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HISTORY
OF
ATCHISON COUNTY
KANSAS
BY
SHEFFIELD INGALLS
ILLUSTRATED
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY
LAWRENCE, KANSAS
1916
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PREFACE.
In the preparation and compilation of this history, no effort has been
made to interpret the logic or spirit of events that surrounded the
birth and progress of Atchison county. The work was undertaken with the
idea of compiling a narrative plainly told, of the people and the
institutions here. I was interested in putting in permanent form
chronologically the events that have transpired in the past sixty years,
that have made for the political, social, moral and commercial
development of the county, but, had I realized in advance the many hours
of labor and patient study it required, the work of completing the task
in six months would not have been attempted. I am very deeply conscious
of the imperfections of the completed work, but had there been more time
for research and study, much might have been included that does not
appear.
It would be ingratitude if no acknowledgment were made at the outset, of
the obligation I am under to George J. Remsburg for the assistance he
has rendered me. Without his unfailing courtesy, kindness and help I
should never have been able to do the work at all. His ability as a
local historian is truly marvelous. He wrote two chapters of the history
and contributed most of the matter touching upon the founding of cities
and towns. It is to be regretted that the condition of his health
prevented him from undertaking the work which I have so imperfectly
done.
Acknowledgment is also due George A. Root of the State Historical
Society, who has rendered me invaluable assistance, and to the _Atchison
Daily Globe_, from whose files I gathered much important data. Nor can I
fail to give proper credit to Andreas’ History of Kansas, from which a
wealth of information has been secured. D. Anna Speer, county
superintendent, collected for me most of the historical matter relative
to the schools of the county and Professor Nathan T. Veatch was more
than kind in preparing for me a sketch of the Atchison city schools.
And my dear mother, a loyal resident of Atchison since July, 1859,
intimately identified with its history and growth for fifty-seven years,
has visualized to me as no other could, the story of the early days.
Remarkable as a mother, loved and adored by all her children, she is no
less remarkable
as a woman, stalwart, rugged and buoyant. She lived her young life with
the pioneers of Atchison, and now in the fullness of her years she looks
over the past, so full of pleasures, tribulations and sorrows, with
gladness and resignation, and faces the future with a determined spirit
and a brave heart.
To the ministers of the various churches of Atchison and to Professor
Erasmus Haworth and Charles H. Taylor, the county farm agent, and to
many other good people of Atchison, I entertain sentiments of the
deepest appreciation, and if any of them ever undertakes the work of
writing a history, I shall gladly render them any service in my power.
SHEFFIELD INGALLS.
Atchison, Kan., March 6, 1916.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Abell, P. T. 295
Adams, John P. 488
Adams, Mary A. 584
Adams, William 584
Adams, S. W. 520
Atchison County Court House 57
Atchison County High School, Effingham 274
Ballinger and Wife, S. E. 648
Ballinger, Julia H. 600
Ballinger, Thomas E. 600
Barber, Moses 672
Barber, Mary 672
Beard and Family, Frank 704
Blodgett, Thomas L. 624
Boyington, Home of Frank W. and Julia 584
Burbank, E. G. 520
Burrows, C. H. 544
Bush, William H. 464
Buttron, Henry and Family 472
Carnegie Library, Atchison 289
Challis, William L. 307
Cheseborough, Ellsworth 193
Christian Church, Atchison 249
Cirtwill, Jennie 712
Cochrane, Dr. W. W. 307
Commercial Street, Atchison 66
Conlon, Charles J. 488
Deutsch, Julius 520
Dorssom, George 464
Du Bois and Wife, Lewis P. 768
Eagles’ Home, Atchison 330
Effingham Street Scene 111
Elks’ Club House, Atchison 329
Falk, Charles H. 464
First Church of Christ, Scientist 255
Forest Park, Atchison 80
Fox, Jared C. 408
Glick, George W. 351
Graner’s Annual Sale 785
Graner, Gottlieb 784
Graner, H. C. 785
Graner Homestead 784
Graner, Martha 784
Graner, W. H. 785
Griffin, L. 680
Gundy, Charles T. 560
Ham and Wife, Martin W. 608
Hansen, H. C. 520
Hart, C. C. 792
Harvey, Albert B. 440
Harwi, Alfred J. 416
Hazel, Ernest C. 744
Highfill, Thomas 704
Hines, Michael J. 464
Hooper, Daniel E. 616
Hospital, Atchison 57
Hughes, Bela M. 193
Ingalls, John J. 392
Ingalls School, Atchison 279
Ingalls, Sheffield Frontispiece
Jackson, William A. 488
Jackson Park, Entrance 172
Jewell, L. M. 536
Johnson, George H. T. 456
Kaaz, Julius 688
Keirns, Gail Maxine 568
Keith, U. S. 544
Keithline, Andrew 432
King, S. S. 560
Kingman, S. C. 295
Kuhn, Julius 592
Laird, Britamore 736
Laird, Marcus J. 736
Lane, Jim 189
Mangelsdorf Building 312
Martin, Col. J. A. 297
Masonic Temple, Atchison 327
Million, George 200
Morrow, James G. 384
Mt. St. Scholastica’s Academy, Atchison 286
Muscotah School Building 108
Muscotah Street Scene 107
Newcomb, Don C. 424
Newcomb, D. C., Residence of 426
Old High School Building, Atchison 268
Orr, James W. 360
Orr, J. W., Residence of 362
Orphans’ Home, General View 23
Orphans’ Home, Main Building 19
Overland Freighting 16
Perdue, Edward 576
Plummer and Wife, T. O. 696
Pomeroy, S. O. 189
Potter Street Scene 124
Potter School House 126
Post Office, Atchison 35
Presbyterian Church, Atchison 250
Presbyterian Church, Effingham 112
Remsburg, George 504
Remsburg, John E. 504
Sanders, B. F. 568
Scarborough, William 200
Seaton, John 376
Sharp, Harry L. 512
Sharpless, U. B. 560
Simmons, O. A. 800
Speer, D. Anna 776
Stringfellow, Gen. B. F. 297
St. Benedict’s Abbey, Atchison 263
St. Benedict’s College, Atchison 291
Storch, George 448
Sutter and Wife, Fred 752
Sutter, Fred, Residence of 753
Sutter Homestead 840
Thompson and Wife, George W. 664
Thompson, Matilda 720
Trimble, Roy C. 488
Voelker, C. M. 560
Waggener, Balie P. 368
Walker, Claudius D. 400
Wards of the State 29
Wilson, Charles 544
Wilson, Mary K. 544
Wolf, Rt. Rev. Innocent 264
Y. M. C. A. Building, Atchison 57
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
GEOLOGY.
Fossils—Evidences of Early Animal and Plant Life—
Geological Ages—Rock Formation—Glacier Period—Minerals Pages 17–20