The Kansas Pacific Homestead du lieu suivant : Lawrence, Kansas • 3

Beach Them. The Shaded Belt indicates the Landi for Sale Six million Acre3. STATIONS, DISTANCES, ETC, i on the KANSAS PACIFIC EAIW UME. sr STATIONS. EC.

0.0 0 STATIONS. Kansas City. 2l8 Fort Ilarker 1.584 648 .4 ia Vllgl 223 Ellsworth. 1,440 230 Black Wolf 1,467 239.Bosland. 1,586 253 Bunker I lili.

1,766 262' Russell. 1,734 274AValker. 1,846 278 Victoria 1,837 289 1,893 302.EIUS. 2,019 312'OgaUah 2,269 State Line, Leavenworth Armstrong 8 Monde Sidi'g' 13 Edwardsville I7jTiblow. 22 Lena pe 27 Stranger 31 Fall Leaf 648 670 6S7 669 693 685 69S 6S3 691 711 7i5 36 L.

L. June 315 Ketm I 35, Lawrence 45! Buck Creek aSjWUliamsviUe SijPenyville 52. Medina 55) Newman 60 GrantTille 67 Topeka 77jSilTerLake So, Kingsville 730 748 753 754 755 763 779 7S8 7 83S 857 902 902 926 962 974 984 83 90 97 l04Vamego Ho St. George 1 1 8. Manhattan I290gdea 13501:1 Riley 322 Trego 2,347 2,492 2,678 364'Grinnell 2,906 376 Carlyl.

2,948 386 Monument 3,083 397 Gopher. 3,220 405 Sheridan 3,014 420AValla.ce 3,203 429 Eagle Tail 3,336 437jMonotony 3,676 452 Arapahoe 3,908 462 CheVne VUsj4, 1 79 472 First View 4,479 487 1 Kit Carson 4,191 499 Wild Horse. 4.340 SiijAroya 4,550 523 Mirage. 4.743 534 Hugo 4,952 547 5,203 555 Ri-rer Bend. 5,393 562 Cedar Point.

5,614 566 Godfrey. 5,505 572jAgate 5,360 583 Deer Trail 5,087 595 5,705 60S Kiowa 5,378 6 Box Elder 5,430 629'Schuyler 5,238 636jD. P. Junct'n 5,095 639, Denver. 15,105 I38 unction City Pi frWX2vi --3 -VSI I I CmMa? fegT felfnx.

-r JI 144' Kansas Falls 1,016 I.037 1,057 SOjChapman 1 57, Detroit 163 Abilene 172 Solomon 178 Donmeyer. l85Salina 194 Bararia .77 ,094 1,127 M73 20o BrookTilIe. 1,250 205 ".343 Rock Spring Elm Creek 2IO 1,470 216 Summit Sid'g .556 The Shortest and only Direct Route from Kansas City to Denver. Good hotels and eating houses at convenient points on this route. Every attention given to comfort and safety of all passengers.

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ELLSWORTH COUNTY. al, at a cost of 116,000, which are the two finest short of 1,000, is a substantial, go-ahead town. THE COUNTIES ON OUR ROAD. LETTER FROM HUNGARY. Oedekbckg.

the oth of 1876. public buildings in the western part of the State. All branches of trade are well represented. Fort Organized in 1867. Population in 1876, 3,601.

EUsworth, the county seat, with a population of six has some excellent stores, carried on in cemmodi-ous buildings, one bank, a fine brick school building, erected at a cost of $12,000, with good church buildings. A handsome brick hotel was built in S. J. Land Commissioner Hays military reservation adjoining the town is de hundred, is on the line of railroad, two hundred and Dear Sit Excuse me that I allow me to incommode von bv these lightfully situated, and almost encircled by a belt of timber. It is confidently expected this will be twenty-two miles west ot Kansas city, it is a 1875, at a cost of 925,000, and all the trains stop thriving and rapidly increasing town.

It contains lines, but visiting the Centennial, and on that occasion seeing the fair exhibition of Kansas. I was curious to see that here for. meals. maae one oi tne most important military posts in four church organizations a graded school, built the West. The Government sections of land sur Solotnon City, nine miles west of Abilene, is situ State, and I took a drive from New York to Cincinnati.

St. ated at the mouth of the Solomon river, in this Lonis, Kansas City, Lawrence, Topeka, Junction City, etc. at a cost of 59,000, with an enrollment of one hundred and fifty scholars a substantially built rounding the town have been almost entirely enter- county. The population of the town is about 500. TcfrrZ iM i.nhfi.TTWtan Pn the Timtr Culture Act th Withm a short distance are two well appointed salt built of limestoe; at a cost of $6 000; one bank f8 lrom whl fuI worb a flour -nun worked by water power, obtained a goodly supply of the necessary stores, two hotels, ftSf impf OVe, l5e YK" A Umted States Now returninghappy by God', grace, andrefering to my by a dam on the Solomon river, furnishing ample blacksmiths waeon shops etc A weekly newspa- Office is located at this place.

famdy the beautmess of Kansas, and telling them my inten- power for other manufactories. Of church organi- hAi ril b.aJL tL. Ellis, This town, near the western line of the tlo, they should like to come with me, I should like to zations, the Catholics have one, the Presbyterians and thirteen miles west of Hays City, "ydom.ai amongst the kind-hearted and friendly peo-tb TWJcfc A fb of Jtown of Bosland, on the western boundary line Of niQ Kansas, among the free citizens of America, and all the Baptists and the Methodists at a stands at an altitude one, one, one, the county, two hundred and thirty-nine miles west Y' 01 them agreed. But before I make a footstep forward by total cost for buildings alone of $18,000, with a selling my house and other property. I want to learn all cir- of Kansas City, has several stores and dwelling el.

The Railway Company have here a round house, machine shops, and accommodation for the cumstances about Kansas. school house costing $5,000. houses. Population about one hundred. The first All auow me 10 oeg you wiu oe so kind as to send to me There are several smaller towns scattered through as shipment of cattle (employing trom 75 to 100 men).

win-uiuwu nwv MunmS iuous twt lu iui r. 4L- xl. I SOOtl OS DOSSlble mant. rirmlarc nA Inrmlmn wu as possiuic circulars ana laiormiuon now you out the county, all of which are rapidly growing. BIf- by R.

S. Elliott, the Industrial Agent of the Com-tl UIC U1 luc UIC U1C wUl selfsection in rSwT Number of cultivated I ru aJis the residence of the Division Superintendent. maps, in Infnrlh G-i: 1 1 he herd law is in force. 1 Mil 1 id icauiLa in vw1111.11 lie ifiC iiiiiiiw.t z. j.

i 1 1 aaa a.uu. odiiuc sziiuiii ips. inr as a nsv .1 1 f-nmrtanv navp also hnilt her a larcr hrtl rf I -r acres, in 1875 was 71.011. above sea level, the CTOWth OI I rj I 7, mau. me prices sooua nor.

oe 100 men. i Bosland, feet Lands for sale by the Company amount to nA fmm magnesian limestone, irom me neignoormg quar- snouia nice to buy one of the above named sections and forest trees, transplanted 42,100 acres. tl3 AUG UvlUlAUvU aUUUL 1UV. 1UC1C dlC I a.wv In order to present to the reader in a concise and tangible form, the several and particular advantages' of the lands for sale by the Company along its line of road, we propose to make a brief summary of each county going westward, beginning at POTTAWATTOMIE COUNTY. Organized in 1856; population in 1876, 12,606.

Louisville the county seat, three miles north of the railroad, has a population of 400 Wamego, 104 miles west of Kansas City, with a population of about 1,000, has a well-built station on the line. It is the end of the first division of the railroad, and the Company has here built a round-house and repair shop. School and church organizations are plentiful. The county is especially favored in her rivers and streams, the Big Blue forming her western boundary, with the Kansas river on the south, the Vermillion running through from north to south, and no less than nineteen creeks well lined with timber. Coal is found in the western and central parts of the county, and limestone abounds everywhere.

Good water power, utilized to a large extent, is furnished by the Big Blue, Rock Creek, Vermillion and Darnell Creek. The lands for sale by the Company comprise about 10,170 acres. WABAUNSEE COUNTY. Organized in 1859; population 1876, 6,037. The county seat, Alma, with a population of about 500, is thirteen miles south of Wamego station.

Coal underlies a large portion, and at a small depth. Salt is abnndant and now largely worked. There are many good streams; good water is easily reached, and an abundance of water power, though utilized only to a snlall extent, owing to insufficiency of capital. The herd law is in force in nearly all the townships. The lands for sale by the Company comprise about 41,345 acres.

BJLEY COUNTY. Organized in 1855 population in 1876, 8,590. I Excuse me for I have troubled Ton so mncla. but von Lvrwfc 0iiwt 0waiv iiuuav auu vuui aA I IrnAitf if wmm a 1 a 1 a. 1 At Victoria, a station near the eastern border of 7 ne mu" wun all circumstances.

OTTAWA COUNTY. Organized in 1866. Population in 1876, 6,599. wheat, rye, corn, sorghum, and other crops, has been such that any one looking at the field might well imagine himself in Illinois or Missouri, rather than on the high prairies of Kansas. This field, in the spring of 1871, was west of all settlements in I remain with all possible regard.

the county, there is an extensive tract of fine land, the main portion of which was purchased from the Your most obedient Minneapolis, the county seat, with a population of F. M. KROTF. Railway Company by Mr. George Grant, of Lon- Kansas, but they have since rended eighty miles Oedenberg, Hungary.

1 a tuJ .1 v. don, England. 600, is situated on Solomon river, at the mouth of Pipe creek, on an elevated slope of land commanding an extensive view of the county. It has a good school house, Presbyterian church, two rlnlarin v. some nortinns hlnffv.

well adanrina it fr.r I uc. wicreu uj uic amuay munra run Remember! The Head Office of the Land grazing purposes. The Smoky Hill river runs a ning tnrougn the soutnern part, ana the baiine on the north, with Big creek, a tributary of the former 1 fin Department is at Sauna, Kansas. halls, and good stores, but no saloon. little south of east through the entire county, with uiiiiiui' nil iiiivii aiicT 1 111 1 iir- i iiniHir iirrr is The Solomon river flows from the northwest to numerous triDutanes.

a good quality ot coal is I 0 i an abundance of good pu ana invigoraiing, warm aays in found in various places, and GYPSUM. summer, with cool, refreshing nights the soil is very stone for building or conversion into lime. rich and loamy, and, with good cultivation is ex This county is tilling up rapidly. 12,100 acres the southeast corner of the county, and furnishes excellent water power. The Saline river flows through the southern part from west to east there are many other smaller streams and a good supply of springs.

Coal is found in various parts of the county, and both sandstone and limestone abound. The great value which gypsum will render to Kansas ceedingly prolific. Within a quarter of a mile of I were under cultivation in 1876. the town of Ellis, on the farm of Mr. Jno.

H. Ed The lands for sale by the Company amount to must be as a plaster applied to the crops. While it is excellent for the grapes and grains in various ways, it is particularly useful in its hygrometric quality, in retaining moisture wards, vegetables of every description, fruit and 155,000 acres. The herd law is in force. A fine in a condition that renders it available to the roots of plants.

Gypsum (or sulphate of lime) is found in. many places in four-story flour mill has been erected at Ellsworth during the last winter by parties from Illinois. other trees, have been successfully grown during the past four years, and without irrigation. Winter wheat put in, in good season, grows well and yields This county is exceedingly well supplied with timber. 36,042 acres were under cultivation in 1875.

The valley of the Solomon river is justly consider Kansas. In the western portions, in the upper valleys of RICE COUNTY. abundantly. Hungarian and millett have done the Saline and Smoky Hill rivers, particularly in Wallace county, it is found in most beautiful crystals and though so valuable, it is cheap. ed one of the richest and most fertile tracts of land in Kansas.

well, while all kinds of small fruit flourish with or Organized in 1871. Population in 1876, 4,612. The lands for sale by the Company comprise This county is watered by the Arkansas river, Little Manhattan, the county seat, with a population of dinary care and attention. Pure and good water is attainable at an average depth of from twenty to 850 acres. The herd law is in force.

Arkansas river, and Cow and Plum creeks. The 2,000, is on the ICansas Pacific Railway, 118 miles STONE. thirty feet, and good building stone is abundant. west of Kansas City: Osden. 120 miles, and Fort herd law is in force.

acres were under cultivation in 1875. For stock raising this county cannot be surpassed, Macnesian limestone, or function Citv marble." is Riley, 135 miles. The county is well watered, the SALINE COUNTY. Organized in 1859. Population in 1876, 10,790.

The lands for sale by the Company comprise found in many places along our road. It can be quarried in blocks from eight to ten tons weirht. and even larger. Kansas river flowing through the south-east portion. the greater portion of it being covered with a luxuriant growth of rich and succulent buffalo grass.

The bottom lands produce prairie grass in quanti C00 acres. Salina, the county seat, population, two thousand, The State Agricultural College is located just out and can be sawn like wood, to any desirable shape. This stone is now being extensively used for building. It is of a is well placed on the bend of the Smoky Hill river, side of Manhattan. ties sufficient for the supply of hay, while the deep one hundred and eighty-five miles west of Kansas OSBORNE AND ROOKS COUNTIES.

Osborne was organized in 1871. Population in The comnmity is mostly composed of Eastern ravines and numerous bluffs give good shelter from City The commercial prosperity of the town is. delicate cream color, and when hrst quarried is quite soft, but soon hardens by exposure to the air. Some of the costliest and most elegant edifices in the West have been built of this material. Its durability has been tested for rears in storms.

For sheep farming, the peculiar formation people the farms are well cultivated, the buildings mostly of stone, and th farmers generally are thrifty 1876, 5,135. Osborne City is the county seat. we venture to say, almost unrivalled by other towns of the county renders it pre-eminently adapted the Rooks was organized in 1872. Population in in the State. Its stores are numerous, varied and and industrious.

They came intending to stay. pursuit of which must become a staple business. 1876, 917. Stockton is the county seat. well stocked.

The whole aspect of the town indi The lands for sale by the Company amount to the Government buildings at Fort Riley; more recently in the magnificent capitol in Topeka, and in other large structures elsewhere. Several towns along the road are principally built of it, and have a substantial and handsome ai- The dryness of the atmosphere, and the nature of I The north and south forks of the bolomon river cates a well organized, well conducted and well-to do the sou, form an effective preventive against rot, 27,961 acres. DAVIS COUNTY. traverse both counties, with numerous tributaries. community.

A U. S. Land Office is located here. 'I'hAr aro trnrtA nrtpr nnvpR Vinf nnlv tn while the absence of burrs and thorny plants, save 1 pearance. In November- 1876.

the 0 I .1 Ml a I A fin nnilif rf ftVSa ah. lm TT11. y-k I wrganizeu in 1055. Jropuiauon in 1070, 5,739. a small extent at present As the tide of popula- me loss 01 wooi; wmcu iacis comoinea, win tena 10 71" TrXvTf tion rolls westward, these counties will become make this section of the country the great LAND DEPARTMENT Jutution City, the county, seat, with a population of ket of the West.

Five villages were erected in this 2, 1 50, is 1 39 miles west of Kansas Uty, situated on Qf the Kansas PArrs-ir att.wa was remnved tn this ereat sheep-farming districts. for which they are county during 1876 by Russo-German colonists. a gentle eminence ot taDie iana at the commence ot town occupies a commodius building near the eminently adapted. houses in Russell are built of it the railroad hotel at Ellis is of this beautiful stone. A peculiarity of this stone is, that when recently taken from the quarry it may be as easily sawed as yellow pine, and yet, exposure hardens, and ren .1 1 -1 1 a a Lands in the two counties for sale by the Railway BARTON AND RUSH COUNTIES.

IT T- ,1 1 I V.Jfc. Company, contain acres. point iuriu me ivansas. ue city is wen ana suu-stantially built, principally of magnesian limestone BROOKVTLLE, ders 11 very auraoie. Barton was oreanizea in 1572.

copulation in RUSSELL COUNTY. 1876, 5,857. Rush was organized 1874. Popula obtained from the extensive quarries adjacent. I the next town of importance west of Salina, is the tion in 1876, 871.

Here the Kansas Pacific has two railroad connec-1 end of the Second Division of the Railroad, where Organized in 1872. Population in 1876, 2.462. THE HERO LAW. These two counties, lying respectively to the tions, one with the Junction City and Fort Kearney an engine house and repair shop have been built. Russell, the county seat, 263 miles west of Kansas A judicious herd law has been adopted pretty road, which runs northwest up the Republican river, 1 1 he population is between three and four hundred, City, on the line of railroad, is an important and south of Russell and Ellis, at present are not so fully developed, as the preceding ones, and hence, in view of the fact that some of the richest lands the passing through Wakefield to Clay Centre, in Clay with school and church organizations.

flourishing town of about 400 inhabitants. It was generally along this road in the eastern and central counties, and has become universally popular. Under this law cattle are not allowed tn nm at lartre. 1 he herd law is in force in Saline county, and County, and the other with the Missouri, Kansas laid out and the country around it settled by the lam uui auu iuc muuuu 11 aiuu uj Texas road, running south to Galveston. 1 iwi- there were under cultivation in 1875, 65,570 acres.

Northwestern Colony, who ciie out in 1872 from Company has for sale are comprised in these cotin TU 1 1 1 1 i r-i I I Km HnHc wall watorMi ann tairlv timhurMI in. The lands ties, lands well watered and fairly timbered, the in- but are pastured under the care of herders. This for sale by the Railway Company com The county is well watered, supplied with good Ripon, Wisconsin. prise 47,250 acres. springs, and the streams are tolerably well timbered.

lerence arises tnax mcynoiuoui wmepuuiK F-1 renders fences unnecessary and farmers do not Ihe locating committee appointed to examine rial inducements for successful colonization. build them. The benefit of thus abolishing this the lands in Nebraska and Kansas, after a thorough Coal crops out in several places. The best quality of magnesian limestone (known as the Junction City McPHERSON COUNTY. The lands in the two counties for sale by the investigation, selected land here.

buDDlies are Company consist of 170,000 acres. enormous item of expenditure is incalculable. The poor man with but a few hundred dollars capital can thus throw all his resources into the cultivation marble) is found in the bluffs all over the county, Urganizea in ItWU. Population in 18 lU.UZZ. hrnimht here hv the railwav fnr all the rnnnties TREGO AND GRAHAM COUNTIES.

while gypsum underlies the whole, in boring for McFherson is the county seat. The Smoky Hill nv- north and south, for many miles along the Saline, coai at junction ny, sail water was reacnea, ana er in the northern part ot the county, flows from Solomon, Republican and Smoky Hill rivers. There of the soil, and lay the foundation of a prosperous career, while, if he were obliged to fence his culti About three-fourths of the land is rich smooth sua uows acuusiaui sircuu. I luc WCSE IO ine east, anu its triDUtarieS HOW nortn. I tnr rhnrrh nroanizatinnc hfr 9 hnnl hnnv prairie, and tne Daiance gooa Dorxom.

inc omoay vated land, he would be retarded very much. If he ine lanas tor sale Dy tne company amount to 1 1 he county is well supplied with springs. Lime- erected at a cost of 4,000, an abundance of good Hill and Saline rivers run tnrougn irego, witn sev has iw acres, the which it would cost to a nv, uuu uin 10 iu iuilc ill ims stone and sandstone abound, and considerable stores, and a large stone flour mill. eral branches of the latter running northward quantities of gypsum of extra good quality. Good Bunker HOI, eleven miles east of Russell, is situ fence it, would enable him to break and cultivate the whole tract.

county. MORRIS COUNTY. through Graham county. There- is abundance of water power, -but at present not utilized. Good ated in the center of the county, and was laid out building stone.

I here has also been discovered schools and churches, with two weekly newspapers. Organized in 1858.:" Population in 1876, 6,701 two years ago by a colony from Berea, Ohio short- near Parks Fort, in Trego county, a fine deposit of i acres were under cultivation in 1870. The Council Grove is the county seat, with a population ly afterwards followed by a large immigration from chalk absoiute rarity throughout the Uni Advice toEnignmts. Emigrants coming West should not bring heavy herd law is in force. of 1,000.

This county lies some distance to the uiuuciiuiu vuuuiji buusyivauio. at uoa a fvl'u I ten States Broom corn is a prominent crop. In 1876 there lation of about 150, and is a rising, well appointed The lands for sale by the Railway company com-1 or bulky material with them. Farming implements were produced in this county 2,823,512 pounds, south of the Kansas Pacific The lands for sale are 7,260 acres, CLAY COUNTY. prise 346,938 acres.

I and household goods can be purchased here as little town. The county is traversed through the southern portion by the Smoky Hill river, and by valued at icneapiyas in tne iastern or Middle states, alter GOVE, SUEKLUAN, WALLACE, TUUX1AS, addintr the cost of trarnnrtarirm and if hronrht Lands for sale by the Railway Company, 23,750 the Saline a little north of the center. Good lime acres. Organized in 1866. Population in 1876, 8,950.

stone is plentiful, there are some excellent salt SHERHAN AND GREELEY COUNTIES. long distances, the cost here is less. Cattle and springs, mineral paint and pottery clays while a LINCOLN-COUNTY. These six counties, embracing an enormous tract I horses should not be brought, unless of superior Clay Center, the county seat, is on the Junction City Fort Kearney Railway, thirty-three miles from fair quality ot coal is found in abundance along tne of country, are at present but little developed, but I quality, as ordinary breeds can be purchased for Organized in 1870. Population in 1876, 4,275.

Junction City, with a population of 800. The coun banks of the Smoky Hill river. acres were county seat, lAncoln Center. The face of the coun present a most attractive field for enterprise in stock less than they could be landed here. raising and sheep husbandry.

I To begin with a reasonable hope of success, it under cultivation in 1875. The herd law is in I force. Emigration is flowing in rapidly. ty is watered by the xepuDiican river nowing in a south-easterly direction, and by numerous small streams. There is good water power but, not util The lands for sale by the Railway Company com-1 requires at least nve hundred dollars.

A little cabin 1 I- -1 1 try is for the most part undulating. The Saline river flows east through the entire extent of the county, with many tributaries. The county is well ine isuius iui Mtc uy iuc MUiwaj uuilmuit, prise i33i33i acres. 1 nas to oe ouut a aug-out," 11 you horses ized, with plenty of first-class fire-clay and magne comprise 234,500 acres. or oxen arc necessary, ana sneiier lor tnem, a plow, sian limestone.

The herd law is in force. supplied with springs. Coal is seen cropping out In Ellis and following counties, above mentioned, I harrow, wagon and harness are needed; also, seed ELLIS COUNTY. Over 2000 car loads of grain were shipped from of the banks. The quantity of white magnesian in 1RR7 In 1876.

2.151. 1 lDC uipauy oners special mauccmcna panic. wvaatwu. uviu Mc uuiu u.o 1 limestone is, for practical vtuuvavn wuuiwuuiuu I vmKKu.w 9 i i 1 Z-Z I h4v nM mcawl i i i auuui iu cukxkc auccu uniiauie x-luiok. Company I wiin several sait springs on aait creek and its cuy, tne county seat, witn a popmauyu l.

mi non i 1-1 Clay Center in 1876. The quantity of land for sale by the comprises some 15,000 acres. DICKINSON COUNTY. tanes. j.nis county is specially adapted tor stock-1 about ouu.

is zow mue west oi i-ansas v-ny, uiu raising. 16,616 acres were under cultivation in well located near the center of the county, at the I At Kansas City call on A. Roedelheimer, Land I a I nl 9 rjoint where the railroad crcses Big creefc it Organized in 185 7. Population in 1876, 11,326. Lands for sale by the Railway Company, 81,045 sesses a well-built stone school house, erected at a coin, Ellsworth, usborne, Kusseii, isarton, 1.111s, sign of the Buffalo Heads, and see his samples of Mm mm 1 7 I I AAA 1 I UP maI-n mm am- -Aa I Anitne, tne county seai, witn a population not tar1 acres.

I cost ot aiso a coun nouse oi same maicn-1 rwh, wm. i products..