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Lots lists and correspondence, arranged by townsite, relating to the business activities and sales of each townsite agent of the Kansas Town and Land Company. The Kansas Town and Land Company was chartered in 1887 to buy and sell lands on the right of way of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Company. Townsites in Kansas include Agra, Aiken, Arkalom, Athol, Bonham, Brewster, Clayton, Dana, Dresden, Edson, Goodland, Groveland, Herington, Horton, Jasper, Jennings, Kanorado, Keats, Kensington, Liberal, Mahaska, Minneola, Narka, Neva, New Lebanon, Phillipsburg, Prairie View, Rexford, Selden, Severn, Smith Center, and Stuttgart. Townsites in Colorado include Arriba, Claremont, Limon, New Burlington, Peyton, and Siebert. Townsites in Nebraska include Murdock and Nora. Agents include G. A. Spaulding, F. O. Marshall, T. A. Scales, J. W. Weyand, G. B. Ohle, L. L. French, R. M. Day, Albert Harris, A. B. Montgomery, F. H. McClellan, Monroe Davis Herington, W. H. Kemper, George W. Ragon, R. M. Day, Hazen C. Ladd, E. W. Sandison, John S. Gillett, Edward Stone, E. W. Hall, W. J. Clark, P. C. Glenn, Ira Thompson, S. G. Hopkins, G. W. Buckley, Daniel W. Relihan, William A. Clute, R. S. Newell, C. A. Beery, J. H. Slater, C. G. McGhee, H. F. Hendricks, and Jacob Ritterbush.
Date: 1888-1891
Item Number: 307398
Call Number: Kansas Town & Land Company Coll. #130, Box 99
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 307398
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Business and Industry - Railroad - Land sales
Collections - Manuscript - Kansas Town and Land Company
Community Life - Town development - Town companies
Date - 1880s
Date - 1890s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Correspondence
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Land records
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Record, Bookkeeping
Places - Cities and towns - Agenda
Places - Cities and towns - Agra
Places - Cities and towns - Arkalon
Places - Cities and towns - Athol
Places - Cities and towns - Brewster
Places - Cities and towns - Clayton
Places - Cities and towns - Dana
Places - Cities and towns - Dresden
Places - Cities and towns - Edson
Places - Cities and towns - Goodland
Places - Cities and towns - Groveland
Places - Cities and towns - Herington
Places - Cities and towns - Horton
Places - Cities and towns - Inman
Places - Cities and towns - Jaspar
Places - Cities and towns - Jennings
Places - Cities and towns - Kanorado
Places - Cities and towns - Keats
Places - Cities and towns - Kensington
Places - Cities and towns - Lebanon
Places - Cities and towns - Liberal
Places - Cities and towns - Mahaska
Places - Cities and towns - Minneola (Clark County)
Places - Cities and towns - Narka
Places - Cities and towns - Phillipsburg
Places - Cities and towns - Prairie View
Places - Cities and towns - Rexford
Places - Cities and towns - Selden
Places - Cities and towns - Smith Center
Places - Cities and towns - Stuttgart
Places - Counties - Brown
Places - Counties - Clark
Places - Counties - Decatur
Places - Counties - Dickinson
Places - Counties - McPherson
Places - Counties - Norton
Places - Counties - Phillips
Places - Counties - Republic
Places - Counties - Seward
Places - Counties - Sherman
Places - Counties - Smith
Places - Counties - Thomas
Places - Counties - Washington
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - Nebraska
Thematic Time Period - Immigration and Settlement, 1854 - 1890
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Transportation - Railroads - Land sales
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Financial records
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Letters
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Organization records
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