There is currently no functioning Genealogy Society in Gray County.
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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Fight May Cause Death
Two boys 18 years old, in Wichita, had a fight, and the smaller, John Chapman, struck the other, Frank Lacie, with a base ball bat, fracturing the latters skull, and then escaped. Lacie will probably die, and Chapman is well started for a dime novel cover. The...
Horse Thieves
HOWARD, KS - Quite an excitement was created in our city last Wednesday, over the capture by Sheriff Burchfield, of three horse thieves in the northwest part of the county. The circumstances as we gathered them at the preliminary examination are about as follows: On...
Henzy Murdered – 1876
Tale Of The Frontier The had been a murder at Red Fox Run, one of the tributaries of the Smoky Hill river, in Western Kansas. A murder was not a novel thing in those days, for of the eighteen men sleeping in the unfenced graveyard, on top of the undulating right bank...
Silk Raising
E. Ballaine, of Crawford county, has planted six hundred mulberry trees, and intends raising silk. He is enthusiastic, and believes that silk raising can be made one of the best paying industriess in Kansas. The Iola Register, Iola, Kansas. May 27, 1876. Page 1. ©...
The Era of Prosperity
The Lawrence Journal recently said that the present was the first year of real solid, substantial prosperity Kansas had ever known, since it was the first time in the history of the State that its prosperity was based on something else than ephemeral or accidental...
An Innocent Man Murdered by a Mob
We met in our city, Sabbath last, Rev. Mr. Callahan, of Topeka, father of one of the young men who was recently murdered by a Sumner County mob, near Dodge City, on the charge of horse stealing. It was a sad sight to look upon the heart broken old gentleman, and hear...
The Saloon As A Political Power
One of the most potent powers for evil in American politics to-day, is whisky. Large cities in older states control the elections of the State, the cities in themselves controlled by the use of whiskeys. Even in comparatively new states where there is a large town in...
500 Camp Kettles
The Mennonites have left with a Topeka foundry an order for five hundred camp kettles. The Emporia News, Emporia, Kansas. Friday, December 25, 1874. Page 3. © Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc.
Herds Wintered Well
The Kirwin Chief says: "Notwithstanding the heavy loss of cattle in Southern Kansas this winter through exposure and scarcity of feed there has not been a single case of death among the herds in this county from the same causes, this winter. Mr. Wheeler who has...
Regard for Col. Willemsen
Testimonial. We understand that the German social club will present Col. Willemsen with a testimonial of their regard and respect to day. The gift is to be a fine gold headed ebony cane. The occassion will be one of much pleasure. A complimentary banquet will...