Wellsville’s Railroad Town Origin and Early Growth
Records show Wellsville began as a railroad town with Santa Fe rails reaching the area in 1870. Land was bought by P. P. Elder and W. B. Shute, town named after a railroad engineer Wells, and initial growth included hotels, a hotel row, and early utilities. The piece traces pre railroad Black Jack, early churches, schools, and civic leaders, notes the 1884 incorporation, and describes track relocation in 1901 affecting local commerce and layouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.W. O'Neil
C. A. Smith
Wellsville
Santa Fe
P. P. Elder
Ottawa
W. B. Shute
Chicago
Elder
Shute
Wells
Black aJack
H. N. Brockway
Black Jacks
Eli C. Cox
James C. Sinclair
State Grain Stock Highest In History
TOPEKA AP Stocks of heat, sorghum, grain, corn and rye reached record highs for April 1, according to the Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. Wheat stood at 518,311,009 bushels, up 8 percent from last year, with rye 950,000 bushels, double last year, feed grains 209,947,000 bushels up 5 percent, sorghum grain 138,898,000 bushels slightly above 1960, corn 58,785,000 bushels nearly 20 percent higher, oats 5,645,000 bushels 10 percent lower than 1960, and barley 6,619,000 bushels up 8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kansas Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Replica of First Oil Well Built in Neodesha
An exact replica of the Norman No. 1 oil well is under construction on the Verdigris riverbank at the southeast edge of Neodesha. The $5,500 project is funded by contributions and will be built of redwood.
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Mississippi River
Belt house Engine house and boiler plan mention
A fragment notes facilities include a belt house an engine house and a boiler. No further context or entities are provided to identify location date or organization.
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Bernice Holden
Jacob Rynerson
4Th
Pine Streets
Rynerson
Elder and Shute
James Coughenour
7Th and Main
F. C. Kinney
3Rd and Locust Streets
J. P. Stephens
J. W. Stewart
Methodist Church
Holiness Church
4Th and
Walnut
United Brethren
Hostetter Hardware
A. W. Bishop
John Hartung
W. D. Little
W. S. Brockway
John Wilkins
John W
Barbers H
Main Streets
Crist Hy-Klas
Averill’s
Wellsville Bank
Bank
Cayot Bros. General Merchandise Store
Eames
Clarence Coffman
Wellsville, Kansas
Brecheisen
Electric City
Ray R. Brecheisen
Charles Stephens
Coughlin Funeral Home
Chanay’s Truck Lines
Ray
Carl Moore
Tel
Corky
Esi
Purina Chow
Varill’s Produce
Swartz Dry Goods
Home Owned
Marcelene
Beauty Shop
Crist
Hy-Klas
F.D.I.C
Otto
Turkey Farm
A & D Dairy Bar
Emery Reeves
Harry H. Schwanke
Coughlin Furniture Store
Neis
Montclair
Montclair Oil Co
Bailey’s Cafe
Bailey's
Mid-Continent
Payway
Mid-Continent Grain CO
Charles Tomlin
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