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GY Gray County, Kansas, was established in 1887. It was created out of Finney and Ford Counties, and named for Alfred Gray, who was Kansas Secretary of Agriculture at the time. The county seat of Gray County is Cimarron, Kansas.
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Tornado at Dodge City
Dodge City, Kan. Aug. 6 - The severest storm ever known in this section struck this city after midnight last night. The wind gauge at the signal office was blown down, but good judges estimate the velocity at ninety miles per hour. The roar of the tornado was...
Chanter Family Poisoned
NEWTON, KS - Just before going to press we learn that J. Chanter and family, with the exception of his wife, are quite ill, they having ate some canned meat for supper yesterday evening, which is supposed to have been poisonous. The Newton Kansan, Newton Kansas....
Drowned While Bathing
Amos M. Spencer, a relative of Mrs. Judge Ruggles, who lived on her farm, was drowned Sunday while bathing in the Neosho river near his home. It seems that directly below the Ruggles ford there is a deep hole into which the unfortunate man stepped while wading about...
Captain Berger Killed By Horse
Captain Ferdinand H. Berger, a well known citizen of Atchison county, and a gallant soldier of the 8th Kansas regiment throughout the war, died at Atchison on the 9th from the kick of a runaway horse he had stopped. The Emporia News, Emporia, Kansas. January 17, 1879....
Jail Escapade
Four Prisoners Get Away Sunday Last Sunday afternoon four of the prisoners confined in the county jail made a successful escapade by cutting a hole through the brick wall. So quietly was the work done that nothing was known or heard of the escape until the birds had...
The Indian Outrages
A Full List of the Killed on Beaver Creek KIRWIN, KS, Oct. 23, 1878 - After a journey of 300 miles since I wrote you from Oberlin, Decatur county, Kas., dated Oct. 12th, I reached Kirwin late this evening, by way of of the Republican Valley and Red Cloud. I have no...
A Man Carried Twenty Feet by a Whirlwind and Killed
Last Saturday our community were both shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of W. J. Van Eman, of Grove township. It appears that Mr. Van Eman had been to the post-office at Netherland, and was returning to his home. This was on Friday afternoon. When...
Shooting Affray in Reno County
In Troy township last Sunday evening, two young men named respectfully - Prowley and Shanley, had a difference of opinion with regard to the right of possession of some cattle. It appears that the cattle belonging to Shanley had been trespassing on the premises of...
A Shooting Scrape At Emporia
A Shooting Scrape At Emporia Last Thursday evening, in John Campbell's billiard hall, Frank Gatewood made a murderous assault upon David Campbell, a young man, brother of the proprietor, which ended in the discharge of a load of shot from a shot gun in the hands of...
WJ Van Eman Carried 20 Feet
A Man Carried Twenty Feet by a Whirlwind and Killed Last Saturday our community were both shocked and grieved to learn of the sudden death of W. J. Van Eman, of Grove township. It appears that Mr. Van Eman had been to the post-office at Netherland, and was returning...