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Book Title: Biographical History Of Barton County

SETTLEMENTS
Great Bend  Township

   The first settlements in Great Bend township were made in 1871, the first
settlers being E. J. Dodge and sons, D. N. Heizer, A. C. Moses and sons, John
Cook, E. W. Dewey, Nicholas Hausherr, J. P. Bissell, J. F. Tilton, G. N. Moses,
James R. Bickerdyke, W. H. Odell and others. The earliest settlers located on
the banks of Walnut creek which, of course, had the advantage of plenty of fuel,
running water, shelter and promised a deeper and a richer soil than could be
found in the surrounding country. The date and location of filing declaratory
statements as copied from the records are as follows. These entries are all in
township 19, range 13.

Name—                    Date           Sec.
E. J. Dodge             6-23-71          10
David N. Heizer         5-23-71          22
Wallace H. Dodge        6-20-71           4
Chas. E. Dodge          6-20-71           4
Amasa C. Moses          6-28-71          10
Arthur H.Moses          6-28-71          10
Thomas B. Morris        7-12-71          26
Ed. W. Dewey            7-19-71           4
N. Hausherr             8-10-71          10
Julius P. Bissell       8-18-71          10
J. F.  Tilton           8-25-71          32
W. H. Odell             8-29-71          30
J. R. Bickerdyke        8 29-71          16
H. B. Bickerdyke        9- 3-71          32
G. N. Moses             9-14-71          30
Henry Schaffer          9-18-71          30
Warren Peck             9-22-71          14
Edwin P. Reynolds      12-16-71          14
S. S. Dennis            3----72          22
E. B. Cowgill           3----72          22
John Cook               4- 8-72           8

   There were about thirty other filings made during the year 1871 by people who
shortly afterwards abandoned their claims and moved.

   The first settler in the township was D. N. Heizer, the second one being E.
J. Dodge, who first came in May, 1871. He stepped at Heizer's ranch during the
latter's absence, and went back to the Smoky and returned in June, taking out
homestead papers on the twenty-third of the month, his being the first entry in
the township. This township now has a population of 435 and adds greatly each
year to the products of the county.


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