The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1871-02-24
ON THE WING.

Park city is situated on the Arkansas
river, twelve miles above Wichita. The
valley here, taken in connection with
the Little Arkanas, is very wide, and is
as rich in soil as any part of the world.
AT the time of our visit to Park city,
many of the business men of the place
were absent; some of them were at the
Augusta Land Office, others buffalo
hunting. We met and conversed with
Col. Nichols, one of the town company.
Their prospects for large growth this
summer good.
The Atchison, Topeka s. Santa Fee
Railway will pass at, or near this point.
But their principal dependence is the
extreme fertility of the rapidly devel-
oping country surrounding.
Mr.. Lakin is engaged in the mercan-
tile business. At the time of our visit
he was absent, but his business is well
attended to by Mr.. Farquar, his clerk.
Mrs. Miller is proprietress of the hotel.
McClintock & Thompson are erecting
a good two story building here, which
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country store.
Mr.. Thompson has an excellent farm
one mile east of town, where he is resi-
ding. He has good house, and we
think is living much more comfortable
than most of the new settlers in that
country.
Mr.. Thompson had valuable horse
stolen the day of our visit, but was so
successful as to recover all his property,
also the thief. The thief had hearing
the next morning before a Justice of
the peace, and was turned over to the
tender mercies of the sheriff for safe
keeping.
After an extremely good dinner Ga
rare thing in that country at Mr..
Thompson's, we took up our line of
march for Sedgwick City but on arri-
wing at the Little Arkansas, we found
the stream to deep too cross, so returned
to a cabin and remained over night.
Next morning we crossed but the cur
rent floated our buggy for short dis
lance, and in so doing we found the
water rather cold, tho water is general
ly cold this time of the year.
Sedgwick City is on the Little Ar
kansas river, almost twenty miles from
its mouth. We stopped at the Nc
Chung house for dinner, and travelled
that afternoon almost thirty miles to
Conesburg, il Marion county, the whole
dista nee not being in sight of timber,
or houses.
Conesburg, in size, is about the same
as Sedgwick and Park Cities, tho at
present there is not as much business
there as at the other places.
Florence is, at present, the end of the
grading and contracts on the A. T. 81
S. f. Railway, and seems to be a busy
place.
Maj. McClain, formerly of Topeka,
has taken a large stock of out fitting
goods there, and is having good sale
for them. Fisk s. Carson have opened
a livery stable. A large hotel is nearly
finished, and Haywood & Bell have a
fine stone building in course of erection.
This is on the Cottonwood river, at the
mouth of Doyle creek, good timber
and a nice rich valley surrounding.
From here we drove to Cottonwood
Falls, in Chase county, leaving Cedar
Point two miles to the right, not hav-
ing time to visit that place.
Cottonwood Falls, the county-seat of
Chase county, is building up with a
permanent class of buildings, several
good buildings were erected last fall. j.
S. Doolittle has a large addition to his
hotel almost completed.
H. L. Hunt and others haye let the
contract for building on Main street,
to be 45 by 60 feet, two stories high.
q. B. Warren has increased his stock
of hardware this winter, and L. d.
Hinkley has opened a new hotel.
The grading ON the Atchison, To-
peka s. Santa Fe Railway is almost
completed to this place, and the cars
will be running here soon. There is a
daily line of four horse stages running
between here and Emporia, connecting
here with stages to Eldorado and the
southwest.