. 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. hit. 956 Ti :'.^ Uistonv or for c()ini>loto iitili/;ilion ol tlio .Htrt'iiiii. 'I'lio muiuifiictiircs of tlio county inchulo ii water power lloiiriii;,' ami saw mill, a water ])o\ver woolen mill, ii s-tcam saw mill, a wa>;oti and implement fac- tory, anil a water power fiuniluro factory ut » Kails; a grist anil «uw mill, and a furnitnro fact
. 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. hit. 956 Ti :'.^ Uistonv or for c()ini>loto iitili/;ilion ol tlio .Htrt'iiiii. 'I'lio muiuifiictiircs of tlio county inchulo ii water power lloiiriii;,' ami saw mill, a water ])o\ver woolen mill, ii s-tcam saw mill, a wa>;oti and implement fac- tory, anil a water power fiuniluro factory ut » Kails; a grist anil «uw mill, and a furnitnro factory at Toronto; u grist and saw mill at Centre; and u steam huw mill at Owl Cretjk township. There are no hanking lioiises in the county, and only one weekly paper, the Woodson I'osf, published at llic business centre, Neosho Falls. There are 5-1 districts, and 63 school houses, valued at $;J(i,!)0.'>; two ehurciics valued ui .$.'), 1")0, and libraries in five , numbering, in public and jirivaio col- lections, -l,*)'.).") volumes. The locusts fell lightly on this county, as wc lind only o2a persons in want in the winter of 1871-5. Wyandotte County was organized in 1859, itnrncd for the tribe of Indians indicated; the area is only lo.'] square miles, and the population, in lb75, was 12,3(52, of which number {>,o[)ii were males. Fifty-one per cent., little more than halt of the settlers rely on farming, 9 per cent, on trade and transportation, and 16 on mines and manufactures. Professional and personal services engross 22 per cent. The county seat is Wyamlotle, almost u j)artof Kansas City, to which it is joined by bridge and railroads; being on the state line, 57 miles east from Topcka. The county is well conditioned for agriculture, manufactures and residence, as it })(xsscsscs, in its limited area, 25 per cent, of foiest and 20 of bottom land. The Missouri and the Kansas rivers are the great streams, and there are many of small dimensions all over W
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