History of Atchison County, Kansas

work, and says of him: “He has long been a capable and painstaking archaeological explorer in the Missouri Valley.” Chappell’s “History of the Missouri River” says he is an ackn...

George W. Glick, ninth governor of Kansas, was born at Greencastle, Fairfield county, Ohio, July 4, 1827. His great-grandfather, Philip Glick, a Revolutionary soldier, was one o...

SUMNER, ITS RISE AND FALL—OCENA—LANCASTER—FORT WILLIAM—ARRINGTON— MUSCOTAH—EFFINGHAM—HURON—OLD MARTINSBURG—BUNKER HILL—LOCUST GROVE— HELENA—CAYUGA—KENNEKUK—KAPIOMA—MASHENAH—ST....

TERRITORY ACQUIRED FROM FRANCE IN 1803—ORGANIZATION OF TERRITORY— KANSAS-NEBRASKA ACT—IMMIGRATION TO KANSAS—TERRITORIAL GOVERNMENT— FREE STATE AND PRO-SLAVERY CONFLICT—FIRST ELE...

D. R. ATCHISON—MATT GERBER—J. H. TALBOTT—WILLIAM OSBORNE—JOHN W. CAIN— W. L. CHALLISS—GEORGE SCARBOROUGH—SAMUEL HOLLISTER—JOHN TAYLOR— JOHN M. CROWELL—LUTHER DICKERSON—LUTHER C....

FIRST SCHOOLS, PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS—ESTABLISHMENT OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS— EARLY SCHOOLS AND PIONEER TEACHERS—DISTRICT SCHOOLS—STATISTICS— MANUAL TRAINING—ATCHISON COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL—...

THE ISSUE BETWEEN EARLY SETTLERS—INFLUX OF FREE STATE AND PRO-SLAVERY PARTISANS—EARLY VOLUNTEERING—MILITARY ORGANIZATIONS—THREATENED INVASION FROM MISSOURI—POLITICAL SOCIETIES—J...

ONE OF THE THIRTY-THREE ORIGINAL COUNTIES—THE CITY OF ATCHISON LOCATED—TOWN COMPANY—SALE OF LOTS—INCORPORATION OF TOWN—EARLY BUSINESS ENTERPRISES—ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY—COMMERCI...

METHODIST—CHRISTIAN—PRESBYTERIAN—BAPTIST—SALEM CHURCH—GERMAN EVANGELICAL ZION CHURCH—FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST—ST. PATRICK’S, MT. PLEASANT—TRINITY CHURCH, EPISCOPAL—ST....

ATCHISON AS AN OUTFITTING POINT—FREIGHTING COMPANIES—PRINCIPAL ROUTES— STAGE LINES—OVERLAND MAIL ROUTES—BEN HOLLADAY—BUTTERFIELD’S OVERLAND DISPATCH—TIME TO DENVER—TABLES OF TIM...

Of all the mighty powers for good and evil, none can excel the newspaper. Take all the newspapers out of the world today and there would be chaos. Mankind would lie groping in t...

EARLY RAILROAD AGITATION—THE FIRST RAILROAD—CELEBRATING THE ADVENT OF THE RAILROAD—OTHER ROADS CONSTRUCTED—THE SANTA FE—THE ATCHISON & NEBRASKA CITY—THE KANSAS CITY, LEAVENWORTH...

EARLY DAY CONDITIONS—THEIR ADVANCEMENT—PRIOR DICKEY—HENRY C. BUCHANAN— EUGENE L. BELL—CHARLES INGRAM—CHARLES J. FERGUSON—HENRY DICKEY—DR. FRANK ADRIAN PEARL, M. D.—DR. W. W. CAL...

Banking was a precarious business during the Territorial days in Kansas. There were no banks, as we know them, until January 29, 1857, when the Territorial legislature passed an...

The first postoffice in Atchison opened in a small, one-story, stone building, on the south side of Commercial street, between Second and Third. The room was about 20×26 feet in...

Any history of this county would be incomplete did it not dwell at some length upon the activities of the splendid service rendered the community by the physicians and surgeons...

Atchison county has always been particularly proud of the high order of talent that has graced its bench and bar. From the very earliest days of its history, the legal professio...

Industrial enterprises of Atchison county, so far as manufacturing and jobbing interests are concerned, are confined exclusively to the city of Atchison. There are no mills or f...

CORONADO IN 1541—THE BOURGMONT EXPEDITION IN 1724—PERIN DU LAC—LEWIS AND CLARK—FIRST FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION—MAJOR STEPHEN H. LONG— CANTONMENT MARTIN—ISLE AU VACHE—OTHER EXPL...

There is nothing definite to show that Coronado ever reached the confines of what is now Atchison county in 1541, as some historical writers have seen fit to state, but there is...

Slight reference has been made in the early narrative of this history to pioneer transportation facilities, but the subject is one of so much importance and of such immense inte...

One of the strongest county organizations among the farmers is the Atchison County Protective Association. It had its origin in a vigilance committee which was organized at Good...

County Clerk—C. M. Voelker. County Treasurer—U. B. Sharpless. Sheriff—Roy C. Trimble. Register of Deeds—L. M. Baker. County Attorney—Charles J. Conlon. County Surveyor—Charles W...

Atchison county is distinctively an agricultural community. There have been some earnest efforts made in the past to develop its mineral resources, and it is not beyond the real...

_Stebbins & Talbot’s Real Estate Record_, established in 1869, by C. I. Stebbins, W. R. Stebbins and J. H. Talbot. This was, as its name implies, a publication devoted to boomin...

How long the region embraced in Atchison county has been the home of man is not known, but the finding of a prehistoric human skeleton, computed by the highest anthropological a...

The oldest citizens of Atchison county are the animals and plants whose fossil remains now lie buried in the solid rocks. These denizens of long ago, by their lives, made it pos...

D. R. Atchison—Matt Gerber—J. H. Talbott—William Osborne— John W. Cain—W. L. Challiss—George Scarborough—Samuel Hollister—John Taylor—John M. Cromwell—Luther Dickerson—Luther C....

One of the Thirty-three Original Counties—City of Atchison Located—Town Company—Sale of Lots— Incorporation of Town—Early Business Enterprises— Organization of County—Commercial...

Territory Acquired From France in 1803—Organization of the Territory—Kansas-Nebraska Act—Immigration to Kansas—Territorial Government—Free State and Pro- Slavery Conflict—First...

Sumner, Its Rise and Fall—Ocena—Lancaster—Fort William— Arrington—Muscotah—Effingham—Huron—Old Martinsburg— Bunker Hill—Locust Grove—Helena—Cayuga—Kennekuk— Kapioma—Mashenah—St....

Establishment of the Public School System—Pioneer Schools and Early Teachers—Districts—Statistics—Atchison County High School—County Superintendents of Public Instruction—Atchis...

Coronado in 1541—The Bourgmont Expedition in 1724—Perin Du Lac—Lewis and Clark—First Fourth of July Celebration—Major Stephen H. Long—Cantonment Martin— Isle au Vache—Other Expl...

Early Railroad Agitation—The First Railroad—Celebrating the Advent of the Railroad—Other Roads Constructed—The Santa Fe—The Atchison & Nebraska City—The Kansas City, Leavenworth...

The Issue Between Early Settlers—Influx of Free State and Pro-Slavery Partisans—Early Volunteering—Military Organizations—Threatened Invasion from Missouri— Political Societies—...

Methodist—Christian—Presbyterian—Baptist—Salem Church— German Evangelical Zion Church—First Church of Christ. Scientist—St. Patrick’s, Mt. Pleasant—Trinity Church, Episcopal—St....

Early-day Conditions—Their Advancement—Prior Dickey—Henry C. Buchanan—Eugene L. Bell—Charles Ingram—Charles J. Ferguson—Henry Dickey—Dr. Frank Adrian Pearl, M. D.—Dr. W. W. Cald...

Atchison as an Outfitting Point—Freighting Companies— Principal Routes—Stage Lines—Overland Mail Routes—Ben Holladay—“Butterfield’s Overland Dispatch”—Time to Denver—Tables of T...