ROSE Post Office
Contributed and transcribed by cousin Don Henkle.
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			ROSE Post Office

	On 16 June 1870 a post office was established in the home of George 
Trimble and was given the name of Rose, in honor of Rose Trimble. The Trimble
home was one mile north and one mile east of the present townsite of Rose. 
It is rather unusual that a town was named after a post office. The town of 
Rose was surveyed on 16 August 1895 by Arthur Moffatt, County Surveyer. 
Rose consisted of a store, blacksmith shop, a church and a large hay market. 
It was eight miles southeast of Yates Center and in the very heart of a fine 
agricultural and hay region. Its importance as a trading and shipping point 
was second to none in the state.
 
	 Around the 1890's, and for several years after the turn of the 
century, the town of Rose became quite a prairie hay shipping place. There 
were several large hay barns in and around the town. During the haying season 
the population of Rose increased considerably, altho some crews lived in 
tents, while others might drive back and forth to their homes. The streets 
of the little town were very busy with teams & wagons bringing baled hay .... 
some going into the barns while as many as 50 hay cars would be on the siding 
at one time.
 
	 It is an established fact that more baled, native prairie hay was 
shipped from Rose station than any other station in the world. Hence the 
saying, "Prairie hay capitol of the world"
 
	 It is quite likely that the last car load of hay shipped from the 
Rose siding was 18 December 1972 when L.C. Chambers loaded 697 bales of his 
prairie hay for Cantrell Hay Company. It was shipped to Brumfield Hay and 
Grain Company at Pampano Beach, Florida, for horse feed at the race tracks.
 
	 Rose has come and gone as a town. A few homes remain with a few 
families living in the town area.