. 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. iisimf m m TuTTLhfs History of Kaxsas. increased ngnin very considerably. When the report was pre- pared in 1874-5, to submit to the legislature of Kansas, there urere 475 in want of rations, and 1,400 in want of clothing for â winter. Unfortnately, the legislators bickered among them- selves, and there was not as much appropriated as would pay for framing the report.
. 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. iisimf m m TuTTLhfs History of Kaxsas. increased ngnin very considerably. When the report was pre- pared in 1874-5, to submit to the legislature of Kansas, there urere 475 in want of rations, and 1,400 in want of clothing for â winter. Unfortnately, the legislators bickered among them- selves, and there was not as much appropriated as would pay for framing the report. Illinois gave the largest quota of population to this county, Missouri next, then Towa, Indiana and Ohio. Agriculture employs eighty-two per cent, of the population, manufactures and mining seven per cent and trade and trans- portation a little over three. Winfield is the county seat of Cowley county. It is 144 miles from Topeka in a southwesterly direction. Bottom lands rise in this county to the average of thirty-three per cent, so that it will be seen that Winfield is the center of a fine agricultural county. Woodlands average six per cent, the timber being of choice varieties, valuable for manu- facturing, such as walnut, oak and other such woods. The bot- tom lands of Arkansas river average five miles, the Walnut twa miles. Grouse, Dutch and Rock creek, one mile. The principal Btreams are the Arkansas river and its tributaries, Walnut and Grouse. The Walnut tributaries are the Rock, Dutch and Tim- ber creeks. The Grouse has one important tributary, Silver creek. This county has good springs, and excellent well water can be procured at depths varying from fifteen to forty feet. The mineral resources of the county are coal and building stone. The quantity of coal is yet unknown, but the quantity and quality of magnesian limestone are both excellent No railroads have yet been constructed here. Butter is largely manufactured in this county, but cheese is a small product; far
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