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Pioneers of Dickinson County Tour and Reflections
A traveling party visits Dickinson county settlers in 1870s Kansas, interviewing Ben McCossh and Capt. John J. Reagan, noting farms, stock, and family histories. They visit Industry and Sherman and Sherman township residents, add names to the Reflector subscribers, praise agriculture, water power, and local enterprise, and promise further installments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. M'Cossh
Ben
McC
Dickinson County
Kansas
Chapman Creek
Industry
Adams Co
John J. Reagan
Brooklyn
N. Y
Chapman
Bostic
Mr. R
H. B. Jones
Peterson & Swinehart
Albert Monroe
Anna
Mr. M
Ogle Co
States
Union
Mercer Co
Ohio
John W
Jim’s
Park Co
Ind
Joseph
Joe
Jim
State of Kansas
Henry Weyrich
John Smith
P. Weyrich & Co
John Mahoney
Mary Mahoney
Abilene
County of
Dickinson
State of
Sheriff of
Dickinson Co