Embedded Document /system/files/2022-12/LT_GO_Orion_Zerr.pdf Download this PDF Abstract This study of the slowly-vanishing town of Orion explores the western Kansas environment and the founding of a community in 1886. Wheat farmers claimed large farms in this area. Named for a schoolteacher, Orion had a vital life through World War II, when a gunnery range kept it vitalized. A few buildings, an abandoned store, and a cemetery remain. This study contains on-site photographs and personal research by the author. Authors Zerr, Brad Date Mar 01, 2010 Tags Aerial Gunnery Range Gaeland Cemetery Gove County Orion School Schoolhouse Exhibit Publisher Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies Citation Brad Zerr, “Orion, Gove County,” Lost Kansas Communities, https://lostkansas.ccrsdigitalprojects.com/orion-gove-county. Rights This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.