At the ridge of the Flint Hills in Morris County lies the rural community of White City, Kansas. Today, with 618 people, White City is still a viable community, but it bears little relation today to the regional consumer and mercantile center it once was. Like many other Kansas towns, the railroad played a large role in White City’s founding. “As early as September 1865, Morris County settlers had expressed their eagerness to obtain a railroad by voting to aid Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe with $100,000 to lure a line into their area.” The Katy Railroad Company began recruiting settlers and pushing land sales to attract people to the area. A few years later, the Rock Island Railroad also constructed a line through the town, attracting even more settlers.