Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . he set- county to Breckinridge. This re-tlers were ready and they did not suited in the passage of a law togive him a call. They came up that effect at the last session of thetoward where Emporia now stands territorial legislature, in 1S61,and passed north. Next day they Some resistance was made to thisgave C. H. VVithingtons store at law, as it destroyed Madison coun- 8 ANNALS OF EMPORIA AND LYON COUNTY. ty entirely and its county seat, El-mendaro, attaching the southernhalf to Greenwood county. Anappeal was made to the supremecourt of the state soon after
Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . he set- county to Breckinridge. This re-tlers were ready and they did not suited in the passage of a law togive him a call. They came up that effect at the last session of thetoward where Emporia now stands territorial legislature, in 1S61,and passed north. Next day they Some resistance was made to thisgave C. H. VVithingtons store at law, as it destroyed Madison coun- 8 ANNALS OF EMPORIA AND LYON COUNTY. ty entirely and its county seat, El-mendaro, attaching the southernhalf to Greenwood county. Anappeal was made to the supremecourt of the state soon after ouradmission into the Union. Thecourt sustained the legality of thelaw, and so Madison county was nomore. This addition to our terri- tory made Lyon county thirty-ninemiles long. At the legislative ses-sion of 1863 a law was passed de-taching from Lyon county twomiles in width of territory on thewest side, from the south line ofour county as far north as the northline of Chase county, which was theline between ranges 17 and 18, and. -- ^^ir-TOiSai*?^^^^-^^ KANSAS STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. The history of the State Normal Schoolforms an important part of the history ofEmporia and the state. To those famil-iar with its early struggles, its presentsplendid equipment, its widely extendedinfluence, its high rank among institu-tions of like character, and its enroll-ment, larger than that of any similarschool in the United States, are sourcesof especial pride. The act to establish,locate, and endow the State NormalSchool at Emporia, was approved March3, 1863; an act providing for its organi-zation followed, February 16, 1S64; underthe provisions of this act, the first boardof regents, consisting of the governor,state treasurer, state superintendent, andsix persons appointed by the governor,organized in Emporia, December S, Thomas Carney was madepresident of the board and the Rev. Morse, secretary. Messrs. Morse, Eskridge and Rogers were made theexecutive committee, with
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