. 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. iring mills, find oil; and a wind bunk in Wash- iblishod ")!ie at ix school liouHos ",!)7(^, and tlioro church edilicea ics in two town- list i>laguc, this d 600 unable to :;lose of the war, 'he area of Wil- :)n in 1875 was ty-two per cent, lines and nianu- south from To- and on the M. ,wo banks, two )tels, a mill and 11 river and the >y two mills on i

. 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. iring mills, find oil; and a wind bunk in Wash- iblishod ")!ie at ix school liouHos ",!)7(^, and tlioro church edilicea ics in two town- list i>laguc, this d 600 unable to :;lose of the war, 'he area of Wil- :)n in 1875 was ty-two per cent, lines and nianu- south from To- and on the M. ,wo banks, two )tels, a mill and 11 river and the >y two mills on i Stock Photo
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. 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. iring mills, find oil; and a wind bunk in Wash- iblishod ")!ie at ix school liouHos ", !)7(^, and tlioro church edilicea ics in two town- list i>laguc, this d 600 unable to :;lose of the war, 'he area of Wil- :)n in 1875 was ty-two per cent, lines and nianu- south from To- and on the M. , wo banks, two )tels, a mill and 11 river and the >y two mills on iclude a steam a water power lower and two steam snw mill T ; a steam and a steam power 'er saw mill at 3ntre township, onia and one at Besides the pa- japer published nty twenty per The principal leir tributaries, Tierous smaller CoiWTY SKurriihs. 655 streams. Springs arc mmicroiis, anod wdls range from twelve to thiny feet in dcplli. Coal is supposed to umlcrlio tho whole area, varying in thickness from six Indies to thirty-si.x, and tho quality good. Tho soatn comes to the surface toward the cast of tho county and dips to tiic west. Local coiisiiiiiplioii for do- mestic and manufacturing purposes is coiisidcrabj.'. Liincstono and .sandstone are found in large ipiantities of good ([iiality all over the county, and fire clay is also found in the vicinity of Kail and Verdigris rivers. There are salt springs and marshes near Frcdonia, whidi arc being iiiili/'.cd. There are eighty-six .«cliool houses viilned at IJO-l.HoO, and ninety-one school districts. Seven churches have been built at a cost of $15, 000. Tliere arc twenty- six private libraries in four towiistiips, with 1, 213 volumes. Wil- son county was sdf supporting in lS7-l -5, at the time of the locust visitation, although there was much sufTcring among the poorer settlers in that region. Woodson County was one ot the first organized in 185.'), having been named in honor of the secretary of the territory and sevend times a