Harrison - 1878 History of Jewell County, Kansas

1878 History of Jewell County, Kansas

lays on the divide between the Republican river and White Rock creek. The surface of the country is rolling, sloping to the north and south. It is well watered by Ash, Oak, Augur and Crooked creeks, running north, and Hoag, Knob, Norway and Taylor creeks, running south, on nearly all of which there is considerable timber. The township is thickly settled by a good class of citizens and the society is excellent.

The First Settlers

were George Harrison, James Marion, Isaac Donahoo, John McClure, Geo. S. Hill, Morris Morrison and Martin Morrison, the first two coming in February and the remainder in April, 1871. The township was originally one-half in White Rock and the other half in Big Timber. It was organized an an independent township April 13, 1874.

The First Township Officers

were Peter Van Ornam, trustee; G.M. Jacobs, treasurer and A.O. Bacon, clerk.

Schools and Churches

There are six school districts, in five of which there are school houses, in which regular terms of school are taught. There are three church organizations -- the Bible Christians, Methodists and German Methodists, all of whom have regular preaching. There are three Union Sunday Schools, all in a flourishing condition.

The Present Township Officers,

elected November 6, 1877, are J.M. Armagost, trustee; James Essex, clerk, H.B. Forrey, treasurer; J.C. Armagost and D.S. Kenney, justices of the peace, and D.A. Rogers and A. Buttler, constables.

INDEX

INTRODUCTION
First Settlement
"Too much Indian"
- Desperate Indian Battle
Second Settlement
Broken up by Indian Atrocities ---
Several Settlers Killed and One Woman Carried into Captivity
- Terrible Indian Outrages,
- Falling Back
- Returning to Their Claims
- In human Red Devils
- Horrible Massacre
- Her Sad Tale
- Our Indian Policy
- The Survivors
- Hunting Incident,
  In Which Indians Figure
- "White Indians"
Third Settlement,
And Some Incidents Connected Therewith --
another Victim to Savage Hate
- Killed by an Indian
- Indian Superstition
- Hunting Expeditions
- Adam Kills An Indian
- Fighting for his Team
- Six Hunters Killed
  No One Left to Tell the Sad Story
  of Their Tragic End
- An Inscription
  A Few Words that Tell
  A Whole Story
Fourth Settlement
Another Innocent Life Sacrificed to the Save Moloch. --
"The Excelsior Colony." -- Hunters Attacked.
A Gallant Resistance, With Another Bloody Sequel. --
Indian Troubles all Along the Line.
Final Settlement
The Great Influx of 1870. -- The
Permanent Settlement of the County. --
Its Organization, First Election and Some
Interesting Incidents Connected Therewith --
Also a Few More Indian Raids
- The Tidal Wave
- Too Numerous to Mention
- The Buffalo Pioneers
- Big Indian Scare --
  Three Men Killed
  At the Mouth of the Limestone
- Again on the War Path
- Scattered Settlers
- Build a Fort
- Fort Jewell,
- The First Well Dug
- Mounting Guard
- Our Limited Space
- More New Settlers
- The First White Woman
- The Second Invoice
- The Fourth of July
- Pioneer Friendship
- Jewell City
- The First Building
- The First Store
- The Pioneer Drug Store
- The Last Indian Raid
- A Funny Incident
Organization of the County

TOWNSHIPS

Transcribed from History of Jewell County, Kansas, with a Full Account of the Early Settlements and Indian Atrocities Committed Within Its Borders; Its final Settlement, Organization and Progress, Its Present Society, Churches and Schools, Its Towns, Streams; Topography; Soil and Products, Its Population; Township Organization and Officers, Its Industries; Business, Resources, Etc. by M. Winsor and James A. Scarbrough, Jewell City, Kansas, Diamond Printing Office, 1878. Transcribed by Carolyn Ward, 2001.