H. H. Wilcox, Longton

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May 03, 2010, 01:33:14 PM Last Edit: May 03, 2010, 02:14:25 PM by W. Gray
From the Howard County Ledger, Longton, September 21, 1871.



I would not have thought that they would have had striped and checked shirts widely available back then.

Also in 1871, a Longton restaurant had ice cream available on the menu every day into summer until the previous winter ice harvest ran out.
"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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