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President- Colleen Ewan Vice President- Larry Lybarger Secretary- LeAnne Shields Treasurer- LuAnne Debrick

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Board of Directors

Louisburg - Jack Burcham

Marysville Township - Mildred Haley Member at Large - LuAnne Debrick Miami Township - Nina Gerken Middle Creek Township - Hannes Poetter Mound Township - Donna Darner Osage Township - AnnDavis Osawatomie City- Ona Neuenschwander Osawatomie Township - Ben Maimer Paola City - Bettie Ore Paola Township - Elsie Cordle Richland Township - LeAnne Shields Stanton Township - Lloyd Peckman Sugar Creek Township - Nancy Kline Ten Mile Township - Patsy Bortner Valley Township - Colleen Ewan Wea Township - Larry Lybarger

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Publications for sale Heritage Walk Bricks WW1 artifacts photos

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A Newsletter of the Miami County Historical Museum & Genealogy Society Spring 2017 Volume 32 - No.1 Miami County Historical Museum 12 E. Peoria, Paola, Kansas 66071

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President’s Le er We have had several volunteers who have been ill or had surgery since our last Quarterly, so it has been a slow me here at the museum. The ones who were available did a marvelous job of keeping things going. We finished the month of February into March with an exhibit honoring Black History. April 16 is the 100th anniversary of the start of World War I. We have approximately 650 military items at the museum and will have a special exhibit of our World War I ar facts on display in April. May will be Alumni me and school items from the early 1900’s un l today will be exhibited. Would love to have you come by and visit or even become a member!

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LIBRARY We received a nice large notebook of family history on the Wren and linked families which include Wren, /VUU 4IFSBS +VOH BOE ,PIMFOCFSH ć JT XBT CSPVHIU in by Patricia A. Miller. It is a nice addition to our Families shelf. 4UJMM HPJOH UISPVHI ĕ MFT BOE XFFEJOH PVU VOOFFEFE sheets of papers. It is amazing how things pile up. *O HPJOH UISPVHI UIFTF ĕ MFT XF BSF UIJOLJOH PG XBZT to “put this information to use”. We haven’t published anything for some time and are thinking we need to do

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Page5 Discussion on the outdated computer used to acces sion artifacts. Also LeAnne suggested that an index be made, both by donors name and accession numbers. Con’t on Pg. 6 MINI MINUTES ć F GPMMPXJOH BSF IJHIMJHIUT PG %JSFDUPS NFFUJOHT GPS ZPVS information, and a way to let you (a member) in on the work ings of the museum. OCTOBER 8F NBEF UIF ĕ OBM QBZNFOU PO UIF OFX TFDVSJUZ TZT tem. We have had several large groups tour the museum. All have had good words on our new Indian Room. Larry has put large lettering on the front window of the west building advertising the Indian Room and the mu seum. Nina reported that all Directors up for election have BHSFFE UP DPOUJOVF ć F WPUF XJMM CF BU /PW NFFUJOH Colleen suggested we make plans to honor Bettie Ore at our Christmas Party as she was a founding member of the Miami County Historical Society. We will have a fourth grade class visiting the museum this week and Dee Graham, a former Louisburg teacher will be the speaker. NOVEMBER Nina Gerken reported the names of Directors up for re-election and the township they represent. Patsy Bort ner, Ten Mile; Jack Burcham, Louisburg; Colleen Ewan, Valley; Nina Gerken, Miami; Mildred Haley, Marys ville; Nancy Kline, Sugar Creek; Ben Maimer, Osawat omie; Bettie Ore, Paola City; LeAnne Shields, Richland. ć F /PWFNCFS NJOVUFT XFSF SFWJTFE UP BEE -V"OOF Debrick as Treasurer and Larry Lybarger as Vice Presi dent for the years 2017 and 2018. Motion to elect was passed. Plans for the party honoring Bettie Ore for her 50 years of service and being co-founder of the Historical Soc. are to be Dec 13 from 10 to noon with the volunteer $ISJTUNBT QBSUZ UP GPMMPX .FNCFST BSF UP CSJOH ĕ OHFS foods. Lloyd is working to get some Indian artifacts to be loaned for display in the museum.

Diane McDowell wanted records from Osawatomie State Hospital for James S. Culver. Steve Cox needs information on Allard family in the area in the 1870s. +FČ 3FDPSE wants a picture of the Burson Nursing Home his aunt owned. Nicka Suvrell-Smith wants information on great aunt Nel lie May Humphries who was a patient at the Osawatomie State Hospital Cheryl Kipp is researching Rev. James L Kipp who served at the Green Valley Baptist Church in Osawatomie in the mid to late 1940s. Robert Rice needs information on Capt Moses Moore who was the father of Ely Moore, an early Indian Agent with the Miami Tribe. Christina Anastasia wants history of house at 508 E. Kas kaskiaSt. Chris Hankins wants obits on Van Dolah family. JennyLynn wanted plans and pictures of early hotel owned CZ 8 1 0ď DFS JO )JMMTEBMF JO Sharyl Williams is looking for a report on Leo Mathias Leinen who was in the Osawatomie State Hospital. Wendy Wise is looking for information on Mrs. Heckler from Cherryvale, Ks who was released from the Osawato mie State Hospital. David B. Jackson needs information on William C. Harkey and family who were early settlers in Marysville Twp. Patsy Johnson wants information on David H Cook and family who lived in Paola in the 1920s and 1930s. KurtNeis wants a picture of Charles M. Dickson who was a Miami County Commissioner prior to 1891. Susan Toman wants Mary Tomans death register for 1891. Karla Mickler needs information on Gerstendorf and Schwartz families in the area. Cheryl Dahl wanted obit for A. J. Weatherwax who died in 1887.

VOLUNTEER and VISITOR REPORT October through December 2016 Volunteers 18 Hours 1250 + Betty Bendorf, Patsy Bortner, Jim Bousman, Ber nice Chitwood, Vera Dakin, LuAnne Debrick, Pat Erickson, Colleen Ewan, Nina Gerken, Mildred Haley, Nancy Hart-Kline, Iris Kluber, Larry Lyba SHFS -MPZE 1FDLNBO ć FSFTB 3FBE "OO 3PBSL LeAnne Shields, and Roger Shipman. Two Board Meetings Members in attendance — 14 average at two meetings Hours—24 Several Executive Board Meetings Visitors — 211 States represented —11 California, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Nebraska, Texas and Wash ington. DECEMBER Christmas Party and celebration honoring Bettie Ore with her 50 years of working at the museum. JANUARY Meeting was canceled due to sickness. Mini Minutes cont.

A Look Down the Road The beginning of the 20th century would bring a dy namic change to the World Order: a change which we are s ll experiencing today. At the beginning, Eu rope was ruled by Monarchical Empires. In order to maintain a balance of power, the European countries formed alliances that established the belligerents at the beginning of the shoo ng war; when the German Kaiser declared war on Russia at 5:00 PM on August 1, 1914. The United States was not a dominated figure in world affairs before 1917. In fact, the U. S. had adopted an isola onist policy. By wars end, the U.S. would be come a world power and the whole world would change forever. To celebrate the centennial of the U.S. entry into WW1, the museum’s staff started by telling the story with the ar cles about the Mexican border and Com pany D’s deployment to the border in 1916. In order to complete the story, the museum’s staff will present the following exhibits at the museum: 2017 April – June The Prelude to WW1 A look at the incidents that drew the U.S. into declaring war on Germany. August – December Miami County Goes to War Gearing up for War and the mobiliza on of Company D 2018 January – June Over There France: Training of Co. D and Miami County men at War

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BACKYARD TREASURES FOUND Jim Gray who lives at 404 College in Paola, in recent years found on his property two small glass medicine bo les. Both had the stamp of “JW Price, Druggist, Paola, Kansas”. Upon doing some research it was found that Joseph Warren Price was a druggist in Paola in our early history. He came to Paola in the 1860’s and clerked in his uncle’s store---T J Hedges and later he became the owner of his own store.

the Schumann Building, which s ll bears that name. He sold the large two story building and drug compa ny to Ringer in 1899 which con nued to operate the next 50 years in that loca on. Mr. Price re red and moved to St. Louis to live with rela ves un l his death at age 80 in 1925. The building con nues to be a ma jor structure on Paola’s square. Over the recent years serving as a loca on for Russell’s Department Store, Team Bank Headquarters, Paola Chamber of Com merce, Queen’s Family Grocery chain headquarters. The building is currently owned by Great Southern Bank. There are probably many more pill bo les awai ng their discovery in Paola backyards that were from the Price pharmacy of over a 100 years ago. Keep Digging! Larry Lybarger (From informa on from our obituary files, and The History of Paola 1855-2005 Paola 150 year Timeline.)

A er a period of several years he le Paola for Leav enworth only to return to Paola. He took over the PH Grimes drug store. While in Paola the 2nd me, he had built a new building on the northeast side of the square in 1886. That loca on had seen its destruc on due to fire, so he wished to con nue his business and thus the new building. He housed his drug store and several other businesses. The building was known as the Price Block and a er he sold it became known as

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”PRAIRIE MONARCHS” State Animal of Kansas

The American Bison, interchangeably called the Buf falo, numbered perhaps 75 million and lived from the woods of the east coast of America to the California shores, from Canada to Mexico. Few other mammals were so dispersed in America. Yet their greatest num bers were on the Great Plains, centering in Kansas. The Na ve Americans had long held an indispens able rela onship with this noble beast. Especially the Plains Indians where the animal provided food, cloth ing, tools and had religious symbolism. To the Indians, the animal was so closely ed to their life that the buf falo was one of the few things that they called “theirs” and immediately saw the dangers and significance of their destruc on so wantonly by the white men invad ing ever so quickly across the landscape of America.

westward across the state. 1850 was the beginning of the end for the wild buffalo, by the late 1870’s their numbers were limited to the southwestern part of the state. The buffalo and white se lers could never survive together with the coming of the ca le, sheep and horses combined with the plow that destroyed the grazing habitats of the buffalo. By the 1880’s few remained in Kansas and finally their numbers were re duced to only a few hundred where there had been millions in Kansas alone.

The government did nothing to save the animal and it seems encouraged its destruc on for that was the quickest way to control the Plains Indians. Hides brought several dollars and soon Leavenworth, Kan sas City and other border ci es were centers of ex port of the byproducts of the animals. Dodge City and areas west of Wichita saw a boom in popula on of hunters with several thousand killing animals for com mercial purposes. Acres of ground could be covered with the stacked out hides drying in the sun. The rail roads made great capital of the hides, meat, bones of the poor animals and they shipped the products to the ci es of the east. In the 1870’s the Union Pacific, Kansas Pacific and other railroads shipped over one and a third million hides out of Kansas and over six and 314th million pounds of meat, and over six mil lion pounds of bones. The destruc on could not last.

In the 1830’s when Kansas was seen as a refuge for the Indians of the Ohio Valley and the U. S. government began to create reserva ons along the open plains of Kansas, there were s ll buffalo in the eastern third of what was to be the state of Kansas. The Indians had killed only for their needs and livelihood and there were more than enough to replicate the losses. But with the white man, soon the wanton killing for plea sure sport, meat for the railroad workers, hides for eastern leather works and markets even as far away as Europe, the numbers could not be sustained. The line of existence of the buffalo con nued to move rapidly

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Finally a er the scope of the slaughter became bet ter known, a few congressmen, and concerned ci zens began to realize that the numbers were being reduced so fast that soon the buffalo would become ex nct like the dodo and the passenger pigeon. Despite trea es with the Indians for the protec on of the buffalo, the hunters s ll illegally reduced the numbers and white se lers also played a part as they advanced westward. The buffalo was almost gone before people realized that their endless numbers were actually a thing of the past. In the late 1880’s only a few remained and many of those were in very secluded areas or were held by private ci zens.

In 1889, William Hornaday, of the Smithsonian es - mated that there were only about 1,000 le through out the en re United States. A few were held in zoos and railroad displays and parks. CJ Jones of Garden City was and early hunter of the buffalo but by 1890 began to see that in order to prevent their total de struc on, he must start gathering animals held by indi viduals, and any other sources and make efforts to get others interested to preserving the species. Finally in 1924 Kansas established a refuge for the animals on some government owned lands. But it was not un l 1955 before Kansas made the buffalo our of ficially named state animal. We can now look to the “Monarchs of the Plains” as being a magnificent re minder of our past history. As the designer of the buf falo nickel said in 1913 “there is no mo f within the boundaries of the United States so dis nc ve as the American buffalo.” By Larry Lybarger, with material taken from “The Buf falo in Kansas” by David Dary, published in the 1973 fall edi on of the Kansas Historical Quarterly.

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Ar cles – A look back over the Years Instead of wri ng something new, I thought it may be in teres ng to look back over the years and reprint ar cles appearing in earlier edi ons of the quarterlies. I will randomly select a quarterly and then pick an ar cle or two for reprint. The first two in this series are from Vol. 8, No. 2, 1993 and Vol. 19, No. 3 2001. Rambling in Osage township, Miami County, KS - - Miami Republican, July 19, 1878 Note: The following are brief descrip ons of farms and their owners compiled by the editor of The Republican, 1878, of the area around Fontana, KS. JOS. S. WHITAKER—Further east and north of Mound creek, we came to the residence of Jos. Whitaker. He owns a farm of 220 acres. He is a na ve of Kentucky, came to Miami County in 1859. Has 120 acres of corn, besides small grain. Mr. Whitaker says his corn crops have averaged 40 bushels to the acre—pre y good for a dry country. W.H. MOORE—Near Liberty school house lies Mr. W.H.Moore’s farm. He moved from Union county, Geor gia, to Illinois and from there to his .present residence nine years ago. He owns a beau ful quarter sec on of land, enclosed with a handsome hedge and otherwise well im proved; has an orchard of 3 acres and 90 acres of growing corn as fine and uniform in appearance and growth as can be found in the country. Mr. Moore is a good farmer and is making money. His corn crops for nine years have averaged 40 bushels per acre. J.D.STEVENS—who is just opening out a nice farm of 80 acres. MRS. E. J. WILSON—who has resided in Miami 18-yrs, has one of the best apple orchards in the township—trees 17 yearsold. DAVID WRIGHT—North of Liberty school house a half mile lives one of Osages’s best ci zens and most successful fan ners, David Wright. He was raised in New Jersey and moved to Miami in 1873. He has a most excellent, well-furnished and finished residence. The farm consists of 160 acres of land enclosed with a good hedge. Has 75 acres of fine growing corn. His corn crops have averaged 40 bushel. He is now feeding 17 head of 3-year-old steers and 40 head of hogs. He thinks Kansas is a splendid country and Osage township the garden spot. Mr. Wright is a model farmer and business man and is ge ng rich. He deserves success.

O.P.TENNY—A half mile east of Mr. Wright’s is the resi dence of Mr. O.F.Tenny, a na ve of New Jersey, and a ci zen of Osage 28 years. He owns a farm of 240 acres, cul vates this year 85 acres in corn. Has an orchard of 350 trees—a large part of them 17 years old; milks 16 head of cows and Mrs. Tenny makes choice cheese and bu er. He likes Kan sas “be er than any country he ever saw.” T.C.ENGLISH—Across the road south from Mr. Tenny’s lives Hon.T.C.English, one of Osage’s substan al and honored cit izens. Mr. English was raised in New Jersey, has lived in Mi ami 12 years, owns a farm of 280 acres, has an orchard of 500 bearing trees. On his farms are 180 acres of corn. Last winter he fed 80 steers and 140 hogs. Deals largely in stock as a shipper. He thinks Kansas is the “hub of the world” and Miami the best spot in Kansas. JOHN LOWE—One-half mile east and a li le north of Mr. Tenny’s, is the residence and farm of John Lowe. He was raised in the land of Wm. Tell. Has been in America 25 years and in Osage 3 years. His farm comprises 160 acres. He has 80 acres in corn, 18 in wheat and 9 in oats, all splendid, and an orchard of 120 trees. Mr. Lowe is one of your good farmers and a most excellent ci zen. SAM WALTHALL—East of Mr. Lowe, half a mile on the right of the Fontana road, is the farm of Sam. Walthall, one of Osage’s substan al men, who have made this township “bloom as the rose.” Mr. Walthall was raised in Indiana (can’t remember whether or not he was from Posey coun ty) and lived in Miami 20 years. Owns a farm of 130 acres. He has 50 acres in corn, 5 in oats and 5 in millet, 300 fruit trees and 2,000 cul vated forest trees. Mr. Walthall says “he likes Kansas be er than any place on earth.” He treats his farm and neighbors well, and his farm treats him well. Long may he prosper. FRED MATHEWS—Going east a mile from Mr. Walthall’s brings you to the hospitable mansion of Mr. Fred Mathews, the “ca le king of Osage.” Mr. Mathews was raised in Erie county, New York, and came to Miami county 18 years ago. He has a well improved farm of 640 acres, a large stone residence, cul vates this year 150 acres in corn, 10 acres in millet, and has 30 acres set to blue grass and red top. He has an orchard of 300 trees. Fed 150 steers last winter, bought and shipped 125 more. He has on hand 60 head of fat steers and has just purchased 202 head for next winter’s feeding. Likes Kansas well, and well he may, for Kansas likes him and has been generous to him. M.S. RUBLE—Goin north from Mr. Mathews, next on the le , is the splendid farm of W. S. Ruble. Mr. R. was not at home and we obtained no sta s cs. Mr. Ruble is favorably known as one of Osage’s good ci zens, has a well improved farm of 160 acres and knows how to farm it.

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Hon.Wm .McCONNER—Opposite to Mr. Ruble is the farm of Wm. McConner, who has served one term as County Commissioner, and the only complaint made of him, and by only a limited few, was that he was inflexibly honest. Mr. McConner was raised in Cayuga county,N.Y.,has lived in Osage 10 years, owns a farm of 160 acres, all under a good hedge fence, has fine residence, 90 acres in corn, 26 acres in wheat, orchard of 200 trees and 1 acre of vineyard. Says he “would exchange Kansas for no country he ever saw.” Z. COOPER—Going north one-half mile brings you to the splendid mansion and farm of Mr. Z.Cooper. Mr. Cooper is a na ve of Penn., moved to Iowa in 1863 and to Miami coun ty in 1876. He purchased the splendid improved farm of Wilson Palmer, 160 acres. There are over 3 miles of good hedge, an orchard of 300 trees, vine¬yard of 350 vines and all kinds of small fruit. The residence of Mr. Cooper is one of the best in the township. We enjoyed his hospitality a day and night and never was hospitality more cordially dis pensed. JONAS KING FARM—One-half mile north of Mr. Cooper’s on the Jonas King farm, resides Mrs. E. A. McClanahan, who has recently purchased it. Mrs. McClanahan with her two sons and daughter, live therein great comfort, surrounded by an orchard and vineyard of 20 acres. ALEXANDER BROWN—Opposite Mr. Cooper’s lies the farm of Mr. Alexander Brown—160 acres--100 of it in corn and 13 in oats, 3 acres in forest trees and an orchard of 325 trees. Mr. Brown was raised in Indiana, has lived in Osage 21 years and declares Kansas the best country he ever saw. The Republican is the first county paper he ever subscribed for. YODER FARM--On the Yoder farm resides Mr. Thos. P. Hen ness and Albert Johnson. They have a nice farm and both industrious good ci zens. JAMES REDDING—North of the Dr. Yoder farm Joe Dalton has a good farm, also Mr. Nelson Ayers and Mr. Cook. These we had no opportunity of examining. A half mile further north is the residence and farm of James Redding. Mr. Red ding was raised in county Douegal, Ireland, came to Amer ican in 1849 and to Miami county in 1859. His farm con tains 370 acres, 150 being the very finest of mber on the Marias des Cygnes river. It is a splendid farm and from the residence every rod of it can be seen, where not obstructed by mber. 0. MATHEWS--Immediately north of Mr. Redding, lies the farm of O. Mathews. Mr. M has a nice farm of 120 acres well improved with a large, fine, commodious barn. Mr. M. was raised in N.Y. and has resided in Kansas 18 years. Has ‘55 acres in corn, 12 in wheat and an orchard of 300 trees. Has lived in five States and “thinks Kansas the best.”

Page11 G.D. BARKALOW--A half mile east of Mr. Smith’s is the farm of G.D. Barkalow. His farm consists of 160 acres. He cul vates this year 80 acres of corn, 6 acres in wheat and 10 acres in oats. Mr, Barkalow was raised in Ohio, has lived in Miami county only 18 months, but he is “Cap vated with Kansas.” cont. on page 15 J. J. MURPHY--Mr. Murphy was raised in Indiana and has been in Osage 4 years. His farm contains 320 acres. This year he has cul vated 120 acres of corn, besides small grain; has in mothy and clover 20 acres and an orchard of 400 trees. His corn crop for four years has averaged 40 bushels per acre. In all our travels through Miami Co. we have not seen a more handsome farm than Mr. Murphy’s, situated in the Dutch bend of the Marias des Cygnes river and level as a floor with a good drain-to the river. It is rich and fer le. To our great surprise Mr. Murphy informed us that he was anxious to sell and would sell at a low price, as he wished to re re from farming. HUSHPUCKANY: On the headwaters of this creek, in the northwestern por on of the township, resides THOS. BAT TERSBY - - of Lancaster,England, on a snug 80-acre farm. South a half mile resides Geo. Ogden, on one of the best 80 acres in Osage. Est of Mr. Ogden’s on a 160 acres, resides ENNIS DODD--Mr. Dodd has a well improved farm and is an old ci zen. N. W. McBRIDE--Formerly of Iowa, but has resided in Miami 10 years, owns in this neighborhood an 80-acre farm, has on it a splendid orchard 18 years old. Also nearby resides G. T. GRIFFITH--Formerly of Ohio. He has lived there 4 years and owns 80 acres well improved. ANSON LANE--was raised in Canada and has lived in Miami 20 years. Owns 160 acre farm, cul vates this year 60 acres in corn. Has an orchard of 3 acres. Says “the longer he lives in Kansas the be er he likes it.” CALEB SERVOS--Also from Canada, has lived in Osage 12 years, owns 80 acres of good land and has it well improved, also an orchard of 100 trees. “Likes Kansas well.” C. BAIR — Near the center of the township resides one of Osage’s oldest and most respected ci zens, Mr. Coonradt Bair. His farm consists of 190 acres of land. He cul vates this year 80 acres of corn and 24 acres of wheat; has an orchard of 400 trees. He has an elegant residence in a nice grove and one of the best barns and stable in the township. Mr. Bair is a first-rate blacksmith and also runs a wheat thresher, and is in every respect a very successful farmer and business man. Thinks “Kansas the garden spot” of crea on. WASHINGTON SMITH--A half mile north of Mr. Bair’s resides Mr. Smith. He was raised in New Jersey. Has resided in Miami 7 years, owns 80 acres of fine land and cul vates 55 acres of corn, besides small grain. Has an orchard of 150 trees.

Be y Bendorf presen ng Be e Ore a cer ficate for 50 years involvement with the museum

Be e Ore speaking about the history in the museum’s early years.

Jim Bousman, Jean Shipman and Charlo e Bousman Be e giving an interview to the newspaper

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Jim Bousman and Larry Lybarger

Jean Shipman and Mildred Haley

LeAnn Shields, Mrs Ayres and Nina Gerken

Charlo e Bousman and Nancy Hart-Kline

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Front Desk (1/2 or full day), Computer input, Arranging displays, Moving help, Grant writers, Interviewers, History researchers Story writer for the newsle er Accessions Manager Call the Museum at 913-294-4940 Our e-mail address is: info@think miamicountyhistory.com

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W. L. LEWIS—One-half mile north of Fontana is the splen did farm of Mr. W. L. Lewis. Mr. Lewis was raised in New Hampshire and lived in Jackson county, Ohio, 24 years and purchased his present farm recently and moved to it last fall. His farm con¬sists of 390 acres, all under fence. His son, C. H. Lewis, lives with him and they cul vate the farm to gether. Their crop this year is 125 acres in corn, 22 acres in oats and a large crop of potatoes and beans. On the farm are two orchards of over 400 trees, 100 being over 20 years old. Mr. Lewis’ crop is very fine, indeed, evidencing good cul va on. One field of about 20 acres was in silk a week ago, and we believe if there is a field of corn in the county that will average 60 bushels to the acre, that this one will do it. Mr. Lewis is in great good humor with Kansas. A. PATRICK—-Between Mr. Lewis’ and Fontana is part of the farm of Mr. A. Patrick,a gentleman who came there in March, and purchased three quarters of land immediately on three sides of town, and has 200 under fence in cul va- on, having built this spring 1,200 rods of fence, cul vated 120 acres in corn, 20 acres in millet and 2 acres in onions. Such men as Mr. Patrick are an acquisi on. He is now build ing a windmill. < J. H. BRUNER--East of Fontana resides Mr. Bruner, the “land prince” of Osage. Mr. Bruner owns in Osage 1,740 acres of land. His home farm lying immediately on the Marias des Cygnes river, comprises 1,000 acres, all under fence. He has several tenants on his farm. There is in corn 250 acres. He has a meadow of 20 acres of red top, and 400 fruit trees. Mr. B. fed last winter 170 steers and 200 hogs; also bought and shipped 300 hogs. He is a most energe c, enterprising ci zen. C. W. GREEN—A mile and a half north of Fontana is the farm of Mr. C. W. Green. He was raised in Vermont and has lived in Miami county 19 years. He owns a farm of 80 acres, cul- vated 35 acres in corn, fed last winter 30 head of hogs. No man stands higher among his neighbors than Mr. Green. SOUTH OF FONTANA,and southeast, are the farms of Mor gan Ross, Wm. Kerr, J. L. Hutcheson, Wilson Palmer, Rev. T. F. Richardville, John F. Brown, W. L. Beck, Nicholas Mills and others, all good ci zens, good farmers and owning nice im¬proved farms, but who we did not meet or had no op portunity to obtain sta s cs. IRISH SETTLEMENT—Immediately west of the German bend and in the northwest part of the township, is the Irish se lement, and among the finest and richest por ons of the township, and in the highest state of cul va on, in the

midst of which is Harmony school house. There is Mike Cunningham, from county Kent, Ireland, who has lived in Osage 21 years and owns a nice farm of 190 acres. There is Morris Cunningham owning 160; Thorns. McGrath 53 acres, and one of the best fellows in all the world; Mike Allen 160 acres; Mrs. Moran 160 acres; Cornelius and John Donahue 160 acres, two splendid men; Richard Collins, 110 acres; Mr. A. Manly 80 acres; D. Ireland 80 acres,, and John Pickering 160 acres. Me. P. has a fine residence and is a very successful farmer; also Mr. John Folks. Mr. F. was raised in England and came to Miami county 19 years ago. He owns a farm of 220 acres, has an orchard of 200 trees, cul vated this year 75 acres in corn; is an honored ci zen and a good farmer. WALTER AND THOMAS INMAN—On the west side of the township these gentlemen own a nice farm of 80 acres. They moved here 16 years ago and have 60 acres in corn. Corn crop has averaged 40 bushels per acre. Have an or chard of 200 trees. He would be glad to make a note of the farms of J.M.Surb er, J. T. Walthall, P.B. Rich, John Dodd, A. J. Ticknor and many other, but me and opportunity did not allow us to call and see them, or find these at home when we did call on them. GEO. ROOKSTOOL--In the southwest corner of the town ship resides Mr. Rookstool. He was raised in Indiana, has lived in Osage 10 years, owns a 160-acre farm, all under fence. He has 100 acres in corn, 2 acres in orchard, and owns a flock of 110 sheep. He is a valuable ci zen and an enterprising farmer. H. D. BECK--Our last hours in Osage were spent under the hospitable roof of Mr. H. D. Beck. Mr. Beck owns a splendid farm of 120 acres. He has built a large two-story stone res idence. Has an orchard of about 150 trees. Mr. Beck is one of the old residents, having lived here over 20 years. No por on of Kansas has a be er popula on than Osage,and among her best ci zens is H. D. Beck. He is. a prosperous farmer and may prosperity a end him all his days. This sketch is imperfect-- me forbids a fuller historical sketch—but as it is, it will furnish proof to our friends in the East that Kansas is not only a good State, but Miami county is one of the good por ons of it, and it demon strates what energy and pluck will accomplish in this fa vored land. Mainly, if not every ci zen named, is the archi tect of his own fortune, and as they have done, others may do, only with advantages that they did not, at the newness of the country, possess.

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A treasure found in our basement In early November I was approached by LuAnne Debrick, our museum’s treasurer, sta ng that while she was cleaning in the basement there was found a box of film nega ves. She handed me a small packet of envelops that had 4x5 sized nega ves in them. I took them home to see if they were of any interest. A few of them were scanned into the computer and to my astonishment I recognized them as the work of Mr. Fred Coon. The reason they were recognized was around 1982 I was construc ng my own dark room and needed a be er enlarger. My mother “Ann Haney” was a friend of Dewey Coon, Fred’s widow, and told me that Dewey wanted to clear out Fred’s old darkroom. As I was checking out the darkroom I opened a file drawer, inside were lot of nega ves. I didn’t give the nega ves much thought as they were mostly of auto accidents and some were pre y gory. I ended up buying the darkroom equipment and sev eral large format press cameras. Over the years I have o en thought about those photos and what a treasure it would be to have them available to the museum to document the early 1950s.

What does a person do with the images as they were too large to copy with my scanner? Last summer I ac quired some 3000 color slides that needed to be digi- zed. I made an a achment that held my digital camera onto the front of a carousel projector. With this rig I could copy color slides at the rate of 10 slides a minute. There was no reason I couldn’t do the same with the sheet film nega ves. I cobbled together a contrap on that had a light source, a nega ve holder and camera support. It took be er part of a week to digi ze 1000 images.

There are pictures of events around the county and here is par al list. Photos of the following families Al Farrar, Bill Peuser Boyd Landis David McIntyre Dingis Family Fuzzy Ive The Hoy Family Janice Tallio Patricia McAnarney Peuser Family Phil Simons Daughters Raymond Deanna & Linda Walters Panhandle Christmas & re rement par es Panhandle equipment & trucks Coles Fashion show, 125 dance recitals photos, Human interest, Paola High School construc on. Cri ers: Hazel Spindle’s dogs, Nick Nicholas Chinchillas, Uncle Ike with his pet coon, Shipman’s Dogs & Cats liv ing together in the same box and a ra le snake handler. Weddings 1950 to 1953 Bever Wedding Bradford & Hawkins Wedding Mayeo Wedding Mildred & Carl Haley Wedding The county quarry and rock crusher Paving 6th. Street in Osawatomie

Fred Coon at the me all these pic tures were taken was a Kansas High way patrolman in the Miami County area. He took pictures all around the country, a lot of weddings, civic events, and family portraits. The road accident pic tures were part of his official du es to document the crash scene if the accident

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case came up to court. There must be more of his work somewhere; we have images only from 1950 to 1953 The museum can’t find a record of who donated the photos. It was es mated that there are over 2000 images in our collec on. The sheet film neg a ves are sized at 4x5 & 3 ¼ x 4 ¼ inches and very well preserved.

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Waneta & Junior Walter Wedding Scherman 50th Wedding anniversary Paola Business Photos Buchman Elevator construc on Fluor Property House’s & Business’s Lato Elevator Pancake Breakfast McCains store Paola City Council –Joe Balocca Paola Theater, auto safety movie Rhea used cars Water works, inside the building Western Steel, forming culverts Wilson & Son Ambulance Wiltse & Russell Nash auto dealer

Paola policeman, Diek Senate

Paola biz and Miss; Messer drugs, fairs, new Sutherlands market, Airport, train wrecks, Wea bridge destroyed, Washburn feed & hatchery, Ben Henry. If you think that Mr. Coon took pictures of someone of interest to you call the museum to review what we have in our computer.

Paving the intersec on at 6th. and Main, Osawatomie

Buchman Elevator early 1950s.

Rita Beohm, unknown and Sandra Holt

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THE LAST GREAT KANSAS BUFFALO HUNT While the Miami Tribe was wai ng for the treaty of 1854 to be confirmed, they and several other tribes made ready for their yearly buffalo hunt. The hunts provided meat to carry them through the winter months and coming spring. The Indians were hun ng for livelihood, whereas the white hunters were just slaughtering buffalo for slaughter’s sake in order to take the hide and hind quarters, leaving the carcass to rot. Ely Moore, Jr. came from New York to visit his In dian agent father, and while at the mission, he was in vited to par cipate in a buffalo hunt. He states that as soon as the annual payment was made to the tribes, which amounted to $80,000 in gold, the tribe made ready for their hunt.

miles from their original reserva on. The hunt itself was quite different from the way the white man hunt ed buffalo. The whites killed the older bulls on the outside of the herd, whereas the Indians would kill a few bulls to get inside the herd so they could kill cows, calves and two year olds that gave the finest robes and meat. Only revolvers or bow and arrows could be used on the inner circle.

The tongue of the buffalos were cut out and used as a “tally sheet” giving a record of 1700 buffalo be ing killed, skinned, robes dried and tanned, and hams were but into pieces similar to smoked beef of the present day. The part of the animal not eaten was turned into strips and dried which would allow it to be kept for years. The air was so pure, there were no “green flies” so the meat would cure in a few days The party also had two hundred pelts of wolves they had killed which would be shipped to market. The buffalo and wolf pelts were tanned and made into robes to be sent to St. Louis. It was said that the Mi ami tanned robes were worth a dollar a piece more than any other shipped to market. The tribe received $3,000 for their robes. Only one injury was suffered in the hunt and it was to a Miami Indian, Jimmie Squirrel, who had the calf of his leg torn loose by a wounded buffalo. His horse had stepped in a hole and fell leav ing Jimmie Squirrel vulnerable.

The buffalo hunt consisted of four hundred men, and fi y women from the five tribes of Miamis, Weas, Peo rias, Kaskaskias and Piankishaws. The women went along on hunts only to preserve and cure the meat and skins. Twenty Shawnee and thirty Po awatomies also joined the hunt. Everyone was well armed. Equipment was one hundred wagons with two yoke of oxen to each wagon and two hundred pack ponies. This party of Indians le August 20, 1854 with Eli Moore, Jr. and Goine, called “Quick Eye”, going to Westport to get extra revolvers, colts, power, caps and balls as there were no shells in those days. There first camp was at Mount Oread; Kansas Uni versity in Lawrence is presently located at this site. The second camp was at “to-pe-ka”, Kaw language for “a place to find small or wild potatoes” where the thir ty Po awatomies joined the hun ng party. Eventually the hunt made its main camp in the vicinity of what is now Dickinson County, Kansas, approximately 120

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A celebra on including feas ng, dancing, games and music usually took place when the hunt returned to their reserva on. Dances o en took place in the Kan sas Indian Territory by the Miami Na on. Many of those dances took place at Pigeon Ridge, which was just east of Pigeon Lake. This was around the Fontana, Kansas area where wild pigeons flocked. Quite o en this took place a er they had received their annuity at Paola, Kansas. This and many other accounts of the Miami Indians can be read in “The Lost Years: Miami Indians in Kan sas” by REV. Clarence E. Hayward. This book is available at the Museum.)

8/9/1934 - 3/8/2017

The 100th Anniversary the U. S. Entry into the Great War On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress and asked for a declara on of war against Germany and her allies. On April 6, 1917 the Congress declared war. On August 5, 1917, Company D, 1st Kansas Regiment, Kansas Na onal Guard was mobilized into Federal service. In order to pay tribute to those who fought and served our country during WW 1, volunteers at the museum will present their story during 2017 and 2018. April through June 2017 we will briefly look at the incidents which moved the U. S. from being a neutral country to war. Once war was declared, how this affected the home front. Beginning in August the focus will move to the mobiliza on of Company D and their training. We will also take a look at the State Guard companies organized in Miami County. During 2018, while the men trained for war, the ladies of the county pitched in to support the war effort. August through December will be focused on Company D and the western front. WW 1 was basically a con nua on of the Franco-Prussian War. It will not be within the scope of the museum’s exhibits to discuss the run up to the start of WW1 in August 1914. There are many excellent sources available for reading about the events leading to the shoo ng war. As examples, if you like royalty and want a glimpse of Georgie, Nicky, and Willy, I recommend Catrine Clay’s King, Kaiser, Tsar Three Royal Cousins who led the World toWar. It was a tough read for me, but Barbara Tuchman’s (one of my favorite authors) The Proud Tower, A por trait of the world before the War: 1890-1914 will give you an idea of the efforts to prevent war and why it was not possible. Finally, Barbara Tuchman’s The Guns of August will take you through the first month of the WW1. REV. CLARENCE (GENE) HAYWARD Rev. Clarence (Gene) Hayward, 82, went home to his Lord on March 8, 2017. He was born in Chetopa, KS, on August 9, 1934, to Clarence A. and Ann (Leonard) Hayward.

Company D, 1st Kansas Regiment, Kansas Na onal Guard assembled in front of court house

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To: Miami County Hist. Museum From: Lloyd Peckman, 3/5/17 Subject: ORIGINAL LAND SURVEY MAP 1855-57:

Yes and I have many early maps. Thanks too many contributors. But I will concentrate on one. In 2010 as a mem ber of the Civil War Exhibit Commi ee, I was assigned a 50 page, original county survey map from the Miami County Register of Deeds office. It covered only our county, part of Kansas Territory not yet named. The internet source that the Kansas State Hist. Society Librarian, Linn Frederickson referred me to states “No. 1 Sketch of the Public Survey of Kansas & Nebraska (scale 18 miles to an inch) Surveyor Generals Office Wyandot Nov. 8, 1855 J. Calhoun Surveyor General”. This map sketch began about 20 miles west of what would be Sioux City Iowa and extended south along the Sixth Meridian Line to Oklahoma line. This map outline covered about the eastern one forth of Kansas. John C. Calhoun later became President Andrew Jackson’s Vice President. Remember this big map is the results of the 1854 U.S. Governments’ Establishment of The Kansas Nebraska Act to allow the new state’s voters to decide if they wanted to be a Slave or Free State. The resul ng county maps were sent to the Pro-Slavery first Lecompton Legislature Office. That Museum may have copies. Dr. David Lykens represented this county. On close examina on, I found that each two pages of the county map covered six square miles or 36 sec ons covering the en re area between two townships and two ranges. The sec on numbers run across back and forth 1 through 36. If you are a land owner you would understand what this means: the SE 1/4th of the SE 1/4th of Sec on 6, Township 18 and Range 24, describes where I live east of Block. Smaller land masses are described inLots. The big problem of trying to joined the two page sec ons together into one map, is that the bo om has a two inch wide descrip on showing the surveyor, contract date, when surveyed and acres; such as for township 18-range 23 shows Miami Land 14,027.42, PKP and W Trusts 8,477.65 for a total of 22,505.09 acres of Indian land. These acreage figures were used for Indian Trea es and Head right Payments. The Miami land of Treaty of Nov.28, 1840 shows 324,796 acres which included Linn County. It had shrunk to 70,640 acres a er the 1857 survey. This comes from the Bert Anson story en tled “The Miami Indians” with map notes by Harold Long. To combine the 25 sec ons, I either cut off or ghtly folded under the bo om descrip on 2 inches and lined up the county road lines, trails and creeks and they are almost iden cal to today’s lines. It became quickly evident that the top three sec ons mainly in Shawnee land and down to Wea are all off to the right by one half mile. That is why the highway curves one half mile. Also Township 15 goes 3 miles into Johnson County and Range 25 run 1 and 1/2 miles into Missouri. Range 21 goes into 4 miles into Franklin County and Township 19 runs into Linn County 3 miles. These maps pages were scotch taped together and made-up on a 5 foot by 3 foot wide sheet of meat wrapping paper. The approximate half way line is Range 24 which is the same as the Block Road. The full map measure 54 inches square when the halves are joined together. The halves were copied by a 3 foot wide copier. When I showed the newly copied map to the Civil War Commi ee, they were not interested. Because the original pages are small, 8 inch by 13 inches, the le ering also is very small. What is special about this map? The old Military road runs down from Jaudon Store near Belton, Missouri into corner of N.E. Miami County to about Drexel, Missouri and exits out the very southeast corner of Miami Coun ty. It shows the exact route. Next I no ced two small areas along Sugar and Middle Creeks labeled “Sca ering Timber”. Those areas are now covered with brush. That surely means that the en re area of eastern Kansas

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a nd western Missouri was nearly all covered by Na ve Prairie. That the Buffalo roamed this area and lightening strikes caused the small brush and cider trees to be almost absence due to Prairie fires. Because nine different surveyors worked the area, over a two year period 1855-1856 there are strange absences. Township 17 Range 23 George Foster does not show Paola, but lists Peoria Creek on the west and just east Lykins Improvement above a corn patch and Wea Mission just below it and Wea Village is just north on the small added Paola map. Yet in the next sec on below Paola it states “Road from Miami Mission to Paola”. That survey was by Hough Robertson completed on the same date August 30, 1856 that Osawatomie was burned and sacked by Gen. John Reed’s Missouri military forces. These 50 pages of survey sheets with bo om summaries will be available in the Indian Room map notebook..

The year 1857 seems to be a huge me frame line of change from calm to turbulence. It changed from Prairie, Buffalo and Indians to the influx of 106,000 white se lers in 1859, making Kansas a Free–State. Other important sites on this map of what would soon be Ly kins then Miami County; are the Miami Village, and the Sac and Fox Trail crossing Po awatomie Creek in Sec.17. It is the same rocky crossing the Po awato mie Tribe se led on in 1837. It also includes California Road and the Osawatomie Road to Ft. Sco and many creeks such as Rice, Mound, Turkey, Beaver and Stony. There are over 30 do ed Indian corn-crop patches or Improvements-fields. Map includes Indian Trust Boundary lines and many non-conforming acreage reports. That would be river boundaries and sec ons of more than 640 acres. I will add some important sites to make it more readable. Many other small maps showing early towns, villages, trails and mis sions will accompany this map in anotebook

Lloyd Peckman 3/5/2017.

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