The crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1877-1878, 1878-04-04
Interesting Notes of the Habits and
Customs Of the MennOnites settled
in the Arkansas valley, Southwest
pru Kansas

Customs of the MennOnites settled
in the Arkansas valley, southwest
ern Kansas.
Halstead, while possibly of itself not
deemed worthy of more than passing
glance at neatness and general air of
comfort, is, from its associations, one OF
the most interesting points on the road.
1t is the commercial center of the Men
nonites, those peculiar people trans
planted from the stepps of Russia to the
rich Valley of the Arkansas, and who,
in bringing with them habits and GUS
toms of hundred years ago, from one
of the most interesting and suggestive
features in the rapid development of
the new West. They are distinctly
religious people and make their settle
ments in colonies, with mutual interest
and common church for bonds of fell
lowship. There are now about 5000 of
them in this section, and more coming
every year. They own something more
than 100000 acres of land on the line of
the Santa Fe, all purchased of the rail-
road company, and mainly for cash.
l."'I coiony nus = EiltaSo o oonSiSS sn,, G Ia
apart, all built in the same style, and
the farms of the colonists lie contiguous
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professors, anu II GerIi.iiy ;.i ni"Ne' S .ti non
ESI r, men anu 8oQu ei'lAens VI ;,,tn.' ;mtan
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'hu coinl5'hle"ti'c. 1 nui' ,,it noints "lr o
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nc houses "ro fle"'ou py mug DitIh tin
ovens III 'ic eeh.er' "1TIlC T; nSSo Sa u 'nt s
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Ve9eIaDle' IIel[ la'orllc tI il''iv lS tne
Ialolineion' wafer which . viley t''ao t;n. ~ 'o"H A.
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farmers, Cle Icllnoli'GS S, ulu notti' HE1 VI
ehTliD an' inu,.S'ly hheir nel,s tIs,,,i a[e