. Memoirs and recollections of C. W. Goodlander of the early days of Fort Scott, from April 29, 1858, to January 1, 1870, covering the time prior to the advent of the railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transportation. And biographies of Col. H. T. Wilson and Geo. A. Crawford, the fathers of Fort Scott . nd in the others we found potato crop was a failure. Dr. Redfield wassomewhat like my friend Aikman. When he wentto see a patient in the country he always liked tocall some one to go as company. The year 1859 brought quite a number of goodcitizens to Fort Scott, ab
. Memoirs and recollections of C. W. Goodlander of the early days of Fort Scott, from April 29, 1858, to January 1, 1870, covering the time prior to the advent of the railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transportation. And biographies of Col. H. T. Wilson and Geo. A. Crawford, the fathers of Fort Scott . nd in the others we found potato crop was a failure. Dr. Redfield wassomewhat like my friend Aikman. When he wentto see a patient in the country he always liked tocall some one to go as company. The year 1859 brought quite a number of goodcitizens to Fort Scott, about all free state demo-crats. Among the arrivals were Gen. Blair andfamily, Robert Stewart and family, Mr. Jenkinsand family, William Dorey, Old Man Dillon andwife, and boys, John, Joe and Tute. (Mr. Dillonsucceeded Col. Campbell as landlord of the FreeState Hotel), Uncle Johnny Miller and wife anddaughters, Emma and Anna, Col. Judson andsons, Charley and Bill, George Reynolds and wifeand Isaac Stadden. Among the early arrivals of1859 were the first foreign emigration Fort Scotthad—Pete Smith, a small Swede, and Joran Dock-stead, a large Norwegian. They were carpentersby trade, and they concluded to build a doublehouse and aimed to pattern after one of the officersquarters of the fort. About all the lumber that. William Margrave, born in Missouri, came toFort Scott November, 1854. Now living-. Has beena Justice of the Peace from the above date until the honor of holding that office longer than anyother man in Kansas. EA RL Y DA YS OF FORT SCOTT 45 could be obtained was from the saw mill ofMcDonald & Bowen, and these foreign boys to getwhat lumber they needed, had to take all kindsand all shapes they could pick up around the mill,and they carried a great part of it on their backsfrom the mill, as they were very economical. Thebuilding was a sight when completed and a regularcuriosity, and was named the Avalanche. Dock-stead left a few years later for Colorado, and Pet
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