustee; E. E. Shute, clerk; E.
C. Smith, treasurer; Sylvester Hill
and Joseph Blair, justices of the
peace, and A. N. Patmore and G. H.
Simjison, constables.
HOLMWOOD TOWNSHIP
lays immediately on "White Bock
creek, and is one of the best Town-
ships in the county. There is plenty
of good timber and good water. It is
thickly settled by a good class of
citizens, and the society is unsur-
passed. It was organized January 7,
1873.
THE FIRST TOWNSHIP OFFICERS
were: John A. Robertson, Trustee;
M. Farnham, Clerk; J. B. Scripture,
Treasurer; John A. Gates and Wm.
Ireland, Justices of the Peace, and
Williara Hess and David Korb, Con-
stables.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
There are four school districts in
the Township, in all of which there
are good substantial school houses,
in which regular terms of school are
taught. "We have no report of
churches, or first settlers.
HOLMWOOD
is a thriving little town on "White
Eock creek, and is a place of con-
siderable trade.
THE PRESENT TOWNSHIP OFFICERS,
elected November G, 1877, are : D. M.
Callender, Trustee ; John A. Robert-
son, Clerk; Geo. W. Sterling, Treas-
iirer; John A. Gates and "W. B. Will-
iams, Justices of the Peace, and "W.
G. Hunter and "William Robertson,
Constables.
CENTBE TOWNSHIP
is located in the geographical centre
of Jewell county, and is composed of
Township 3 south, Range 8 west. Al-
though rather rough and broken, the
soil is excellent, and the land is all
taken up. The Township is drained
by the Middle Branch of Buffalo
creek, on which there is an abundance
of good timberand fine building stone.
It is thickly settled by a good class of
citizens, and the society is equal to
any in the west.
THE FIRST SETTLERS.
H. C. Ussher, now of Grand Round
"Valley, Oregon, was the first Hettler ot
Center Township, taking his clafm on
Middle Buffalo in July, 1870. The next
settler was Jack Vingo, who took the
claim now owned by David S. Blank,
in August, 1870. S. R. "Worick took
the claim which he now owns, in May
1870, but made no permanent settle-
ment until 1871. January 19, 1871,
Ruben "Worick came out and took the
claim on which he now lives. He
came back with his family in June,
1871, and has remained here ever since.
David S. Blank came out in June, 1872,
and bought out Jack Vingo. About
this time the
JEWELL CENTRE TOWN COMPANY
was organized, and the present town
site of Jewell Centre was filed on and
the town laid out. The officers of the
company were: M. W. "Whitney, Presi-
dent; P. S. McCutchen, Secretary,
and Geo. S. Bishop, Treasurer.
THE FIR«T BUILDING
erected on the town site was a black-
smith shop, put up by David S. Blank.
The next was the present court house,
erected by the Town Comijany and
afterwards presented to the county
for a court house.
THE FIRST STORE
was opened in Jewell Centre by Chas.
"W. Pettigrew, November 20, 1872.
Other buildings followed in rapid suc-
cession, and immigration vjas unpre-
cedented. By April 1, 1873, the town
had grown to such dimensions that
the residents concluded they would
give Jewell City a tussle for
THE COUNTY SEAT.
Consequently a petition to that effect
was presented to the County Com-
missioners, April 7, 1873, and an elec-
tion was ordered to come off May 13,
1873. The result of that election was
that the county seat was moved to
Jewell Centre by a vote of 8f51 to 626
for Jewell City, beincr a majority of
235 in favor of Jewell Centre. After
this county seat matters remained
quiet until June 28, 1875. when another
election took place for the re-location
of the county seat. The result was 071
for Jewell Centre ; 75G for Jewell City,
and 9 for Midway, another "imaprinaiy
town," on Middle Bu-ffixlo. The ma-
jority this time in favor of Jewell
Centre was 206. Since the last county
seat election the town has improved
wonderfully, and is now second to
none in the countv. Our space for-
bids a more lens^th-,- r'^'oe in this;
place. The lonpr list of cards in our
advertising columns will give our
readers a very fair idea of the popula-
tion and business.
Centre Townshiii was organized
August 10, 1872. and
THE FIRST ELECTION
took place August 28, 1872, at which
S. F. Scripture was elected Clerk; A.
M. Brinkerhoff, Treasurer: D. J.
Vance and Geo. A. Sorick, Justices of-L-- 1'*'*'. ^^''^t <•;
the Peace, and R. F. Il'idiioiipellcr ! i«-'Ue(i in the
and Richard Chilcott. Constables.
aCHOOLS .\ND
Tliere are four s
PIRST THINGS.
A. J. Davis was the first settler on
r>ul"falo creek, having settled on the
claim when; ho now resides in May
18r,'J.
The Urst white cliild ])oru in Jewell
<;ounty was born to Mr. Jind Mrs. Eli
Thomas, of Sim-lair Townshii),AugU3t
6, 1870.
Henry Soiiuk was the first Coimty
Treasurer of Jewell (jounty. Ele;;ted
.September 27, 1870. Served until
October 1, 1871.
The first ofiicial bond ap])roved in
Jewell county, was that of James A.
Scarbrough, Coujity ('lerk, ajjproved
January 2, 1871.
The first sale of st-hool land in the
• county was the sale of Section 3G,
Township 4 south. Range b west,
granted January 2, 1S71.
The first Sunday Sciiool la Jewell
ciounty was organized and carried on
in lloifer's Grove and at Wm. H.
Cameion'.-j house in the summer of
1871.
The first scliool taught in Jewell
counLy was by Wm. H. Cameron, in
his own liouse one foiirtli of a mih;
c;r.t or Jfwcll City, (luring th(> sum-
mer of 1871.
• •.')unty ordej- a)h)wed and
unty was in lav(U' of
Sheriff, for
notie(;s, ;vl-
•hool disti-icts in
the Townshi[), all of which havo good
comfortable school liousi'S and regu-
lar terms of school. There are thr(>e
church organizations — M e t h o d i s t s.
Baptists and Presbyterians, . all of I 1
whom have regular preaching and j
Josej)!! W. Fogel, ].)ci)Ut\
!f|!12. ;">(!, for posting elcctioi
low(-d Jannai-y 2. 1871.
The lirsv ])Oot.onice i:i Jcvvt^l cminty
was c;i!!im1 (};iri(\v, now J(-wcll. Jolin
Hofrer was ilic first iiostmastcr, and
the first niail received was from Lak(!
Siblt'y, (!lou(l county, Kan.sas, July
1870.
The first jMiblic pj-aycr ever made
Sunday Schools. The Presbyterian in Jewell county wa.s by J. C. Postleth-
church was organized February 18, I waiic, iit Fort Jewell, July 4th, 1870,
1877, and now numbers 22 member:;. ! on tlie occauou ol' t)ie IhrA- ccleltra-
They also h:ive a church building in | tion o!' our Natioii'-i birthday in thi<4
Jewell Centre nearly complfted,;^()x40. I county.
Janii'^i I\IcC;)rmick, of V/liite Rock,
now Burr Oak TownsJui), was th<'
Rev. A. R. Naylor, Pastor in charge.
THE PRESENT TOWK9HIP r.PF'CBUS,
elected Novembe- C, 1877, arc , S. A.
Metz, Trustee; U. B. White, Clerk;
L. J. Gould, Treasurer; William Doty
and John Fulton, Justices of tlie Peace
and James John and W. A. Ilelman.
Constables
first Township Ch'rk in J(>\vell county
v/liose bond was lijipri/ved. Electcnl
November 8, 1870. Bond ai)proved
February 20, 1871.
The old Pioneer Drug Store was oc-
cupied by Street & Scarbrough for
£hree years, when th^y closed out,
35
and the house has since been occu-
l')ied by Townsdin & Gastineau,
Hutchison & Co., B. E. Gastineau,
and Angel & Fay, respectively, for
groceries, drugs, stoves and tijiware.
Maj. John M. Crowell, Special
Agent of the Postoffice Department,
made his first visit to Jewell City and
Jewell county in September 1870,
The flrst article of Merchandise ever
sold in Jewell county, was 20 cents
vorth of jilug tobacco, sold by
.fames A. Scarbrough to Wm. K. Van
Horn, in Jewell City, June 30th, 1870.
The first two croi)S of wheat raised
In Jewell county, and threshed with a
threshing machine, were raised by
FredBeeler, on Limestone, and James
A. Scarbrough, on Buffalo creek, in
1871. Beelcr had 19 acres and Scar-
brough 10 acres. Jointly they char-
tered a threshing machine from Del-
phos, Ottawa county, GO miles away,
Beeler ])aying a bonus of $30 and 10
cents per bushel, and Scarbrough
I»aying a bonus of $20 ;\nd lu cents per
bushel for threshing.
JEWELL CITY.
In our history of the organizati<>n
of the county, we left Jewell Citv on
the 22nd day of August, 1870, with only
three houses on the town site. Sev-
eral othe]- buildings were erected that
fall, and the succeeding spring, when
]>uil(liijg became general, and busi-
ness of all kinds was lively. John D.
Robertson open;vl his gi-neral store,
June 4, 1871. which was the first gen-
eral store in the county. James
Kelsey settled here in September,
1871. and commenced the erection of
the Jewell House, which wa^5 the flrst
hotel in the county. Judge J. W.
George bought out Mrs. Dodge in
October 1871, enlarged the house by
building a two story addition, and
erecting a large livery barn.
Geo. W. Angel came to Jewell City
in March 1871, and contracted for the
erecti )n of the large hardware store
afterwards occupied by him and Pat
Fay; now by John D. Robertson. Mr.
Angel returned in September and
opened his store. Pat Fay came out
in June 1872, and from that time ui^-
til the present, the llrm has been
known as Angel & Fay.
A. L. Marks came out in June 1872,
and in August of the same year open-
ed a small jev/elry and notion store.
Little by little he added to his stock,
until in July 1875, he opened out with
a full stock of general merchandise
in partnership with his brother-in-
law, Adolph Hirsch, under the firm
name of Marks & Hirsch. Mr. Marks
is one of Jewell City's most public
s])irited citizens, and has done more
for the permanent improvement of
the town than any other man of his
means v/ithln its limits.
R. W. Hill came out in February
1876, and has been very successful in
trad>^. March 26, 1878, he occupied
his present elegant and commodious
quarters. He carries an immense
stock of goods, and is one of our most
careful and experienced business
men; is clever, accommodating and
liberal, and is meeting with deserved
success. See full page "ad."
J. D. Robertson has no Superior, and
we speak of him with pride a^ a busi-
ness man. Besides handling an im-
mense stock of general merchandise,
he deals in cattle, hogs and grain.
See "ad.'"
Ceo. B. Crandall came to Jewell
City in August 1872, and opened ,a
small drug store. He now occupies
a new and elegant store on the west
side of the public square, and is a
worthy and influential citizen.
The Stone Drug Store on the east
side of the public square, is one of
the oldest establishments of the kind
in the county. It is presided over by
that prince of good fellows— John M.
Hutchison.
All other branches of business are
well represented. J. C. Osborn and
A. W. Berry, each carry on the saddle
and harness business.— H. F. Stone
carries on the furniture business. —
When you want to get your old gun
repaired or a new one made, call on
John S. Henninger. He is a gunsmith
of forty years' experience, and thor-
oughly understands his business. —
S. R. Worick is Postmaster and No-
tary Public, and deals in notions,
pocket cutlery and confectionary.—
Jewell City contains two goodthotela
1527691
—the Jewell House, P. Meadows, pro-
prietor, and the Kelaey House, James
Kelsey, proprietor. Their "ads" will
be found in our advertising pages.
Joseph W. Fogel, one of the old
"Buffalo Pioneers," is one of the best
stone masons in the county.— The
medical profession is well represented
by Drs. Geo. S. Christ and O. W.
Hughes. They are both gentlemen of
ability and experience.— The last firm
on the list is ourselves. We carr>' on
a general real estate agency ; see our
card on cover.
There are other well conducted
business firms not mentioned. We
owe it to those who have helped us in
this work to mention their names.and
in order to do so, have added several
On the 24th day of March 1872, W.
P. Day, assisted by W. D. Jenkins,
now of the Smith countj' Pioneer, and
a stirring young man, commenced the
publication of a four column paper
called the Jewell City Clabion. In
February 1873, he sold to M. Winsor,
one of the authors of this book, who
continued the publication of the
Clabiox until May 1, 1873, when he
enlarged it to a seven column paper
and changed the name tn the Jewe
County DiAMom).
Jewell City may now be justly re-
garded as one of the rising young
towns of the west. It contains two
completed church buildings, and tw
more are in course of construction. It
has one lodge of Free Masons and one
of Odd Fellows; both flourishing. Its
society is equal to any in the west.
WBOETE SOCX CTCY,
This town i^ located in the beauti-
ful valley of the stream from which it
takes its name, in Bepublic count}',
though adjoining Jewell. It derives
a large share of its trade from Jewell,
and several of ite business men reside
in Jewell. It is the largest town on
White Bock creek, containing 250 in-
habitants. It has four stores, two
hotels, two blacksnuth shops, one
harness shop, one boot and shoe shop.
The business men are S. E. & S. R.
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Morlan, general merchandise, also
hardware andttin shop, in a separate
building, under the management of
J. S. Tippery. Charles Parian, gen-
eral merchandise, is an "old reliable."
Crouch & Bros., have just started in
general merchandise. H. K. Peckham,
druggest, Geo. Caswell, boots & shoes,
Geo. B. Smith, harness and smhlles,
Jonathan Tippery and D. C. Badley,
each have a blacksmith shoi>. Wm.
Cui-man, wagon maker, J. Z. Scott M.
D., physician .-md surgeon. Mi-s. Geo.
Caswell and Mrs. Chester Babcock,
each supply millinery. Shuler &
Leigh are Attomeys-at-Law, Real
Estate and Collection Agents. Mr.
Shuler is one of the Commissioners of
Jewell county. The firm is reliabh:.
See White Rock a<lvertisements.
OHTECHKS.
M. E., Rev. Wright, Pastor. Baptist,
Rev. Howard, Pastor. Prt^sbyterian,
Rev. J. F. Donaldson, Pastor.
The Odd Fellows have a flourishing
Lodge.
There is a fine stone school house
with regular terms of .school.
The town of White Rock was locat-
ed in 1871. The Town Company con-
sisted of the following named per-
sons : S. R. Morlan, Tho.s. Lovewell,
B. Ogle, Ed. Laney, Chester Bab-
cock and G. W. Reyualds.
THE rUTUBJB.
The Central Branch U. P. Railroad
has a line surveyed through the south-
ern part of Jewell county, passing
close to Jewell City. This road will
be built during the summer of 1878.
A branch of the Kans]i.s Pacific will bo
built this year from Solomon City to
Beloit, 15 miles south of Jewell City.
It is generally believed this roaii will
be extended at an early day from Be-
loit through Jewell county, touching
the towns of Jewell City, Jewell Cen-
tre, Burr Oak and Salem, and con-
necting with a branch of the Burling-
ton and Missouri railroad at Red
Cloud, Neb. This will insure the
grandest developement -of a county
that has, without a road, outstripped
almost every other county in the
State,
FBESENT OFFICERS OP JEWEIjL COUNTY.
( B. F. Eansford, Ch'r'n. Address: Jewell City.
Board of Com's'r's. -^ Thos. Shuler, „ White Bock.
i O. F. Kobevts, „ Burr Oak.
Present Treasurer John Burns, „ Jewell Centre.
Treasurer elect W. C. McClung, „ Jewell City.
County Clerk Wm. M. Allen, „ Jewell Centre.
Sheriff John Shives, „ » ,,
Probate Jud.^ro J. W. McRoberts,
Register of Deeds Manofih Stone, „ ,, „,
Sup't. Pub. Inst D. S.' Kennoy, „ „
County Surveyor E. T. Byram, „ Jewell City.
CoronV^r Dr. Walter Crew, „ Jewell Centre.
Clcrkof thoDis't.Court.D. J. Vance,
County Attorney C.-Angevine, „ » »
Eepreseata,uives from Jewell Connty.
108th Dist G. S. Bishop, Address: Jcweil Centre.
lOUth „ D. L. r.\LMER, „ Jewell City.
State Senator.
34th Sonat'l Dist.. T. B. CAi'.PKNTEii, Address: Burr Oak.
Judgo of tho 15th Judicial District.,
Joel Holt, Address: Beloit, Kansas.
M. Stous, Register of Beeds. J. W. McRoberts, Probate Judge.
STONE & MC ROBERTS,
LAJVI) AGEjyrs-
OiBco at the Court House, Jewell Cenire, Kan.
tL^-Parties desiring- to majic Final Proof, can do so before Judge McRoberts.
dTXv ance;
CLERK OF THE DISTEICT COUET,
Jewell Centre, Kan.
Takes Final Proofs on Homesto;ids, und does a general Real Estate Business.
L. S.TIORNK S. H. HARRISON.
JVotar:/ Fuhlic. Att'y at Law.
mmmm ^ mMEmmmo
Law, Imi mi Mk^Wm MIm,
JEWEIJ^ CENTRE, KANSAS.
SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO
OOLLEOTIOTVS
M Oice Biisiiiess- Mm aiiJ sellini
Land, I^ayiiYg; Taxe^^ «&:c.
Land Titles examined Free of Charge.
Will p ractice in the courts of the 15th Judicial District, and before the Land
Office at Kirwin and Concordia.
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Geo. S. BISHUP. HEIION &aSE.
late County Surveyor. . Mtorncys at Liiw.
GEO. S. BISHOP & CO..
Eeal Estate Apiits aM Coflveyaiicers.
Complete Absfraefs of a!i L^nds in the Oounty.
Taxes paid for noa-residen(s.
OFFICE AT THE BANK,
.Xe>vell Ot'iiti-e, Xilaiis.
COUNTY ATTORNEY.
Je>vell Ceiiti'e^ - - - li^aii.
STONE MASON, ARCHITEOT AND ByiLDER,
JEWELL CITY, KANSAS,
Givers plans and specifications, and oontracts Tor the construetion of biiild-
ings of all kinds. Worlc promjitly done, aJid s.atisfac-tion f^uaranlce I. Also
all kinds of stone cutting.
NOTARY PUBLIC & CONVEYANCER.
-DEALER IN—
Ulaiilcs, ^tatioiiei'j -, T¥otioii»
AT THE POST-OFFICE, JEWELL CITY, KAJVSJS.
Loan And Collection Agents.
X?iiy ancl Sell Heal Elstate.
JEWELL CITY, KAJ^.
M^VT^x^ii:!^- .&. ]M;eT5rt,ir>E:,
JEWELL CENTRE, - - - KANSAS.
-DEALER IN—
Furniture, Wall Paper, Window Shades,
MO ULDIJVGS, FRAMES, PICTURES, GLASS, TO YS,
COFFINS AND COFFIN TRIMMINGS.
Repairing of All Kinds in my Line Done with Neatness and Dispatch.
ROOMS SOUTH SIDE OF MAIN ST., JEWELL CENTRE, KANSAS.
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