Hollis, Kansas

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Hollis is an unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas, United States. [1]

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History

1909 tornado damage KShollis-tornado1908+98r.jpg
1909 tornado damage

The community was originally named Christie, for W. J. Christie, the original owner of the town site. [2]

Hollis was a shipping point located at the junction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy and the Union Pacific Railroads. [3]

A tornado hit Hollis on May 14, 1909, at five o'clock in the evening [4] causing serious damage and killing several people. The town was "swept away" by the tornado [4] Only three buildings in the town were reported to have escaped damage, and total damage estimates were over $50,000 in 1909 dollars. [4] In 1910, the community reported a population of just 50 people. [5]

Education

The community is served by Concordia USD 333 public school district.

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References

  1. ↑ "Hollis, Kansas", Geographic Names Information System , United States Geological Survey
  2. ↑ Hollibaugh, E. F. (1903). Biographical History of Cloud County, Kansas: Biographies of Representative Citizens. Illustrated with Portraits of Prominent People, Cuts of Homes, Stock, Etc. Wilson, Humphrey & Company. p. 888.
  3. ↑ Blackmar, Frank Wilson (1912). Kansas: A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions, Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc. Standard Publishing Company. pp.  864.
  4. 1 2 3 The Kansas City Star Archived 2012-09-06 at the Wayback Machine "Damage by Kansas Storm" May 15, 1909 (reported on GenDisasters.com website)
  5. ↑ "Hollis - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912". www.ksgenweb.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.

Further reading

Coordinates: 39°37′52″N097°33′09″W / 39.63111°N 97.55250°W / 39.63111; -97.55250


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