Governor Thomas A. Osborn, in his proclamation providing for the organization of Ford County, on April 5, 1873, appointed Charles…
Population By Federal Census. (Organized in 1873.) 1880 Census Dodge Township, including Dodge City 1,854 Spearville Township 718 Wheatland Township…
The following 22 biographies were extracted from the History of the State of Kansas, 1883 and pertain specifically to Ford…
Schools. The counties of Clark, Meade, Gray and Sequoyah have educational matters cared for in the organized county of Ford.…
From the time of his coming to Kansas almost to the year of his death Colonel Price was the Kansas…
Newspapers. – A. W. Moore, who established the Jackson County News at Holton, in October 1867, in February, 1874, moved…
In August 1872, buffalo hunters and businessmen in various branches of industry, were attracted to this place. Buffalo hides were…
The Catholic Church in Lincoln County. Besides the general survey of the Catholic Church in Lincoln County and its institutions…