Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-09-14

! pied ~ the Ofage lDuinIA Iheif
/ title was extinguirhed by treaty with
I the government during the summer N
1925. However, it, first occupancy ny
white man dates lack to toe year lslS,
when tue government purchased IRON
the Indians a unot OF lnuu siS miles
square, which was nftcrwafi SHOWN
"a the "slx Miie,D a name when
that part Of tie country siil
bears. A tort was erected upou
IL during the same gear aut military
garrison established which derived he
name from the tribp of iulia1s called
Osagc. The site OF the lott was on "a
! olul Ufthe Missouri uver au1 short
/ distance from where the town u Sir
/ Icy, in Usage township. now sinnd.,
about fifteen miles northeast Of lnd,-
penGence. For nearly twenty year,
there wero no imJ Ofiant permanent
settlements within the limits ~ the
/ county. AT Foft Usage a ferry across
| the Missouri liver was gAtRhlsut
winch has been usid more or ittH
until the present time. A. the bsgiu.
uing OF the war VITA EGG aud iu 1879
this fort was UvaCustvd, uHd was Hg uu
occupied alter tue war until laga,
when II was nunlly abandoned. bur.
ing the occupancy of this tort "a few
white ianiillvs were encouraged hy IT,
officers to seitla Oh the a, ,crnt land.
Amer the removal OF the troops imni.
grafton commenced filling up the
country with great fapidity. The Ia.
dlnns were Removed curing the sum.
mcr OF 1870, anu ~ the autumn Of that
year all lie timbeted poftioo OF the
country west OF tue Littlo Blue was
partially occupied. The HIST settler
were ptinclpaiy from other lufiious Of
the state, but during tha following
! year tls20) large immigfnti1us rom
! Kentucky, tennessee, Virginia, etc,
augmented the population rapidly.
| During tnAt year AN Application Wa
| pfopafed 10 submit 10 the legislature
/ tor county Organization ana the
census OF the district was taken. Tie
"Blue c0uutry,O ~ n wae tnen cailoI,
was attached TOT civil and military pur.
/ poses 10 Lafayette county, AMI In tht
| year 1925, Mt a general election, A bra.
hhmMc Cielland aud LilbufnM. Boggs,
both Of six Mile" were returned M
representatives 10 tho lower hOus" Of
the state Legislature. Tue ensuing
assembly passed an oct orr nizing tht
county, which was approved Dec. 10,
| 1875, anu three cDmmissiUners were
APP Diluted ~ locate the county seat,
which they did on the 2Dih Jay VI
March, 1877. The place selected wa
Ia tue southwest quarter VI section ~
township 30 Uf range 80, anu gave ~
the name which II mas since borne,
tina, Of Independence.
January -, 1897, the state legislature
appointed Abraham MeCielland, Rich.
ara Frlstoe aud Henry Buffis M prcsid.
log Judges OF the county; these officers
huiu tucir first session on tue 2lst Of
May following, being sworn In On that
day. At that session tie county was
divided into three tow nshipe, nAmeIyi
Fort Usage ON the east, kAw ON the
west aud blue In the ceLtet; tho frat
derived its name from the fort referred
t0,the second from the Kaw ur Kansas
river anu the third from Blue river,
which WAS named from the color OF IT,
waters.
The carly settlements were oil In or
near the timber or some spring OF
water, tho settlers thinking the prairie
land not only difficult to DO subdued,
but actually worthless As lar ns agTi.
cultural purposes were concerned. When
tuey fret commenced breaking the
Prairie they useI the "barsheat" pillow,
to which they attached from four to
eight yoke OF oxen. After Independ.
.nro was located for the eat NJ Justice
In March, 1927. that place became the
most important point In the oIunty,
both In slEe anu business.
The first clerk OF the county was
Robert Wilson, OF Howard county
who later became notorious Ia his per.
secutiOns Of the M0rmona. He gave
up his position In disgust beiug un.
isvorabiy Impressed with tho rough
exterior and uncullivated manner OF
the people. Ho was succreded by the
notorious mobOcrat samuel e.. Owens,
who served Us county clerk Tor many
years.
Kansas City dates back to 1880.
During that year tue first survey VI
towuaite war made near thp OLD
Westport Landing and called KansA,
CITY, but the prOprietofs Of the ground
disagreed Ia some particulars, anu the
town maize but little progress until 1916
when II was laid out on larger scale,
since which It has grown with varying
prospects. la 1858 tnu place was duly
incorporated ne n city.
Kansas CITY, as remem bered by the
Saints who commenced their journey
across the plains from that point IN
1854, consisted OF little village erected |
along the nver ffont, together with a
few Residences built upon the hills |
overlooking the tivvr. rhc levre was
My about wide enough Tor team TO |
pass, jutting over ledge VI rocks INTO |
the river on tho QUE eide |
aud rising hundreds of ivst
into bluils on the other. Here |
and theiv excavations had been made |
into the hill anu business houses built. |
One OF these houses was the uuion |
hotel (nOw Gillie House, butt In 1919, |
aud another Chick's warehouse, buht I
Ia 1913. About the loot OF the prtsrnt |
Broadway the bluiis, coming rOuui In /
nearly "a perpeudiCui.f wall from Ia
hey creek, iutteu into the river, anu
n wagon fUAi wide enough lur one
wagon had been cut across II leaIing
into the Naw bottom, which was then
u dense wOod,eHuspl where the French
traders had cleared OIL - few pA,ohe..
ihe nils bauk OF the levec were well \
covered win wuOd-, except Ia the Ices
uroksn p5Ttlons where olrnriugs huu