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  • Saffordville, Chase County

    Saffordville, Chase County

    The ghost town of Saffordville, in eastern Chase County, was established in the 1870s along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad. The town never incorporated, but by the early 1900s had a myriad of commercial businesses and over two hundred…

  • Boating on Cedar Point's Main Street during a flood

    Cedar Point, Chase County

    This project provides a partial history of the town of Cedar Point, Kansas.

  • CB Schmidt's plan for land distribution in Hochfeld c.1870

    Hochfeld, Marion County

    The village of Hochfeld, located in the Menno Township of Marion County, Kansas, was settled in 1874 by German Mennonites on land purchased from the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company. Attracted by military exemption laws and new…




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