Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1893-03-11

on the Smoky between Wa-Keeney AND
Ness City-was named from W. FL. Will
COX first resident and postmaster.
Cyrus postofice established 1880
named by Joseph Rogers after settler
Cyrus Cowing.
Pageton-stage station-one mile west
of Cyrus-laid out as town by j. Schell
in 1885, but the building of the Missouri
Pacific railway, three miles south, dis
continued Cyrus and stopped further de-
velopments at Pageton, (head water Page
creek.
Banner postoffice, 16 miles southwest
of Wa-Keeney; name suggested by j. G.
Brown and forwarded to department by
E. L. Drake, first postmaster.
Gibson postoffce named from the first
settler.
Shredder postoffice at Colona, 1880;
named by John Wagner, first postmaster,
for his uncle; DISCONTINUED.
Tregola, townsite, northeast part of the
county, laid off by one Hansen who
owned the land in 1885 and 1886. A bill
is now before the legislature to vacate
said townsite.
Bosnia, by the Bohemian settlers from
a town in their native country.
OF the tributaries of the Smoky Hill
beginning at the east, there are Page
creek, Threshing Machine or Massacre
canyon, Cottonwood canyon, Buoy draw,
Dry creek, White Rock, Deer creek, Sand
creek. Downer, Sand draw, East and West
blackberry, Rattle Snake and Gibson
draw. There may be others but these
are all know.
Page creek, from W. r. Page, first set
tier, prominent stock raiser and farmer
who still resides near the mouth of it.
Every depression in Kansas is called
draw, and if of any size may have
special name. If somewhat deep can
yon, hence we have Massacre, or Thresh-
ing Machine canyon, where some Pixies
Peak or California emigrants fell before
the the relentless savages and where
some machinery they had was burned. A
traveller who stayed over night with W.
Fl. Nichols on the Smoky in 1885, claim
ed to have passed the spot in the next
train where the remnants were still
smoking.
Buoy draw from its earliest settler who
is buried beside it,
Downer and Gibson have been given.
Deer creek, Sand creek, Sand draw, Rat
tie Snake and Dry creek need no expla-
nation. blackberry from its trees, also
that of Cottonwood, where are yet to be
seen stumps two and three feet in dame
ter.
White rock has in it's valley large de-
tached boulder of the white magnesia.
Big creek was named as was the Saline
long before settlement.
Saline, it is said that while the name
means salt, that it was given before it
was known that along its course lay one
of the greatest salt beds in the world.
OF the tributaries of Big creek Kinnie's
creek, small stream falling into it from
the south was named by Ben G. Rich in
honor of his son Games Atkinson) who,
as he says, was the first white man that
ever fshed in it.
Township draw, another, is on the line
between ranges % and %.
Weber's creek, two miles west, from it's
settler, an old soldier who was buried
near it, but now rests in the cemetery of
Wa-Keeney.
Ogallah creek, from the station near
which it flows, is sometimes called Spring
creek.
Trego creek, tributary to the Saline,
heads near old Trego.
Spring creeks, Sand creeks and Sand
draws are found in every locality.
Trego county was organized on pr ocla-
nation of Governor st. John, June 81,
1879, and on the 26th divided into three
commissioners districts, and three mu-
ulClpdl IOWuSu1pS3 Ion AulI0o WHO, Iuu
ming the full length of the county, named
from the three principal stations-Ogal-
lab. Wa-Keeney and Collyer.
Glencoe, cut from the first, comprised
three congressional townships in the
southeast and was named by "Bob"
Hutchinson, a highland Scotchman, after
his native Glencoe; those who knew
him say he would have moved heaven
and earth to have it SO.
Downer composed of several congress
sional townships in the south of Wa-Kes-
ney and Collyer WAS organized Deem
Der 4, 1880 and disorganized in 1882.
Wilcox voting precinct was cut off by
the commissioners October 6, 1886; wes
on petition organized as separate town
ship January 4, 1888. In the petition
the call was made for White Rock as of
more historic interest, but the commits
sioners ruled otherwise. The first in
stance on record where the governor and
senate recognized the minority of the
lower house.
Gibson precinct was cut off September
13. 1887 and on April 10. 1888. was organ