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Started by W. Gray, March 17, 2008, 02:10:51 PM

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W. Gray

March 17, 2008, 02:10:51 PM
From the Longton Weekly Ledger, January 17, 1874,

"Howard County will be represented in the State Legislature this year by the Hon. James N. Young."

Young was from Paw Paw Township and was elected on a county division platform. According to Thomas E. Thompson, Young could not spare any horses from his farm and walked the 130-mile distance to Topeka.
"If one of the many corrupt...county-seat contests must be taken by way of illustration, the choice of Howard County, Kansas, is ideal." Dr. Everett Dick, The Sod-House Frontier, 1854-1890.
"One of the most expensive county-seat wars in terms of time and money lost..." Dr. Homer E Socolofsky, KSU
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