Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Drehle, Henry 1869 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

"GOLDEN GRAIN FARM"

"GOLDEN GRAIN FARM," the home of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Drehle, is six miles west of
Great Bend, and it has been properly named, because it was the intention of the
owners to honor for all time the golden cereal that has made the name of Barton
County famous wherever wheat producers are in use. This is the "banner county,"
and it is Mr. Drehle's intention to make his the "banner farm,' and if one can
judge from the character of cultivation the soil is getting this season his
future crops will tax some of his neighbors to beat. He is a good and successful
farmer, as his fields and granaries both prove, and when he has been a resident
of the county for twenty-five years his history, if written then, will appear
just as miraculous in a financial way as do some of the others at this date.

[photo] Farm Residence of Henry Drehle


   Henry Drehle was born on May 1, 1869, and has been a farmer all his life. His
first venture at farming was in Carroll County, Mo., and he remained there until
1900, when he removed his family to Barton County, Kansas, and rented land for
three years. In 1903 he bought the one hundred and sixty acres where he now
resides, and that, and a quarter that is leased, make up the three hundred and
twenty that is cultivated. The improvements consist •of a modern one story frame
cottage containing seven rooms, which is high above ground, enclosed by a neat
fence in which there are a number of forest -trees, shrubs, plants and flowers.
The barn is 32x50, is well arranged, and accommodates large quantities of hay
and has many stalls; and there is a granary and other necessary buildings,
besides several windmills and a young orchard. These buildings are all new,
beautifully painted, and from the roadway present a scene of comfort and thrift.

  Henry Drehle and Miss Ellen Stork, of Carroll County, Mo., were married in
February, 1896, and they have five very interesting living children, viz:
Willie, 14; Katie, 12; George, 10; Annie, 6 and Charlie, 3.



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Biographical History Of Barton County


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