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This bird's eye view of Kingman, Kansas, was drawn by Augustus Koch. It shows the court house, a school, churches, the Kingman Planing Mill, the Kingman Opera house, two newspaper offices, a fair grounds, and two railroad depots. One railroad line was the Wichita & Western Railroad and the other was the D. M. & A. R. R. (Denver, Memphis and Atlantic Railroad.) The street names are on the image and the location of the business district is very obvious. Individual houses are also visible. There are several windmills in the image. The south fork of the Ninnescah River runs through Kingman. Hand printed in the upper margin is the phrase With Compliments of James P. Mead & Co., Kingman, Kansas. Mead's property is in the upper left area of the image.
Creator: Koch, Augustus
Date: 1886
Item Number: 227542
Call Number: Map Drawer X
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 227542
Built Environment - Function - Commerce/Trade
Built Environment - Function - Education
Built Environment - Function - Government
Built Environment - Function - Religion
Built Environment - Function - Social
Business and Industry - Lodging - Hotels
Collections - Map
Date - 1880s - 1886
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Lithograph
Places - Cities and towns - Kingman
Places - Counties - Kingman
Places - Rivers - Ninnescah
Type of Material - Illustrations - Lithographs and Engravings
Type of Material - Maps - Bird's-eye Views
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