Title

Maps of the towns of Troy and Doniphan in Doniphan County, Kansas; Farmington, Parnell Station, Monrovia, Huron, Cummings, and Shannon in Atchison County, Kansas; and Larkin in Atchison and Jackson Counties, Kansas

Subject

Kansas--History--Maps.

Doniphan County (Kan.)--Maps.

Atchison County (Kan.)--Maps.

Jackson County (Kan.)

Description

From William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas: "Larkin is a little hamlet on the county line of Jackson and Atchison. That portion of it in Jackson County is situated on the southeast quarter of Section 1, and on the northeast quarter of Section 12, Township 7, Range 16. It was laid out in 1880, and took its name from Hon. M. E. Larkin, an extensive farmer, dealer in cattle and hogs and breeder of Durham cattle. The town has several stores, a blacksmith shop, wagon shop and livery stable. Dr. G. W. England is their physician. It has a schoolhouse costing about $1,200."
Kansas Collection Books

"History of Parnell as given in 1916. The plat of Parnell was filed December 24, 1883, by J. C. Hotham, and shows the town site to be located in the southwest corner of the southeast quarter of section 20, township 6, range 20. It is located on both the Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific railroads. The station was named for a hero of the Civil war, James L. Parnell, a private soldier in Company F, Thirteenth Kansas volunteer infantry, who was killed during the skirmish at Haare Head, Ark., August 4, 1864. Parnell was the original settler on the site of Parnell and was one of the first citizens of Atchison county to respond under President Lincoln's call of July, 1862. He enlisted in the Thirteenth Kansas. Ex-Sheriff Frank Hartin was a comrade of Parnell in Company F and married into the Parnell family."
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Creator

L.H. Everts & Co, Philadelphia

Source

City of Valley Center Kansas

Publisher

Valley Center Public Library

Date

1887

Rights

No Copyright – United States

Language

English

Coverage

Kansas