. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. â¬22 TuTTLifs History of Kansas. spring beds, and a cigar factory; cheese factories have been estab- lished in some few places on a small scale only. There are three banks in the county, one being located at Olathe, the county seat, where also there are two weekly papers published. There are 90 districts, and 80 school houses valued at $65,851. The Catholics have thre


. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. â¬22 TuTTLifs History of Kansas. spring beds, and a cigar factory; cheese factories have been estab- lished in some few places on a small scale only. There are three banks in the county, one being located at Olathe, the county seat, where also there are two weekly papers published. There are 90 districts, and 80 school houses valued at $65,851. The Catholics have three parochial schools, at Shaw- nee, Edgerton and at Aubrey. There are 20 church edifices in the county, valued at $44,700. Books, mostly in private collections, are reported to the extent of about 6,000 volumes. There are unsold lands in Johnson county. This county was self support- ing at the time of the locust plague, because there was no open- ing for new settlers unless they could buy out their predecessors. ⢠Labette County was organized in 1867, and was named iu honor of the river. The area is 649 square miles. The popula- tion in 1875 was 14,574, males preponderating by just 900. There are about 64 per cent, engaged in farming, 9 per cent, in trade and transportation, and 10 per cent, in mines and manufactures. Bottom Ian Is are about one-fifth of the whole area, and there is 10 per cent of forest. The woods are of good varieties. The Neosho river runs along the east line of the county, and the other streams are the Labette, Hackberry creek. Deer, Pumpkin, Turkey and Snow creeks, besides many smaller streams. Springs are few, but well water is found at from 20 to 40 feet in depth. Coal has been found underlying 75 per cent, of two townships, and from ten incuc'-i to two feet in thickness, varying in depth from two to twelve feet The quality is good, and large shipments are effected. Limestone sandstone are plentiful and of good quality. Pottery clay and gypsum a


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