Liberal and Seward County - Brossura

Hook-gray, Lidia

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0738582794 ISBN 13: 9780738582795

Casa editrice: Arcadia Pub, 2011

Riassunto

From towns like Liberal and Beer City to Kismet and Arkalon, Seward County has been the home of a tough, yet imaginative, people. Seymour Rogers, who homesteaded in the southern portion of the county, hand-dug a well and provided travelers with free water. Before long, the "liberal well" became the town of Liberal. The late 1880s saw settlers making their way to southwest Kansas to claim their 160 acres and hopefully fulfill their dreams. Farmers, ranchers, newspaper editors, shopkeepers, and a few ne'er-do-wells populated Seward County. Liberal became the county seat after a battle between what are now the ghost towns of Fargo Springs and Springfield. Horrific dust storms, grinding depressions, blizzards, and droughts tested the pioneers. Those that stayed were eventually rewarded by returning rains, the discovery of oil and gas, and the construction of a B-24 Army Air Base. With a spirit borne of those sturdy pioneers, the people of Liberal and Seward County have come a long way.

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• Editore: Arcadia Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0738582794
• ISBN 13: 9780738582795
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 127