The Kansas Pacific Homestead from Lawrence, Kansas • 3

to Reach Them. The Shaded Belt indicates the Lando for Salo 8121 Llillion Acreo. STATIONS, DISTANCES, ON THE KANSAS PACIRC MAIN LINE. STATIONS. STATIONS.

cj. 1 TL, car -14 as I located near the center of the county, at the point ere the railroad crosses Big creek. It possesses a well-built stone school house, erected at a cost of 6.000 also a court house of same ma'enal, at a cost of $16,000, which are the two finest public buildings in the western part of the State. All bran Over 2000 car loads of grain were shipped from Clay Center in 1876. The quantity of land for sale by the Company comprises some 15,000 acres.

There is an excellent location for a Colony in this County. DICKINSON COUNTY. ELLSWORTH COUNTY. Organized in 1867. Population in 1877, (Aug.) 4350.

Ellsworth, the county seat, with a population of abcait 750, is 223 miles west of Kansas City, and is a thriving and growing town. It contains 3 church organizations a graded school, and school house built at a cost of about $0000. with an en- Kansas City. 648 648 670 657 218 Fort Harker 1,584 State Line, 223 Lllsworth A an Leaven worth Armstrong 230 Black Wolf 239'Bosland. 253 Banker Hill.

2o2Rassell. 274 Walker. 1.586 8.Muncie Sidi'g 9 Secondine 13 Ed wards ville iJjTiblow. 22 Le nape 27 Stranger 31 Fall Leaf. L.

Jane 38 Lawrence 4 Back Creek 4Sj Williamsville 51 Perryville 52, Medina 55 Newman 60 GrantTillt 67 Topeka Lake SolltingsvUle 83 104 Wamego George l2QOgde 135 Fort Rile? 660 1.766 1.734 1,846 1.837 1.893 2.019 2,269 .347 2,49 2.678 2,006 2,948 3.083 3.J20 3.o4 3.3 693 685 695 683 691 7" 7iS 73o 748 753 754 7S5 763 278 Victoria zIo'IIsts 302 Ellis. 3I2 0gallah 3i5Keim 322Trego 336Coyote. 3S2 linnaIo. 364 Griunell 386 1 Monument 397.Gopner. 779 817 405jSnendan 420, Wallace 429 Eagle Tail 437(Monotony 452 Arapahoe 3.33 3.676 3.908 835 57 902 46a'CheyneWUs U.I79 472 Hrst View U.479 902 487 Kit Ctnoo U.191 926 02 499(WUd Horse.

J4.340 sxivjm. 0)w 523 Mirage. U.743 534lIogo U.9S2 555 River Bend. 5,393 562 Cedar Point. 566 Godfrey.

572' Agate 5,360 583 Deer Trail .5,087 595 5,705 60S Kiowa. 15,378 617 B0X Elder 5,430 629 Schuyler .5,238 636 D. P. Junct'n 5,095 639 Denver. 15,105 974 984 138 Junction City 1 44 Kansas Falls SO.Chapman i57(Letroit 163 Abilene.

172 Solomon 178 Donmeyer. l85 Salina 194 Bavaria 2oo, Brook rilJe. 205 Rock Spring 210 Elm Creek .57 ,077 1.094 .7 .250 .343 1 M7o Sid'g 11,556 The Shortest and only Direct Roste 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 prs-sengers.

T. V. OAEEB, SnpU KAXKAS CITT, MO OUR EASTERN AGENTS. Below is a list of our Excursion and Local Agents in the Eastern States, and parties in their vicinity will do well to write to or call on them for information about the country, and reduced rates of transportation i 406 Pine Streett, St. Louis, Mo.

Sherman House, Chica- go, and Jolliet, Illinois. James F. Aglar John M. Childs W. Alexander Sterling, III.

J. Fukcuson Annawan, IlL H. McGrew -Kansas, 111. Chisholm Smith Bloomington, 111. W.

W. R. Smith Decatur, HL H. Watson Ashley, IlL L. Shore Carmi, 111.

John Roos Aplington, Iowa. J. Berryhill Marion, Iowa. M. J.

Dunham Wheatland, Iowa. I. UUinAMti II 1 Svow Fort Wavne IndL h. G. Bend, Ind.

p. W. Veneman. Evansville Ind M. Expsley 1 Spencer Hous, West Indianapolis, Ind.

Howlett Mich. d. Janesville Wis. Augustine 3lansneld, Ohio. A.

O. Griswold Elj-ria, Ohio. "IeffM Dunlap Kv. W. S.

MOORE Madisonville. Ky Watsov 1 Co North Cotter Nashville Tenn H. M. ChaiUnoofn, Tenn. pQTT Pa.

KaFROth West Earl Lancaster Co Pa. Below is a list of our local agents in Kansas, to whom parties seeking information can write for description of particular tracts, or localities, and who will show lands to land seekers Scott Booth Topeka, Ks. brown Lmblev Wamego. Ks. Chas.

Young Co Alma. Ks. G. Zwanziger Alma, Ks. L.

R. Elliott Manhattan, Ks. A. C. Pierce Junction City, Ks.

H. H. Mead Junction Citv, Ks. R. Batch lor Wakefield, Ks.

W. T. Davidson Co Abilene, Ks. T. C.

Henry Sc Co Abilene. Ks. O. F. Seahl Solomon, Ks.

Olney Minneapolis, Ks. Geo. Hogaboom Brookville, Ks. Jos. A.

Wiccin. Ellsworth, Ks. Ira Buzick Lincoln Centre, Ks. J. T.

McKittrick Bosland, Ks. J. B. Corbbtt Bunker Hill, Ks. Dr.

H. A. Ellis Russell, Ks. Allen Milner Hays City, Ks. Ks.

KATHBONE JUDD ElllS, GYPSUfX The creAt valae wbicb jrvpsam will render to Kaiisas most be as a plaster Applied to the crop. While it is excel lent for the grapes And grains in various ways, it is particu larly useful in its nygrometnc quality, in retaining moisture in a condition that renders it Available to the roots of plants. Gypsum (or sulphate of lime) is found in many places in Kansas. In the western portions, in tne upper valleys of the Saline and Smoky Hill rivers, particularly In Wallace county, it is found in most beautiful crystals And though so valuable, it is cheap. STONE.

Maenesian limestone, or "Junction City marble. is found in many places along our road. It can be quarried in blocks from eight to ten tons weight, and even Ixrjrer, And can be sawa like wood, to Any desirable shape. This stone is now being extensively used for building. It is of a delicate cream color, and when first 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 years in the Government buildings at Fort Riley; more recently in the magnificent capitol TopekA, and in other large structures elsewhere. Several towns along the road are principally built of it, and have a rabstAntial And handsome appearance. A nne quality of this stone is found in abundance in Ai- worth, Russell, Ellis And Trego counties.

A fine block of stores, the fine school house And a number of dwelling houses in Rnssell 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 quAny it may be aa easily sawed as yellow pine. And jet, exposure hardens, and venders it very durable. THE HERD LAW. A judicious herd law has been adopted prefy generally along this road in the eastern and central counties, and has become universally popular.

Under this law cattle are not allowed to run at large, but Are pastured under the care of herders. This renders fences unnecessary sad farmers do not build. The benefit of thus Abolishing this enormous hum of expend a few kuiitd diture is incalculable. The poor man with but dollars capital can thus throw all his rc ouics lato the cmltivAtioa of the soil, and lay the foundrUM of a prosperous carer, while, if he were obliged, to fence his cultivated land, he would be retarded very much. If he has 160 Acreu, the $750.00, which it would cost to fence it.

would enable him to break And cultivate the whole tract. Lemember! The Head Officx bf the La.sd Department is at Salina, Kansas. Organized in 1857. Population in 1876, 11,326, Abilene, the county seat, with a population not far short of i.Sco, is a substantial town. It has some excellent stores, carried on in commodious build-1 ings, one Dant, a nne one sctiooi ouiiamg, erected at a cost of with good church buildings, A handsome brick hotel was built in 1875, at a cost of 925,000, and all the trains stop here for meals.

Solomon City, nine miles west of Abilene, is situ ated at the mouth of the Solomon river, in this county. I he population of the tewn is about 500. Within a short distance are two well appointed salt works a flour mill, worked by water power, and ample power for other manufactories. Of church organizations, the Catholics have one, the Presby terians one, the Baptists one, and the Methodists one, at a total cost for buildings alone of 18,000, 1 with a school house costing 95,000. There are several smaller towns scattered through- nnt the rnnntv.

Thp herd law is in force. Ntimher of cultivated acres, in 1877 was ii.4;8. Lands for sale by the Company amount to mn irm 1-t-j- OTTAWA COUNTY. Organized in 1866. Population in 1876, 6,599.

Minneapolis, the county seat, with a population ol 600. is situated on boiomon river, at tne mouth of Pipe creek, on an elevated slope of land commanding an extensive view of the county. It :T.ia" 111 'J II I III II II I VIIirHC flWMW -wwrg 1 1 1 1 li TT The Solomon river flows from the northwest to stn s-va-t tt a AMtrhar JElSSrt'lta. to of springs. Coal is found in various parts ot Coal is found in various parts ot the county, and both sandstone and limestone abound.

This county is exceedingly well supplied with tim ber. 70,000 acres are now under cultivation. The valley of the Solomon river is justly consider ed one of the richest and most fertile tracts of land in Kansas. The lands for sale by the Company comprise 42, 850 acres. The herd law is in force.

SALINE COUNTY. Organized in 1859. Population in 1876, 10,790 Salina, the county seat, population, 2.500, is well placed on the bend ot the bmoky Hill river, one hundred and eighty-five miles west of Kansas City. The commercial prosperity of the town is, almost unrivalled by other towns in the State. It has four elevators and three first-class flouring mills, two of which are run by water, power and its stores are numerous, varied and well stocked.

1 ne whole aspect of the town indicates a well organized, well Office is loca'ed here. the land DEPARTMENT of the Kansas Pacific Railway is situated here and occupies a commodius building near the depot. BROOKVILLE, the next town of importance west of Salina, is the end of the Second Division of the Railroad, where an engine house and repair shop have been built. The population is between three and four hundred, with school and church organizations. The herd law is in force in Saline county, and w- tw IOR RflA fx iri The lands for sale by the Railway Company com prise 47,250 acres.

McPHERSON COUNTY. Organized in 1870. Ponulation in 1876. 10.022. McPhetson is the county seat.

The Smoky Hill riv er in the northern part of the county, flows from the west to the east. The county is well supplied with springs. Limestone and sandstone abound, and considerable quantities of gypsum of extra good quality. Good water power, but at present not util ized. Good schools and churches, with two weeklj newspapers.

75,420 acres were under cultivation in 1875. The herd law is in force. Broom corn is a prominent crop. In 1876 there were produced in this county 2,823,512 pounds, valued at I I I THE COUNTIES ON OUR ROAD. In order to present to the reader 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 has 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 every where.

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 1859 population 1876, 6,037. couiny bcai, wmi a jwpuiauuu 01 auuui 500, 4 a.

a i i-i. ia 11111 iLtu uiiitj auuui ui aiucgu Mdiiuu. vja.i i i 1 1 i.i uuuciiira a. wigc pui nun, auu at a. suia.11 uepin.

Salt is atundant and now largely worked. There are many good streams: good water is easily reach- ed, and an abundance of water power, though util- ized onlv to a small extent, owinir to lnsuffieiencv of capital. The herd law is in force in nearly all the townships. The lands for sale by about 41,345 acres. tne L-ompany compnse RILEY COUNTY.

Organized in 1855; population in 1877, 9,115 Manhattan, the county seat, with oty seat, wi.h a population of ns-s Pacific Railway, at the con 2,000, is on the Kan fluence of the Big Blue and Kansas rivers, 118 miles west of Kansas City. It is in the midst of the region of white magnesian limestone, which is largely used for building and fencing. The county is well watered by the Kansas river which flows through the southeastern part, the Big Blue which forms the eastern boundry, and Fancy Creek, Wild Cat, Mill Creek, Baldwin, Seven Mile, Madison, McDowell, Deep, and a dozen smaller creeks that flow into the larger streams. Timber is abundant and good. Ogden, Bala, Randolph, Stockdale, and Riley Center are thriving settlements.

The "State Agricultural College, is located at Manhattan, and Riley county is specially noted for her excellent schools. The commuity is mostly composed of Eastern people the farms are well cultivated, the buildings mostly ol stone, and th farmers generally are thrifty and generally of the class that came intending to stay. 1 he lands tor sale by tLe Company amount to 27,961 acres. DAVIS COUNTY. jj- j.

3jy unction City, the county seat, with a population of urganizea in 1055. copulation in 1876, 5,739 1,800, is 139 miles west of Kansas City, situated on a gentle eminence of table land at the confluence of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers, which at this point form the Kansas. The city is well and sub itantially built, principally of magnesian limestone obtained from the extensive quarries adjacent. Here the Kansas Jfacihc has two railroad connec tions, one with the Junction City and Fort Kearney road, which runs northwest up the Republican river, passing through Wakefield to Clay Centre, in Clay County; and the other with the Missouri, Kansas Texas road, running south to Galveston. The county is well watered, supplied with good springs, and the streams are tolerably well timbered Coal crops out in several places.

The best quality ot magnesian limestone (known as the Junction Citj marble is tound the bluns all over the county, while gypsum underlies the whole. In boring for coal at Junction City, salt water was reached, and the manufacture of salt by solar evaporation has re cently been commenced by a gentleman from Phila delphia. 1 he lands tor sale by the Company amount to 41,704 acres. The herd law is in force in this ounty, and is aiding very much in its development. MORRIS COUNTY.

Organized in 1858. Population in 1876, 6,701 Council Grove is the county seat, with a population ot 1,000. this county lies some distance to tht south of the Kansas Pacific. The lands for sale are 7,260 acres. CLAY COUNTY.

urganuca ropuiation in 1070, 8,950 1866. Cry Center, the county teat, is on the Junction Cta Fort Kearney Railway, thirty -throe miles from Junction City, with 1 population of 800. Tne coon- m. 1 9 99 ty is waierea oy ine river no wing south-easterly direction, and-by numeroos in a small I I a I S3 S3 C3 a -1 a Oh 0 ches of trade are well represented. Fort Hays military reservation adjoining the town is delightfully situated, and almost encircled by a belt of timber.

It is confidently expected this will be made one of the most important military posts in the West. A United States Land Office is located at this place. Ellis. Near the western line of the county, and thirteen miles west of Hays City, stands at an altitude of 2,019 feet above the sea level. The Railway Company have here a round house, machine shops, and accommodation for the shipment of cattle (employing trom to It the end of the third division of the road, and is the residence of the Division Superintendent wjmpany nvc kw uuui nc iSc num, ui 1 v-n i liivxwfvn fwtm th tiAmhhArin rw ntiiF I 1 pupmauuu wui tw.

i.c IC viciona, a siauun near me ciciu uwracr 01 1, 13 A uuiuuu wi pu.u uvu luc awy 1 I i uc wwwy uy we omwy nonn, wun uig crccit, a triouiary 01 mc lorracr Vlc "4UWC summer, wun cooi, rcircsmng nignis me sou is very nca ana luaiuy, ami, wun gowi tumvaiiou is cx- i i nrf.L ceeamgiy prounc. wuain a quarter 01 a roue 01 the town of Ellis, on the farm of Mr. Jno. H. Ed wards, vegetables of every description, fruit and other trees, have been successfully grown during the past six years.

Winter wheat put in, in good season, grows well and yields abundantly. Hun ganan and millett have done well, while all kinds of small fruit flourish with ordinary care and atten tion. Hire and good water is attainable at an average depth of from twenty to thirty feet, and good building stone is abundant. For stock raising this county cannot be surpassed, the greater portion of it being covered with a luxuriant growth of rich buffalo grass. The bottom lands produce prairie grass in quantities sufficient for the supply of hay, while the deep ravines and numerous bluffs give good shelter from storms.

For sheep farming, the peculiar formation of the county renders it pre-eminently adapted the pursuit of which must become a staple business. The dryness of the atmosphere, and the nature of the soil, form an effective preventive against rot, while the absence of burrs and thorny plants, save the loss of wool; which facts combined, will tend to make this section of the country the great wool mar ket of the West. Five villages were erected in this county during 1876 by Russo-German colonists. x.62 acres were under cultivation in March, 1S77. Since then not less than 4,000 acres of prairie have BARTON AMD RUSH COUNTIES.

Barton was organized in 1872. Population in 1876, 5,857. Rush was organized 1874. Popula tion in 1876. 871.

rtlltu ftf Russeii and Ellis, at present are not so fully MovoIatvH. as the nrecedinsr ones, and hence, in vW of the fact that some of the richest lands the fVimnanv Viae for sale are comnrised in these coun- nbed, they hold out to the public special inaucemenis ior sue- CCSSIUl COlOUlZailUU. The lands in the two counties for tale by the Company consist of 170,000 acres. TREGO AND GRAHAM COUNTIES. About three-fourths of the land is lt A.

rich smooth The Smoky prairie, and tne paiancc goou uonom Hill and Saline rivers run through Trego, with sev eral branches of the latter running northward rhronch Graham county. There is abundance of building stone. There has also been discovered near Treeo. in Treero county, a fine deposit of very pure chalk, an absolute rarity throughout the United State, and whiting and putty are now being manu- facSd therefroml At the latter place 200 acres mtM of wheat have been sown this fall, and will no A colony of colored people from doubt succeed. has fa hv Raiw.v mm- prise 346,938 acres.

GOVE, SHERIDAN. WALLACE, THOMAS. SEER- IX AN AND GREELEY COUNTIES. These six counties, embracing an enormous tract of country, are at present bat Tittle developed, but present a most attractive field for enterprise in stock 1 rjuanx ana uccp nsssanary. fl ltnas wr SSJ oy UW siway uop prise liSSW cre.

I Tn Fllli and following counties, above mentioned, the Company offers special inducements to parties I aTvwit tn nffiir in sheen and catue raising. J. H. J. S.

J. J. j. J. rollment of iC4 pupils; a brick court house costing $12000, a fine block of buildings, built of limestone, and occurred for the various business purposes, in- cludinsr a bank, and fine Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges and public hall a two-story brick hotel, costing $12000 a four story stone mill, containing all the latest improved machinery a grain elevator, and an iron bridge over the Smoky Hill river.

A weekly newspaper, the Ellsworth Reporter, is also published here. The choicest Railroad and Gov- ernment land within four or five miles of town is taken, but good homesteads and Railroad land can vet be had within a reasonable distance of town, i I Lime and sandstone, for building purposes, are aounaant. woon ior iuei can yei oe iouna aiong 1 1 1 itr 1 a. 1 1 I the numerous streams, while veins ot coal, 20 to 20 inches thick, nave been opened and partly worked, Bosland, on the western boundary of the county, with a population ot 200, is a rapidly growing town, with 5 grocery stores, 2 dry goods stores, a hard- ware store, a blacksmith shop, a tin shop, an agn- cultural implement storey a arug store ana a nana- some hotel of magnesian limestone. A large busi- ness is aone nere in uuyin- ana snipping Krain.

There are several coal mines near the line divid- ing biiswortn ana Kusseu counties, ana is soia at tne mines at $3 per ton. aettiers come a icng dis- tance from the Arkansas valley for this coal, there beius none in tfiat rcrion. I The experimental garden at Bosland, opened in 1871, has been a great success, and the forest and trnoc nnnr mlr fhrlftv trrnw The general surface of the county is undulating, Vfl river run, a little south of east through the entire county, wuh numerous tributaries. Acres under cultivation. 22,08.

The herd law is in torce. he lands tor sale by the company amount to i acres. RICE COUNTY. Organized in 1871. Population in 1876, 4,612.

This county is watered by the Arkansas river, Little Arkansas river, and Cow and Plum creeks. The herd law is in force. 22,023 acres were under cul tivation in 1875. The lands for sale by the Company comprise 60. COO acres.

OSBORNE AND R00ES COUNTIES. Osborne was organized in 1871. Population in 1876, 5,135. Osborne City is the county seat. 33.

020, acres are under cultivation. Rooks was organized in 1872. Population in 1876, 917- Stockton is the county seat. The north and south forks of the Solomon river traverse both counties, with numerous tributaries. a small extent at present These counties will become great sheep-farming districts, for which they .1 j.j eminently adapted.

Lands in the two counties for sale by the Railway company, contain acres. aUosKLL tUUN IX. organized in 1572. copulation in 1870. 3.402.

now (Oct. 1877), about 4,000. Russell, the county seat, 261 miles west of Kansas fS ifejSI: 1 I W1 wj lam oui nu uic I rnnnfru arnnnn it cAttlrl fk. KTwVmAom Colony, who came out in 1872 from Ripon, Wis. auppues are brought nere by the railway for all hie tuuuim nut iu iiuu auuui, iur many tunes aiong tV.n ColiriA CnUmnn M.K1: 1 1 rivprs.

i nerp arp two rnurrn nrnroniYifiAnc lyT are two church organizations a school house erected at a cost of $4,000, an abun dance ot good stores, and a large stone flour mill. tsuntter situ, eleven nines east of Kusseu, was laid out two years ago by a colony from Berea, Ohio; shortly afterwards followed by a large im migration lrom Cumberland county, Pennsylvania. it nas a population ot aoout 150, and is arising little town. The county is traversed through the nnrtin ouaA S'SSISJK "r'' hy the Saline a little north of the center. Good lime- stone is plentiful, there are some excellent salt banks of the Smoky HiUrtver, is selling at Rus- Sel at 14,00 per ton.

Wood, is sold in the streets ior3 0 4 cora. The average depth of well in the county is 27 feet. 6,407 acres were under cultivation in In the Pbf the assessors returns 1 showed 13,771 acre in cultivation, and not less than 6.000 acres of prairie have since been broken. The herd law is in force. Emigration is flowing in rapidly.

hvwiui iu lainuiji a. rA ..1. 1 l. tT-ii r.M.. VT WC SUU1WST WUVMITl comorise stl.oolacrea.

LLO 00DI3TT. Omnized in 183T. Pcnnlarion In 187(1. 1R1 Hays City, the county seat, with a population I I I I ot Lands for sale by the Railway Company, ajM) acres. lainvvun wunii.

Organized in 1870. Ponulation in 1876. 4 276. County seat, Lincoln Center. The face of the coun- rw ie for th mrt nrf 'I'Vi a C.ISa.

rim flows east, through the entire extent of mnniv with m.n. triKn.M Tk. county, with many tributaries. The county is well supplied wun springs. (Joal is asen cropping out of the banks.

The Quantity of white maffnesian limestone is inexhaustible, with several salt sprinxi on Salt creek and its tributaries. This county is specially aaaptea ior stock raising. sre under cultivation. Lands for sale by the Railway Company, 81,046 the 11 streams. There is good water power bat not utilized, with plenty of first-class nre-clay and raagne acres.

.1 dy ta irj miles west of Kant" ritv and ia wU sian limestone, 1 he herd law is in force..