Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . n pursuance to alaw passed the previous winter,authorizing their issue. This wasthe first school building erected inthe state by the aid of bonds, and itwas the largest district school housein the state when it was the old house is not much tobrag on now, it must be remem-bered that it was the beginning,and its erection was undertakenwhen we hardly knew whetherschool was going to keep or not.* Quantrell Raid. On Snnday, August 30, newsreached here of the burning ofLawrence and the murder of onehundred and fifty or more of hercitizens by Quant
Annals of Emporia and Lyon County . n pursuance to alaw passed the previous winter,authorizing their issue. This wasthe first school building erected inthe state by the aid of bonds, and itwas the largest district school housein the state when it was the old house is not much tobrag on now, it must be remem-bered that it was the beginning,and its erection was undertakenwhen we hardly knew whetherschool was going to keep or not.* Quantrell Raid. On Snnday, August 30, newsreached here of the burning ofLawrence and the murder of onehundred and fifty or more of hercitizens by Quantrell. Nearly ev-erybody was attending a campmeet-ingat the old Rinker ford when thenews arrived. Immediately thedeepest gloom took possession ofthe people, and their hearts werestirred with sympathy for theirneighbors and friends. As we nowremember, only three Emporia peo-ple were in Lawrence at the time—Major E. P. Bancroft and wifeand A. R. Bancroft. The majorhad come up from the south, and 6o ANNALS OF EMPORIA AND LYON
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