Barton County KS Archives History - Books .....Settlements - Homestead Township 1912
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Book Title: Biographical History Of Barton County

Homestead Township

   J. H. Burnham was the first settler in Homestead township and he, with his
father-in-law, A. Baker, settled in 1873. During the summer and autumn of that
year, F. A. Speece and family, S. P. Coan, O. Beisyle, J. M. Hughes, F. M.
Phillips, S. uhn [sic] and E. D. Campbell arrived and made locations. Some of
these were frightened away by the grasshopper scare of 1874. The hoppers
retarded the settlement of this part of the county and it was some time before
the bad impression was changed to one of confidence. Since the early days this
township has come to the front and is now one of the most important ones of the
county and has a population of 699.


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