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Edson, a village of Sherman county, is located in Washington township, 9 miles east of Goodland, the county seat. It is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R., has a money order postoffice with one rural route, an express office, a general store, and does some shipping. There is also a village named Edson in Crawford county, a station on the Joplin & Pittsburg electric railway. The people there receive mail by rural delivery from Franklin. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 563.

Goodland, the county seat of Sherman county and one of the most progressive cities in western Kansas, is situated almost in the exact geographical center of the county on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. It was settled in 1887. The railroad company established shops, round house and power house, coal chutes, and the largest stock yards between Topeka and Denver. The company also erected a fine passenger station and office building. Goodland has electric lights, waterworks, a telephone exchange, 3 banks, 2 weekly newspapers (the News-Republic and the Sherman County Record), 2 opera houses, telegraph and express offices, and an international money order postoffice with four rural routes. Among the industries are the railroad shops, flour mills, a cigar factory, grain elevators, etc. The city has spent in recent years about $750,000 for improvements, with the result that the streets are well paved, and practically all the sidewalks are of cement. Much of the progress is due to the energy of the commercial club, which is composed of the active business men of the city. A $20,000 high school building was erected a few years ago, and the graded schools are equal to those in any city of similar size. The fraternal organizations are well represented, especially the railroad orders, and the Freemasons have a fine temple. The population in 1910 was 1,993, a gain of 934 during the preceding decade. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume I, page 764.

Kanorado, a village in Sherman county, is located near the west line of the state, and is a station on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R. It has a number of mercantile establishments, a bank, express and telegraph offices and a money order postoffice with two rural routes. The population in 1910 was 175. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 46.

Ruleton, a hamlet in Sherman county, is located in Lincoln township on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific R. R., 10 miles west of Goodland, the county seat. It has one general store, telegraph and express offices, and a money order postoffice with one rural route. The population in 1910 was 25. Extracted 2002 by Carolyn Ward from Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, volume II, page 611.