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

Cheyenne Township

   The first settlers in Cheyenne township were Phillip Smith, Henry Smith and
J. G. Hine, who came in 1873. In the following year, 1874, J. G. Lewis and
family and A. Golay and family, made a location on Cow creek making a total of
four families residing on the creek banks, in that section of the county. In the
spring of 1875 C. Frankie settled on section 14 and a man by the name of Miller
took up a location on section 30. By the year 1876 nearly all the government
land in this township was taken up and among the early settlers not mentioned
above may be mentioned the following: J. A. Krum, 1874; Henry J. Gifford, Herman
Hesse, N. A. Miller and W. Kliesen, 1875, and the year 1876 saw the arrival of
John Machin, W. N. Godren and Henry Smith. Mr. Newcomb was the first resident in
the county to take up the raising of thoroughbred stock. This township now has a
population of 710.


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