Geary, Kansas

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Geary is a ghost town in Wayne Township, Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

Geary was laid out in 1857. [2] It was named for John W. Geary, third Territorial Governor of Kansas. [2]

The second building in town was a newspaper office for the ERA, which was edited by a Free-State Democrat editor, a Republican editor, and a Know-Nothing editor. The newspaper ended in the summer of 1858. [3]

A post office was established at Geary in 1857 and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1905. [4]

While there was little border war fighting in Geary, a Jayhawker named "Chandler" was shot and died in Geary in 1862. He was buried in an unmarked grave south of the town. [3]

Geary flourished temporarily during the connection of the railroad from Wathena to Doniphan, but the railroad was abandoned and only a church and a store remained by 1907. [4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Geary, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior
  2. 1 2 History of the State of Kansas: Containing a Full Account of Its Growth from an Uninhabited Territory to a Wealthy and Important State. A. T. Andreas. 1883. p.  478.
  3. 1 2 Fitzgerald, Daniel (2010). Ghost Towns of Kansas: Volume One.
  4. 1 2 "Doniphan County". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2015.

Further reading

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