BU Butler County, Kansas, was established in 1855. It was one of Kansas’ original 36 counties and named for Andrew Butler, a U.S. Senator from South Carolina who promoted Kansas statehood. The county seat of Butler County is El Dorado, Kansas.
Butler County Old News
courtesy of the Kansas Old Newspaper Transcribers Guild (KCGS)
Mary Norton Burned
Burlington Woman Inhaled Flames BURLINGTON - Mrs. Mary Norton was badly burned on the left arm and also inhaled some of the flames at the home of her father today, when some gasoline exploded. The kitchen was filled with flames but prompt action by Mr. Hamilton...
Cunningham Tornado 1904
A Kansas Town Visited By A Cyclone Wichita, Kan., April 25 - Cunningham, a town of 200 population on the Wichita & Western railroad, 60 miles west of here was visited by a cyclone Saturday evening. The roof was blown from the depot, two section houses were...
Schoolhouse Struck By Lightning
The Andrews schoolhouse, west of Salina, was struck by lightning during the storm Saturday afternoon and completely destroyed by fire. The lightning struck the tower of the building and split it in half. The structure burned rapidly and was in ruins in a remarkably...
Tornado Damages McPherson
A Tornado Damages McPherson A tornado passed over the east part of the city of McPherson yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, destroying three houses and injuring slightly two daughters of A. J. Brown. After leaving McPherson the storm traveled in a northeastern...
Frank McGrew Overtaken By Flames
BIRD CITY, KS - The prairie fire that started on the farm occupied by Paul Phillips, six miles north of Bird City last Wednesday morning [March 9], burned to death Frank McGrew and destroyed large amounts of grain and feed. The St. Francis Eagle says the fire was...
China Man’s Body Moved
MEADE - A China man committed suicide at Meade, Kan., in 1887, by cutting his throat with a knife. Last week the China man's brother came and disintered the body from the Meade cemetery and took the remains back to China for burial. The Wichita Daily Eagle, Wichita,...
An Earthquake In Western Kansas
Nov. 16 - George Richards, of Logan county, reports that western Kansas had a slight earthquake last Tuesday night. It shook buildings from Harper to Goodland, taking in all the far western counties. Melvin Miller, of Sherman county, says there were two distinct...
Isaac Rudy Suicide
Manager of a Grange Store Suicides OLATHE - Isaac Rudy, for over 15 years manager of the Grange store at Springhill, this county, quietly walked into a room at his home yesterday [Nov. 15] and, with a revolver sent a bullet into his forehead. No cause is advanced for...
D. C. Sheridan Killed
Fell Under The Wheels NEWTON - D.C. Sheridan, a young man about 18 years of age, was run over by a Santa Fe freight train in the Newton yards and received injuries which will probably result in his death. The young man was on his way from Leadville to his home in...
Ohpha Tapp Passed Away At Grandfather’s Home
Little Child Dead Ohpha Tapp Passed Away At Its Grandfather's Home The little 16-months old daughter of Martin Tapp died yesterday at 11:30 at the home of its grandfather on Fern avenue. The child had been brought here the day before for medical treatment. It has...