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Barbour County lands to open for settlement in 1872
A 1872 Medicine Lodge report extols Barbour County Kansas welcoming settlers with a new post office, hotel, store, and improved water power from Elm Creek. It highlights deep loamy soil rich in gypsum, abundant streams, and timber on government land, promising a thriving town near Medicine Lodge with rail access from Hutchinson.
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