Resources

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Books about Morton County Kansas History:

Carpenter, Berther. "Morton County Pioneers Recall the Early History of Morton County/Tenth Anniversary Edition." [Rolla] Morton County Farmer. Jan. 31, 1936. [8 pp.]. (Reel: NP3874).

Catren, Lorene L. Before and After the Railroad Came to Elkhart and Southwest Morton County, 1885-1963. N.p.: 1963. (K978.1/-M84/Pam.v.1/no. 3).

Edson, A.B. "Chronology of the Farmer's Ten Years of Existence in Rolla." [Rolla] Morton County Farmer. Jan. 31, 1936. [4 pp.]. (Reel: NP3874).

Elkhart Chamber of Commerce. Welcome to Elkhart Oil Hub of Kansas. Elkhart, KS: Author, 1973. (K978.1/-M84/Pam.v.2).

Kansas State Historical Society. Morton County Clippings, 1888-1986. Topeka, KS: KSHS, n.d. (K978.1/-M84/Clipp.).

Ketchum, Ida M. The Morton County Pioneer. Elkhart, KS: Elkhart Lions Club, n.d. (Reel: MF192, no. 4).

Morton County Book Committee. Morton County, 1886-1986: Cornerstone of Kansas. N.p.: n.d. (K978.1/-M84/M84).

N.A. "Kansas Pioneer Rounds Out 85 Years Of Events." Elkhart Tri-State News. Feb. 15, 1934. [1 p.]. (Reel: NP2032).

N.A. "Morton County History . . . Homesteaders." [Rolla] Morton County Record. June 17 and 24, 1949. [2 pp.]. (Reel: NP3876).

N.A. Short Histories of Taloga, Kansas. N.p.: n.d. (K978.1/-M84/Pam.v.1/no. 1).

N.A. "The History of Morton County." [Rolla] Morton County Record. June 3 and 10, 1949. [1 p.]. (Reel: NP3876).

N.A. "The Pioneers." Frisco Pioneer. Apr. 28, 1886. [1 p.]. (Reel: C2028). Ryam, Frances. History of Taloga: The Town and the School. N.p.: 1957. (K978.1/-M84/Pam.v.1/no. 2).

Morton County Newspapers

Tri-State News (620) 697-4716
546 Morton / Elkhart, KS 67950

Hugoton Hermes (620) 544-4321
P. O. Box 849 / Hugoton, KS 67951

Hutchinson News

Wichtita Eagle

Other newspapers in Morton County, from days gone by. These are available through Interlibrary Loan from Kansas State Historical Society

Morton County Clerk
P.O. Box 1116
Elkhart, KS 67950-1116
(620) 697-2157

County Clerk

 

• Wikipedia
• FamilySearch
• FindAGrave
• Internet Archive
• 1912 Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. ... with a supplementary volume devoted to selected personal history and reminiscence, by Frank W. Blackmar
• Bureau of Land Management - land patents
• Kansas Secretary of State
• Maps of US - provides an interactive map of boundary changes
• HistoricMapWorks - many maps, including township plats, are available to view at no cost
• Sanborn Maps
• National Register of Historic Places
• KSGenWeb Digital Library
• GenealogyTrails

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