History of Atchison County, Kansas
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Chapters (1297)
- HISTORY OF Atchison County KANSAS
- PREFACE.
- ILLUSTRATIONS.
- CONTENTS.
- INDEX.
- CHAPTER I. GEOLOGY.
- CHAPTER II. PRE-HISTORIC PERIOD.
- CHAPTER III. INDIAN HISTORY.
- CHAPTER IV. EARLY EXPLORATIONS.
- CHAPTER V. TERRITORIAL TIMES.
- CHAPTER VI. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY AND CITY OF ATCHISON.
- CHAPTER VII. TOWNS, PAST AND PRESENT.
- SUMNER.
- “THE RISE AND FALL OF SUMNER.
- OCENA.
- LANCASTER.
- PORT WILLIAM.
- ARRINGTON.
- MUSCOTAH.
- EFFINGHAM.
- HURON.
- OLD MARTINSBURG.
- BUNKER HILL.
- LOCUST GROVE.
- HELENA.
- CAYUGA.
- KENNEKUK.
- KAPIOMA.
- MASHENAH.
- ST. NICHOLAS.
- CONCORD.
- PARNELL.
- SHANNON.
- ELMWOOD.
- CUMMINGSVILLE.
- EDEN P. O.
- POTTER.
- MOUNT PLEASANT.
- LEWIS’ POINT.
- FARLEY’S FERRY.
- CHAPTER VIII. THE CIVIL WAR.
- “CIRCULAR TO OFFICERS.
- “CONSTITUTION.
- “OBJECT.
- “OFFICERS.
- “DUTIES OF OFFICERS.
- “ADMISSION OF MEMBERS.
- “INITIATION.
- “WITHDRAWALS.
- “AMENDMENTS.
- “RITUAL.
- CHAPTER IX. NAVIGATION.
- STEAMBOAT LINES TO ATCHISON—1856.
- STEAMBOAT REGISTER.
- ST. LOUIS & ATCHISON UNION LINE.
- ATCHISON FOR ST. LOUIS DAILY.
- CHAPTER X. OVERLAND FREIGHTING.
- BUTTERFIELD’S OVERLAND DISPATCH.
- OTHER ROUTES.
- LAST DAYS OF THE STAGING BUSINESS.
- CHAPTER XI. RAILROADS.
- THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY.
- ATCHISON & NEBRASKA CITY RAILROAD.
- KANSAS CITY, LEAVENWORTH & ATCHISON RAILWAY COMPANY.
- THE CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.
- HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD.
- HANNIBAL & ST. JOSEPH RAILROAD.
- THE FIRST TELEGRAPH.
- MODERN TRANSPORTATION.
- CHAPTER XII. REMINISCENCES OF EARLY PIONEERS.
- GENERAL D. R. ATCHISON.
- MATT. GERBER.
- J. H. TALBOTT.
- COL. WILLIAM OSBORNE.
- AMOS A. HOWELL.
- JOHN W. CAIN.
- DR. W. L. CHALLISS.
- GEORGE SCARBOROUGH.
- SAMUEL HOLLISTER.
- JOHN TAYLOR.
- JOHN M. CROWELL.
- LUTHER DICKERSON.
- LUTHER C. CHALLISS.
- GEORGE W. GLICK.
- DR. W. K. GRIMES.
- JOSHUA WHEELER.
- WILLIAM HETHERINGTON.
- WILLIAM C. SMITH.
- JOHN M. PRICE.
- SAMUEL C. KING.
- CLEM ROHR.
- R. H. WEIGHTMAN.
- CHAPTER XIII. AGRICULTURE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE PRESS.
- CHAPTER XV. BANKS AND BANKING.
- CHAPTER XVI. CHURCHES.
- CHRISTIAN.
- PRESBYTERIAN.
- BAPTIST.
- SALEM CHURCH.
- GERMAN EVANGELICAL ZION CHURCH.
- FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST.
- ST. PATRICK’S, MT. PLEASANT.
- TRINITY CHURCH, EPISCOPAL.
- ST. MARK’S ENGLISH LUTHERAN.
- ST. BENEDICT’S ABBEY.
- FIRST GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH.
- CHAPTER XVII. EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
- THE ATCHISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
- ATCHISON CITY SCHOOLS.
- PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
- MT. ST. SCHOLASTICA’S ACADEMY.
- MIDLAND COLLEGE AND WESTERN THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY.
- ST. BENEDICT’S COLLEGE.
- CHAPTER XVIII. BENCH AND BAR.
- CHAPTER XIX MEDICAL PROFESSION.
- CHAPTER XX. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
- CHAPTER XXI. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND INSTITUTIONS.
- COURT HOUSE.
- COUNTY HOSPITAL.
- THE YOUNG MEN’S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.
- STATE ORPHANS’ HOME.
- ATCHISON PUBLIC LIBRARY.
- ATCHISON HOSPITAL.
- MASONIC TEMPLE.
- CHAPTER XXII. SOCIETIES AND LODGES.
- BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS.
- ATCHISON AERIE, NO. 173, FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES.
- SECRET SOCIETIES.
- CATHOLIC SOCIETIES.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE AFRO-AMERICAN RACE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. OFFICIALS.
- COUNTY—TOWNSHIP AND SCHOOL OFFICERS.
- TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS—SHANNON TOWNSHIP.
- LANCASTER TOWNSHIP.
- GRASSHOPPER TOWNSHIP.
- KAPIOMA TOWNSHIP.
- BENTON TOWNSHIP.
- CENTER TOWNSHIP.
- MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP.
- WALNUT TOWNSHIP.
- PRESENT ATCHISON COUNTY SCHOOL OFFICERS, 1915–1916.
- CHAPTER XXV. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
- GEORGE WASHINGTON GLICK.
- HORACE MORTIMER JACKSON.
- ZAREMBA E. JACKSON.
- THOMAS FRABLE.
- JAMES W. ORR.
- ANDREW B. SYMNS.
- BALIE PEYTON WAGGENER.
- ALBERT E. MAYHEW.
- JOSEPH COUPE.
- JOHN SEATON.
- AARON S. BEST.
- LOUIS C. ORR.
- CARL LUDWIG BECKMAN.
- JAMES GRANVILLE MORROW.
- ORLANDO C. SCOVILLE.
- JOHN JAMES INGALLS.
- SIDNEY MARTIN.
- ROBERT M. THOMAS.
- WILLIAM McADAM.
- CLAUDIUS DEMONT WALKER.
- ALVA CURTIS TRUEBLOOD.
- WILLIAM J. CLEM.
- JARED COPELAND FOX.
- JAMES EMERY PENNINGTON.
- DR. EARL A. GILMORE.
- ALFRED JONATHAN HARWI.
- FRANK EDWIN HARWI.
- JOSEPH TROMPETER.
- JOSEPH N. ARTHUR.
- DON CARLOS NEWCOMB.
- WILSON R. SMITH.
- GEORGE E. HENDEE.
- WILLIAM D. KISTLER.
- ANDREW KEITHLINE.
- ABRAM STEVER.
- REV. Z. S. HASTINGS.
- KNUD G. GIGSTAD.
- ALBERT BARNES HARVEY.
- MARTIN KLEIN.
- BARNEY CUMMINS.
- ALVA CLAPP.
- HON. GEORGE STORCH.
- THOMAS BROWN.
- ALBERT H. BLAIR.
- GEORGE H. T. JOHNSON.
- CHARLES H. JOHNSON
- THOMAS C. TREAT.
- CHARLES H. FUHRMAN.
- CHARLES LINLEY.
- WILLIAM H. BUSH.
- MICHAEL J. HINES.
- CHARLES H. FALK.
- GEORGE DORSSOM.
- CYRUS E. DAVIS.
- HENRY BUTTRON.
- W. H. SMITH.
- JOSEPH W. ALLEN.
- RALPH U. PFOUTS.
- OLE G. GIGSTAD.
- JOHN H. BARRY.
- WARREN W. GUTHRIE.
- JOHN PETER ADAMS.
- WILLIAM ANTHONY JACKSON.
- ROY C. TRIMBLE.
- CHARLES J. CONLON.
- JOHN F. CONLON.
- THOMAS O. GAULT.
- WILFULL A. STANLEY.
- CHRISTIAN W. STUTZ.
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HORAN.
- RINHOLD FUHRMAN.
- JOHN E. REMSBURG.
- GEORGE J. REMSBURG.
- WIRT HETHERINGTON.
- HARRY L. SHARP.
- HENRY KUEHNHOFF.
- MRS. D. N. WHEELER.
- NAPOLEON B. PIKE.
- JOHN A. SCHOLZ.
- WALTER E. BROWN.
- E. G. BURBANK.
- H. C. HANSEN.
- JULIUS DEUTSCH.
- STARK WILBOR ADAMS.
- GEORGE SCHOLZ.
- THOMAS E. HORNER, M. D.
- JOSEPH E. GIBSON.
- BENJAMIN PATTON CURTIS.
- JOHN W. ABNER, M. D.
- WILLIAM HENDERSON.
- LUMAS M. JEWELL.
- WILLIAM R. DONNELLAN.
- LAFAYETTE T. HAWK.
- JAMES R. GRAGG.
- URI SEELEY KEITH.
- CHARLES H. BURROWS.
- JAMES EDWARD WILSON.
- FREDERICK W. KOESTER.
- CHARLES MYERS.
- GEORGE H. T. SCHAEFER.
- AMEL MARKWALT.
- RUFUS BENTON PEERY.
- JOHN L. RATERMAN.
- ULYSSES B. SHARPLESS.
- CONRAD M. VOELKER.
- SAMUEL S. KING.
- CHARLES T. GUNDY.
- LOUIS R. KUEHNHOFF.
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN SANDERS.
- KARL AUGUST KAMMER.
- MARSHALL J. CLOYES.
- MARK D. SNYDER.
- EDWARD PERDUE.
- DR. CHARLES L. HIXON.
- LOUIS KLOEPPER.
- CHARLES W. FERGUSON.
- EARL V. JONES.
- MRS. JULIA E. ADAMS BOYINGTON.
- JOHN L. BLAIR.
- ALFRED SHORTRIDGE.
- O. M. BABCOCK.
- JULIUS KUHN.
- PETER WEBER.
- ROBERT F. BISHOP.
- HARRISON W. RUDOLPH.
- EDWARD B. McCULLOUGH.
- THOMAS E. BALLINGER.
- ROGER PATRICK SULLIVAN.
- JOHN FLEMING.
- MARK H. HULINGS.
- FRANK SUTTER.
- BISHOP K. HAM.
- CHARLES H. LINLEY.
- L. C. ARENSBERG.
- W. B. COLLETT.
- JAMES DOOLEY.
- ABRAHAM HOOPER.
- ALBERT J. SMITH.
- JOHN E. DUNCAN.
- WILLIAM SCHAPP.
- THOMAS LINCOLN BLODGETT.
- JOHN R. OLIVER.
- LEO NUSBAUM.
- CHARLES J. KEITHLINE.
- SHEFFIELD INGALLS.
- E. P. PITTS, M. D.
- JOHN FANKHANEL.
- EDWARD J. KELLY.
- Farmers and Merchants State Bank, Effingham, Kansas.
- BENTON L. BROCKETT.
- JOHN STUTZ.
- A. S. SPECK.
- ROBERT L. GRIMES.
- CHRIST KANNING.
- THEO INTFEN.
- THOMAS FINNEGAN.
- SAMUEL E. BALLINGER.
- CHARLES WILLIAM ROBINSON.
- JOHN McINTEER.
- HENRY HANSON LOUDENBACK.
- FRANK P. WERTZ.
- THOMAS L. CLINE.
- ROBERT FORBRIGER.
- HIRAM H. HACKNEY.
- GEORGE EDWIN WHITE.
- GEORGE W. THOMPSON.
- B. F. TOMLINSON.
- JOHN D. HAWK.
- HERBERT J. BARBER.
- ROBERT PINDER.
- THOMAS J. POTTER.
- BENJAMIN F. SHAW.
- LAWRENCE GRIFFIN.
- CHARLES E. BARKER.
- JOHN E. SULLIVAN.
- SAMUEL L. LOYD.
- JULIUS KAAZ.
- GEORGE W. REDMOND, M. D.
- FREDERICK W. LINCOLN.
- JOHN C. VALENTINE.
- GUSTAVE STUTZ.
- THOMAS O. PLUMMER.
- HOWARD E. NORTH.
- NICHOLAS BOOS.
- JUNE E. MOORE.
- W. PERRY HAM.
- FRANK BEARD.
- THOMAS HIGHFILL.
- JOHN H. BEAN.
- ANDREW SPEER.
- SAMUEL EDWARD FIECHTER.
- MRS. JENNIE CIRTWILL.
- ASA BARNES.
- CHARLES ARTHUR CHANDLER.
- GRACE CROSBY POWER.
- WILLIAM H. THOMPSON.
- JOHN HENRY NASS.
- FRANK M. WOODFORD.
- HOLMES DYSINGER, D. D.
- CHARLES LANGE.
- CHARLES L. ALKIRE.
- W. D. CHALFANT.
- JACOB BUTTRON.
- GEORGE SCHRADER.
- WILLIAM T. HUTSON.
- JOHN BEYER.
- JOSEPH H. WATOWA.
- NATHAN T. VEATCH.
- JAMES L. ARMSTRONG.
- JOHN FERRIS.
- MARCUS J. LAIRD.
- ALLEN T. BILDERBACK.
- WILLIAM M. NITZ.
- HENRY GLATTFELDER.
- THOMAS W. TUCKER.
- J. F. FLYNN.
- ERNEST C. HAZEL.
- ALEXANDER H. CALVERT.
- JOHN STODDARD.
- AARON B. EVANS.
- RALPH A. ALLISON.
- FRED SUTTER.
- EDMOND W. ALLEN.
- LUTHER CORTELYOU.
- WILLIAM S. HUBBARD.
- O. O. BARKER, M. D.
- DR. CHARLES M. LUKENS.
- JAMES M. TRIMBLE.
- JOHN EDWARD SULLIVAN.
- RIENZI M. DUNLAP.
- LEWIS P. Du BOIS.
- EDWIN S. WOODWORTH.
- HAL C. LOW.
- D. ANNA SPEER.
- JOSEPH C. GREENAWALT.
- HENRY NIEMANN.
- FRED W. KAUFMAN.
- ARNOLD LANGE.
- WILLIAM H. GRANER.
- HENRY C. GRANER.
- RICHARD E. KING.
- JOHN MOECK.
- JOHN O. A. MILLER.
- CHARLES CARLTON HART.
- WILLIAM YOUNG.
- JAMES E. BEHEN.
- FRED HARTMAN.
- OSCAR A. SIMMONS.
- H. B. WALTER.
- HEKELNKAEMPER BROTHERS.
- CLEM P. HIGLEY.
- WILLIAM E. HUBBARD.
- DRENNAN L. DAWDY.
- JOHN M. PRICE.
- BOYD ROYER.
- LEWIS H. HUBBARD.
- ARTHUR S. SCHURMAN.
- C. A. LILLY, M. D.
- FRANK J. WATOWA.
- LEWIS BRADLEY.
- ALFRED J. HAMON.
- JOHN GRIFFIN.
- DAVID BEYER.
- GEORGE W. GIBSON.
- FRANK J. HUNN.
- AUGUST J. WOLF.
- FRANK J. WAGNER.
- WILLIAM WEHKING.
- WILLIAM HARTMAN.
- ROYAL BALDWIN.
- DAVIS W. COLLINS.
- GEORGE GOODWIN.
- RICHARD B. CLEVELAND.
- GEORGE V. ANDERSON.
- GEORGE L. BROWN.
- JOHN A. REYNOLDS.
- WILLIAM SUTTER.
- JAMES ISHAM HOLMES.
- EDWIN TAYLOR SHELLY, M. D.
- EDGAR WATSON HOWE.
- WILLIAM F. SPEER.
- EDMUND BULLOCK.
- PRESLEY H. CALVERT.
- WILLIAM THOMAS WARREN.
- WILLIAM MANGELSDORF.
- ALBERT H. MANGELSDORF.
- FRED BINKLEY.
- JOHN DRIMMEL.
- AUGUST MANGELSDORF.
- FRANK A. MANGELSDORF.
- PAUL ATKIN.
- PETER PARSONS.
- HENRY SCHIFFBAUER.
- WILLIAM ADDISON MCKELVY.
- GEORGE ROBERT HOOPER.
- RUTHERFORD B. HAWK.
- CALVIN BUSHEY.
- MARTIN C. VANSELL.
- FRANK W. BISHOP.
- WILLIAM RYAN.
- JAMES H. GARSIDE.
- WILLIS J. BAILEY.
- JOHN A. KRAMER.
- JOHN BELZ.
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