. Business directory and history of Wabaunsee County . Switzers, severalfamilies of whom lived in the vicinity, called this place TheAlma, meaning in Swizz a high open place, frequented byherdsmen and by lovers. Mr. Winkler says that Henry Schmitzis responsible for the name being given to the city. Phil ¥. Johnson credits Gottleib Zwanziger with naming theplace Alma, because he came from a place named Alma in theold country, also because the word in English signified a Ger-man Settlement. Slightly akin to this last view is the one held by A. of Maple Hill, who suggests that the name c
. Business directory and history of Wabaunsee County . Switzers, severalfamilies of whom lived in the vicinity, called this place TheAlma, meaning in Swizz a high open place, frequented byherdsmen and by lovers. Mr. Winkler says that Henry Schmitzis responsible for the name being given to the city. Phil ¥. Johnson credits Gottleib Zwanziger with naming theplace Alma, because he came from a place named Alma in theold country, also because the word in English signified a Ger-man Settlement. Slightly akin to this last view is the one held by A. of Maple Hill, who suggests that the name came fromthe River Alma, on which a bloody battle was fought in 1854,his theory is that some of the soldiers of that battle found theirway to this locality and named the town to commemorate the CommissionerB. BUCHLI. Mr. Buchli was born inSwitzerland. He came toWabaunsee County in1876, was County Clerkfrom 1898 to 1903. lives on his farmnear Sunbeam and is oneof the stock-raisers of thiscounty. At the presenttime he is County 30 Wabaunsee County Directory and History victory over the Russians. Personally we favor Mr. Winklersaccount of the naming. However it came by it, Alma has abeautiful and appropriate name of good old Latin derivation. As near as can be learned, the first white men to settle atAlma were Mr. Joseph Thoes and his brother, which was inthe year of 1855. There was at that time to Mr. Thoes knowl-edge five claims taken in the county. This was in May of the same year a large company of the Germansarrived at Kansas City on their way west. A company had beenformed in Cincinnati and this was the first division of thecolony. They had been told at St. I>ouis that they could go toKansas City and take the boat up the Kaw River. They werevery much disappointed in not being able to do this and wereabout to disband when discovered by Joseph Thoes, who hap-pened to be in Kansas City to get supplies. He at once gave
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