Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-23

0rieda Of Their Names and the Date Of
Their Organization.
BY COLONEL Il. ENllAN.
ALLEN.

ALLEN
Organized in 1856. Named il homo
Of VIM. Allen, of Ohio, who was many
years q member of the United States
senate from that commonwealth, ano
also it's governor He favored the doc.
trine of popular sovereignty on the
opening Of the Territory of Kansas to
settlement, and the most ultra measures
for the perpetuation of slavery.
ANDERSON.
Organized in 1855. Received its name
from Jos. G. Anderson, of Missouri, who
was member of the first Kansas Terri
torial legislature, and speaker pro tenn Of
the house of representatives. Hefgured In
the "Wakarusa war" in December, 1855,
and his name appears in connection with
a proposition to march under the ''black
Gag" to Lawrence.
ATCH1soN.
Organized in 1856. Named for David
r. Atchison, senator from Missouri,
and president of the United States SEN
ate at the date of the passage of the act
for the organization of the Territory of
Kansas. He was a jealous partisan
leader IN the discussions and movements
affecting the interests of slavery and
its attempted establishment in the new
state to be created. He was conspicu
GUS among the mob at the sacking of
Lawrence on the Dist of May, 1856.
BARBER
Organized In 1873. In honor of
Thomas W. Barber, free state settler of
Douglas county, who was killed In con-
sequence Of the political troubles, near
Lawrence, December 6, 1855.
BARTON.
Organized in 1872. In honor of Miss
Clara Barton, of Massachusetts,, who won
great distinction during the war for the
union by her remarkably effective phi
lanthropic career in the sanitary depart
ment Of the army.
BOURBON.
Organized in 1855. Received its name
from Bourbon county, Kentucky: the
latter having been one of nine counties
organized in 1885 by the Virginia legis-
lature, before Kentucky became an indie
pendent state 1t was so called as a
compliment to the Bourbon dynasty of
France, prince Of that family, then up
on the throne, having rendered the
American colonies important aid in men
and money in their great struggle for
independence The legend, however, of
the Kansas legislature is, that Col. Sam
uel Williams, member Of the house
from Fort Scott, insisted that at least so
much was due to the name of the bever-
age which the party in power drew so
largely from for its courage and zeal in
pushing its measures in Kansas. He
was colonel in the rebel army, and
died at his old home, Fort Scott.
BROWN.
Organized in 1856. After Albert G.
Browne, of Mississippi, who had been
senator and member of the house of rep
resentatives from that state, was United
States senator at the date of the act Or
ganiEing Kansas Territory, was reelected
for six years in 1859, but withdrew with
Jefferson Davis on the attempted seces-
sion of the southern states. The name
is properly spelled with an in the origi-
nal statute but on the county seal, was
left of, accidentally probably-all later
statutes present the name without the
final e.
Organized in 1856. For Andrew P.
Butler, who was twelve years a United
1857 to 1869. He was bitter partisan
and Jealous advocate of the right of
the south to introduce slavery into the
Territory of Kansas.
CHASE.
\ Organized in 1859. Created out of
portions of Wise and Butler counties,
and named in honor of Salmon p. Chase,
successfully governor of Ohio, United
States senator, secretary of the treasury
and chief justice of the supreme court.
He was earnest in his opposition, when
senator, to the extension of slavery into
Kansas.
CHAUTAUQUA.
Organized in 1875. Created out of
portion of what was first Godfrey county,
named after bill Godfrey" noted
trader among the Osage's-tben Howard
county, in honor of Major General o. o.
Howard for his efforts in behalf of the
colored race. Chautauqua county, New
York, was the former home of Hon. Ed
ward Jacquins, who was a member of
the Kansas Legislature III 1876 from
Howard county, who introduced the bill
which divided Howard into Chautauqua
and Elk, hence from his native place this
county derives its name. Godfrey county
was changed to Seward in 1861.
CHEROKEE.
Organized in 1866. First named Nc
Gee in 1855, for E. MCGEE, who was
member OF the Territorial Legislature, and
held to the doctrine that the term sin
habitant," as employed in the organic
act creating the Territory of Kansas, was
meant to designate any person who
might reside in, or have an existence in,
or happened to be in on election day, or
during the sitting of Legislature. So
he voted in Kansas, helped to make laws
for Kansas, but never lived in Kansas,
always persistently adhering to his citi-
zenship of Missouri In 1866 the name
Cherokee was adopted, from the fact that
the reservation of that tribe of Indians
was partially inclnded in the peo