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Partridge, a thriving little town of Reno county, is located on the Atchison, Topeka &
Santa Fe and the Missouri Pacific railroads in Center township, 11 miles southwest of Hutchinson,
the county seat. Partridge was laid out in 1886. It was incorporated as a city in 1906. Its name
commemorates the partridge.
In 1887, the Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railway built a main line from Herington through Partridge to Pratt. In 1888, this line was extended to Liberal. Later, it was extended to Tucumcari, New Mexico and El Paso, Texas. It was foreclosed on in 1891 and taken over by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway, which shut down in 1980; it was reorganized as Saint Louis southwestern railroad 'the Cotton Belt', and merged again in 1997 with Union Pacific Railroad. Most locals still refer to this railroad as the 'Rock Island'. It is an important shipping point for grain, live stock and produce, has a bank, an elevator, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice with two rural routes. The population according to the census of 1910, was 246. Source: Volume II of Kansas: a cyclopedia of state history, embracing events, institutions, industries, counties, cities, towns, prominent persons, etc. Standard Pub. Co. Chicago : 1912. 3 v. in 4. : front., ill., ports.; 28 cm. Vols. I-II edited by Frank W. Blackmar. |
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