. Early history of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, with stories of pioneer days and glimpses of our western . MR. W. A. McCOY, Alta Vista. MR. GOTTLIEB NOLLER, MR. FRANK KRIENITZ,Paiater, Paper-hanger, and Glazier, Alma. EARLY HISTORY OF VVABAaNSEE COUJiTY, KAS. 141 TH-^ FIRST LOG HrOUSt. On the Site of Which, Near Harveyvllie, 575,000 in Spanish Gold was Found by a Preacher, Who Had Watched as Well as Prayed. A robbers roost is responsible for tlie first log house built by whitemen in Wabaunsee county—erected in 1842 in the timber ont he banksof Dragoon Creek, near the mouth of
. Early history of Wabaunsee County, Kansas, with stories of pioneer days and glimpses of our western . MR. W. A. McCOY, Alta Vista. MR. GOTTLIEB NOLLER, MR. FRANK KRIENITZ,Paiater, Paper-hanger, and Glazier, Alma. EARLY HISTORY OF VVABAaNSEE COUJiTY, KAS. 141 TH-^ FIRST LOG HrOUSt. On the Site of Which, Near Harveyvllie, 575,000 in Spanish Gold was Found by a Preacher, Who Had Watched as Well as Prayed. A robbers roost is responsible for tlie first log house built by whitemen in Wabaunsee county—erected in 1842 in the timber ont he banksof Dragoon Creek, near the mouth of Bachelors branch. Here werethe headquarters and rendezvous of as hardened a gang of cut-throatsas ever went unhung—organized for the purpose of robbery, army pay-masters and treasure wagons of Mexican caravans forming the tempt-ing inducements that drew together this motley gang of outlaws. The crest of the big mound on the claim pre-empted by AllenHodgson in 1857, in plain site of the old cabin, as a point of observa-tion couldnt be excelled. From this high elevation every train pass-ing over either the Santa Fe trail proper, or the military road fromFort Leaven
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