The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-05-02
OUT the SANTA FE,
Tho Arkansas vslley-The Garden
Spot Of the World.
A Times Commissioner on His Trav.
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EDITOR TINES: Kansas towns, like
mushrooms" are of sudden growth, and
was much surprised 70 find q live, growing
town, where six months ago there was not q
single house. Improvements are being made
rapidly. There are seven business houses,
. lumber yard, and two hotels already in
operation, and another about completed,
which will be an honor to the town. had
the pleasure Of attending social hop while
there, given BY the contractors Of the hotel,
and it was . very pleasant affair, and your
correspondent was made welcome, for which
all those present have my thanks; but as
it is train time l must bid adieu to this
pleasant company and promising town, and
once more move on. The country from here
TO
KINsLEY,
my next point, is the finest on
this division. As far as the eve can reach
is one grand unbroken prairie, covered over
by fine farms, with fine crops. Kinsley is
the county seat OF Edwards county, and is
one Of the most important in the west part
of this valley, and upon the site of which,
barely three years ago, was nothing but an
eating station, and the principal meats of
its tables buffalo and antelope. Now it is
thriving town of about 800, and rapidly
growing. Trade, in all its many branches,
is we'll represenie6, MANY new buildings
are going up and contemplated,
and ! must say that there is more
real Improvement AND growth In Kin
ROAD. Looking rom tne hlnsiey Hoese as
!nelr l@mense neios OF .neat putting one
10 "ioo o. 'pe waves Oh ,ne ocean, Is tney
are Ianned oy .ne sentle olee.es Q. our
peioseI e'a'e. from Ms,ns 70 .ne scint
COAST 'nsfe 1T no mIle pslleS' s"esPs u
rlch AnG "nolty unoc'ruc'eI lanu! ~
eranoe! sioPes. no NOT .nGIougniy urAi ms
sey men neas !" s .t:a .oun! aHe
n 1nn. Wne:I f.lsed IN !nis cc"n s ssa IN
hu.bs,. 70 the acre In 1875 The total acre.
.oe I.s ;ncresed 70 64a acres With an
.Ser.ee weld If twenty bushels tn the acre
while the total for 1877 was 1882 acres
an ;nc-e.se IF 91lO in . wear and this too
in , county on the extreme sontbwestern
limit Of .r.in cultivation demonstrating
The fact tRat wheat raising in this county
is a mccess. Immisration TO this county
Ia immense. and II the rusb ia IA great the
balance of the wear as il has been this
eprins. the fir,t of January 1879 will find
bnt little land in the county unoccupied
With such a county and settled nm with
men Of capital and energy, the future of
K;oslev ia certain and here Lot mo sav
that The peor!. Of Kinslev are among the
most soci,, and plea.ant. that I have met
in the State, and while here succeeded in re-
ceiving hne lot OF subscribers for the
DAILY IINEs for which they have my SIN
cere thanEs also 10 the proprietor OF the
hlnsiey Hosei, and Sherman House, both
good, pleasant places to stop, and strictly
hrst class. But no matter how pleasant
the town or how much would ike to larry,
business calls. and must leave this pleas
ant little town and try my luck in . new
held OF labor.
Larned, distant from Kinley thirty-6ve
miles is, little giant of town in the pow
erful strides it has made towards solidity
and importance, riyaling very many of the
oldest points in all the West. Springing
up out of the prairie Is If BY magic, it's
spiritual, energetic, and at the same time
substantial, manner of progress is indica-
ted in everything. The site Of the town is in
strong contrast to most points on the road,
from the fact of being up by long sloping
symmetrical hill that towers far above the
business streets, and affords most charming
for the display of taste il moi
indeed elegance in the building Of residen-
ces.
From the summit Of this commanding
THE ARKANSAS RIVER
:. ,.: .:.;t- g. I'll c..
.;,bsr d;,.c,;on Ths s;aht i GOD .nJ
few visit it without carving awsv memo
ries which remain distinct for many a year.
Looking out across the beautiful valley of
Ash creek from its source as far as the eve
can reach to its junction with the Ar
kansas, it is difficult, almost i'm.
possible to believe that little over three
years ago not house If indeed man could
have been seen over all this now WIDELY
diversi6ed territory. Had any one predict
ed barely three wears ago the present stains
OF this portion OF the valley as a wheat SUD-
ply he would have been laughed at, and the |
hunter who came here less than four wears
ago, "a the best center for buffalo and ante
lone in all this part of the southwest. vouId /
have shot him. without compunction nnon
The score that this was no place for such
arrant fools.
Larned has undoubtedly q future sucb a.
few new places can boast of. beine the kew
10 10 wide and bountifuI a TERRITORY that its
are Absolutely beyond estimat-
ing. The Government Land Office is Ioca-
ed here. and to Can't Booth. the Rece;ver
am under great OBLIGATIONS for mncb in
formation and .ko.ciao around. Fort Larn-
d is located seven miles vest. and ia
ov, q, ,,,-,
mo most fomanucaiiy situated OF all the
government posts. II Is an exceedingly |