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Kalida Ghost Town Marks by Stonework in Kansas Farmfield
Kalida once a Woodson County county seat from November 1873 to February 1874 leaves a history of stone gateways and a castle like cellar on the John Weide family farm east of Yates Center. The 1890s cellar and stonework were by Henry Ashley and James Davidson's descendants.
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Yates
Kalida
John Weide
Woodson
Yates Center
Weides
Harry Ashley
Henry Ashley
Ashley
Weide
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Durand
Uary
Woodson County
Lester Harding
Thomas Davidson
Chellis
Davidsons
Beautiful
Defiance
Neosho Falls
Woodson County Board of Commissioners
James Davidson
the Weides
Davidson
Topeka
Kalida Farm