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J. F. Weger, S. W. A. R. Forman, J. W. September 17th, 1864.
J. L. Philbrick, W. M.
I. N. Smallwood, S. W. A. R. Forman, J. W. September 16th, 1865.
I. N. Smallwood, W. M.
R. T. Nesbit, S. W. H. W. Hudnall, J. W. After the above election the annual meeting was changed from September to June, and on
June 23d, 1866, were elected,
I. N. Smallwood, W. M.
H. W. Hudnall, S. W. E. A. Spencer, J. W. June 15th, 1867.
I. N. Smallwood, W. M.
W. HI. Nesbit, S. W.
E. A. Spencer, J. W.
Number of members, forty-three.
Lodge in a flourishing condition. Regular Meetings, Saturday eyenings, on or before full moon.
TROY LODGE, No. 55, OF A. F. & A. M.
Organized February 4th, 1867. R. T. Nesbit, W. M., C. C. Camp, S. W., Henry Boder, Jr., J. W., L. Smith, Treasurer, P. S. Soper, Secretary.
ELFRED'S BAKING POWDER the best in the Market.
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
FRANKLIN BABCOCK, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND
REAL ESTATE AGENT,
TROY, DONIPHAN COUNTY,
KANSAS,
Will practice in all the Courts of the Second Judicial District.
Particular attention given to the examination of titles to Real Estate, and paying taxes for non-residents.
ABSTRACTS FORWARDED.
Received charter, October, 1867, and on the 27th of December, 1867, the following officers were elected and installed to wit : C. C. Camp, W. M.
Henry Boder, S. W.
Isaac M. Lee, J. W.
Meets first Saturday after full moon each month.
Lodge in a very flourishing condition.
WATHENA LODGE, U. D. A. F. & A. M.
Organized February 18th, 1868.
Stedman Hatch, W. M. William H. Smallwood, S. W. Obe. Craig, J. W. M. E. Bryant, Treasurer. A. E. Campbell, Secretary. M. Haines, S. D. John Gerardy, J. D. Thomas Higgins, Tiler.
Meets on the 1st and 3d Tuesdays in each month. Lodge in a flourishing condition.
Empire Sewing Machine, WELLS & RICHMOND, Gen'I Western Agents, Principal Office, cor. 2d and Francis Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
SMITHTON LODGE, No. 1, IOWA POINT. Thomas Vanderstin, W. M.
OFFICERS OF DONIPHAN COUNTY.
James E. Dryden,
County Commissioner.
A. B. Symns,
John H. Utt,
B. S. Campbell,
Sheriff.
Charles Rappelye,
Treasurer.
John T. Kirwan,
Clerk.
X. K. Stout,
Attorney.
Frank Brown,
District Clerk.
John C. Gordon,
Probate Judge.
Duncan McIntosh,
Register of Deeds. County Sup't Pub. Instruction.
Geary Hickman,
Seneca Gurney,
Coroner.
A. W. Waters,
Surveyor.
J. C. Williams,
Assessor.
COURTS IN DONIPHAN COUNTY.
HELD AT TROY.
Probate Court meets first Monday in January, April, July, and October.
Commissioners' Court meets, regular terms, 1st Monday in Janu- ary, April, July, and October (called terms, every alternate month, beginning 1st Monday in January).
TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.
JUSTICES.
O. C. Whitney,
White Cloud, Iowa Township.
Israel May,
H. N. SEAVER,
Highland, 66
Jonathan Darby, D. W. Morse,
Wolf River Township.
P. S. Soper,
Troy, Center Township.
L. Smith (ex-officio), Alfred Saxey,
66 66
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PRICE $2.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
SOL MILLER, Editor and Publisher.
The Oldest Newspaper in the State.
Having been established in the Spring of 1857,
AND PUBLISHED WITHOUT INTERMISSION EVER SINCE.
Radical Republican in Politics.
AS AN ADVERTISING MEDIUM It has no Superior in Northern Kansas,
Job Work of Every Description
Done Promptly and in Good Style.
FOR PARTICULARS,
SUBSCRIBE FOR THE PAPER.
For Wall Paper and Window Shades, go to J. B. MCCLEERY and CO., 103 Felix Street.
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E. F. Dixon, Allen Porter, W. H. Nesbit, H. W. Induell,
G. W. Cowger, Stephen Brownell, C. HI. Wilson, Moses Steel,
A. J. Mineor, Thomas Steanson, Robert Neeland, H. W. Hudnell, W. C. Hill, C. Nahrung, Wm. C. Searcy,
B. B. Leach, Geo. H. Robb, Daniel Snyder, Hugh Cowen, B. H. Brock, E. D. McClelland, Robert Myers,
Joseph Utt, G. W. Wood, Wm. H. Smith, Thomas Franklin, George Fleming, Edward Donnard, W. R. POWER,
Stephen Hunter, G. E. Leach, John Cable, W. H. Hambough, J. S. Williams, Moses Coleprest, Marion Neeland,
Wathena, Washington Township. Elwood,
66 Doniphan, Wayne Township. 66 66 Bur Oak Township. Columbus, Bur Oak Township. Marion Township. 66
TRUSTEES.
Iowa Township. Wolf River Township. Center Township. Wayne Township. Bur Oak Towuship. Washington Township. Marion Township.
TREASURERS.
Iowa Township. Wolf River Township. Center Township. Wayne Township. Bur Oak Township. Washington Township. Marion Township.
CLERKS.
Iowa Township. Wolf River Township. Center Township. Wayne Township. Bur Oak Township. Washington Township. Marion Township.
CONSTABLES.
Iowa Township. Iowa Township. Iowa Township. Wolf River Township. Wolf River Township. Center Township. Center Township.
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
HENRY VOSS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER IN
WALL PAPER,
Window Shades, and Mattresses,
THIRD SZ., bet. EDMOND and FELIN SIS., St. Joseph, Mo.
PATRONAGE SOLICITED.
James H. Floyd,
Thomas Chilton,
W. B. Butler,
Stephen Watson,
Jno. O. Stephens,
F. M. Abbott, John Front, Thomas Mcclellan,
Wayne Township. Wayne Township. Bur Oak Township. Bur Oak Township.
Washington Township. Washington Township. Marion Township. Marion Township.
CITY OFFICERS.
TROY. Leonard Smith, Mayor.
P. S. Soper,
F. M. Tracy,
COUNCILMEN. Albert Perry, E. J. Jenkins, C. C. Camp.
WHITE CLOUD.
O. C. Whitney, Mayor.
Milton Utt,
COUNCILMEN. C. W. Noyes, Wm. Fairall,
E. Mock, and - Forney.
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Empire Sewing Machine, WELLS & RICHMOND, Gen'l Western Agents, Principal Office, cor. 2d and Francis Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.
266 HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
SCHOOL HOUSES IN DONIPHAN COUNTY.
District No. 1. Has two frame school houses, situated at Wathena, contains 300 children of school ages-is divided into four apartments. This district has an appro- priation of $8,000, to erect a large brick house, with five apartments, for a graded school.
District No. 2. Has two good frame school houses, situated at El- wood, Washington Township, is divided into two apartments, contains 209 children of school ages. District No. 3. Has one school house, situated 3} miles north of Doniphan, in Wayne Township, has an attendance of 18 scholars.
District No. 4. Has one school house, situated at Lafayette, Center Township, and has an attendance of about 30 scholars. District No. 5. Has one good frame school house, situated at Paler- mo, Marion Township, has 100 scholars.
District No. 6. Has one school house, situated 6 miles northwest of Troy, Center Township, has an attendance of 20 scholars.
District No. 7. Has one school house, situated in Wolf River Town- ship, has an attendance of about 17 scholars.
District No. 8. Has one school house, situated in Wolf River Town- ship, 6 miles southwest of Troy, has an attendance of about 20 scholars.
District No. 9. Has one school house, situated 6 miles north of Don- iphan, in Wayne Township, has an attendance of about 25 scholars.
District No. 10. Has one school house, situated 3 miles west of Pa- lermo, in Marion Township, has an attendance of about 15 scholars.
District No. 11. Has one large frame school house, situated in Paler- mo and Geary City road, 42 miles south of Paler- mo, Marion Township, contains 97 scholars.
District No. 12. Has one school house, situated in Wayne Township, 6 miles north of Doniphan, has an attendance of 20 scholars.
District No. 13. Has one large two story brick school house, situated at Doniphan, Wayne Township, has 216 scholars and a good graded school.
District No. 14. Has one school house, situated 42 miles northwest of
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
SAMUEL ARMSTRONG,
DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF
Fat Cattle, Sheep, and Dogs,
MARKET, WEST SIDE OF PUBLIC SQUARE,
Troy, Doniphan County,
KANSAS.
Doniphan, in Wayne Township, has an attendance of 23 scholars.
District No. 15. Has one school house, situated in Wolf River Town- ship, 9 miles west of Doniphan, has an attendance of about 21 scholars.
District No. 16. Has one good school house, situated near Norman- ville, Wolf River Township, has an attendance of about 28 scholars.
District No. 17. Has one school house, situated 4 miles southwest of Troy, in Wolf River Township, has an attendance of about 17 scholars.
District No. 18. Has one good school house, situated 43 miles south of Highland, in Wolf River Township, has 43 schol- ars in district.
District No. 19. Has one school house, situated 7 miles south of High- land, in Wolf River Township, has an attendance of about 13 scholars.
District No. 20. Has one school house, situated 23 miles west of Troy, in Center Township, has an attendance of about 15 scholars.
District No. 21. Has one good frame school house, situated at Troy, in Center Township, 213 children of school ages in district.
District No. 22. Has one frame school house, situated 14 miles south of Troy, on Doniphan road, 43 scholars in district, and an attendance of 30.
ELFRED & YOUNG, Druggists and Apothecaries, S. W. cor. 4th and Edmond Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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District No. 23. Has one school house, situated 33 miles northeast of Troy, in Center Township, has 74 scholars in dis- triet.
District No. - Situated 43 miles northeast of Doniphan, has one school house, 108 scholars in district, attendance 70. District No. - Has one school house, situated near Smith Creek, in Bur Oak Township, has 40 scholars.
District No. - Has one school house, situated on Charleston and Columbus road, about 3 miles northeast of Charles- ton in Bur Oak Township, has 70 scholars in district. District No. - Situated in Center Township, has one school house and 74 scholars.
District No. - Ilas one good school house, capable of seating 100 scholars, is situated at Geary City, in Wayne Town- ship ; 60 scholars in district, attendance 25 scholars. District No. 29. Has one school house, situated 23 miles northwest of Highland, Iowa Township.
District No. 30. Has one good school house, situated 2 miles north of Iowa Point, Iowa Township.
District No. 31. Has one school house, situated 23 miles southwest of White Cloud, Iowa Township, 83 scholars in district.
District No. 32. Has one school house, situated in Washington Town- ship, 41 miles west of Wathena, on Peter's Creek road, 75 scholars.
District No. 33. Has one school house, situated in Wolf River Town- ship, has 47 scholars, with an average attendance of about 30.
District No. 34. Has one school house, situated 4 miles west of Pa- lermo, Marion Township.
District No. 35. Has one good school house, situated 4 miles south of Palermo, Marion Township, has an attendance of 35 scholars.
District No. 36. Has one school house, situated at Charleston, Cen- ter Township, has 50 scholars in district.
District No. 37. Has one school house, situated near Manuels, in up- per part of Washington Township.
District No. 38. Has one school house, situated in Bur Oak Town- ship, near Rish Island.
District No. 39. Ilas one good school house, situated 2 miles south of Highland, in Iowa Township.
District No. 40. Has one good school house, situated 23 miles north-
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WILLIAM C. STEWART,
Contractor, Builder, & Stone-Cutter,
MASON WORK OF ALL KINDS,
WATHENA,
KANSAS.
east of Doniphan, in Wayne Township, has 3S schol- ars.
District No. 41. Ilas one school house, situated 33 miles southeast of Highland, in Iowa Township.
District No. 42. Has one school house, situated 42 miles northwest of Troy, in Center Township, has an attendance of 48 scholars.
District No. 43. IIas one good school house, situated at White Cloud, about 200 children of school ages.
District No. 44. Has one school house, situated in Bur Oak Town- ship, has about 30 scholars.
District No. 45. Has one school house, situated + miles southwest of Highland, in Wolf River Township, average attend- ance 23 scholars.
District No. - IIas one school house, situated at Columbus, in Bur Oak Township, about 75 scholars in district, at- tendance 40.
District No. - Has one school house, situated S miles northwest of Doniphan, on Independence Creek, Wayne Town- ship; 50 scholars in the district, attendance 28 scholars.
District No. 48. Has one school house, situated 5g miles west of Troy, in Wolf River Township, has an average attend- ance of 19 scholars.
District No. 49. HIas one school house, situated 43 miles northwest of Troy, in Center Township.
For Miscellaneous Books, go to J. B. McCLEERY & CO., 103 Felix Street.
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District No. 50. Has one school house, situated 4 miles northwest of Doniphan, in Wayne Township.
District No. 51. Has one school house, situated 6 miles northwest of Doniphan, in Wayne Township.
District No. 52. Has one school house, situated 6 miles southeast of Highland, in Wolf River Township.
District No. 53. Has one school house, situated in Bur Oak Township. District No. - Has one school house, situated on Independence Creek, in Wayne Township, 8 miles west of Doni- phan.
District No. 55. Has one school house, situated at Bellemond, Wash- ington Township.
District No. 56. Has one school house, situated 22 miles south of Iowa Point, Iowa Township.
District No. 57. Has one school house, situated near Normansville. Wolf River Township.
District No. 58. Has one school house, situated at Iowa Point, Iowa Township.
District No. 60. Has one school house, situated 33 miles north of Troy, in Center Township.
District No. 61. Has one school house, situated at Highland, Iowa Township.
District No. 62. Has one school house, situated 2 miles southwest of Highland, in Wolf River Township.
District No. 63. Has one school house, situated in Gladden Bottoms, Washington Township, 4 miles north of Wathena.
District No. 64. Has one school house, situated 32 miles southeast of Iowa Point, in Iowa Township.
District No. 66. Has one school house, situated 23 miles north of Wa- thena, has 50 scholars.
District No. 68. Has one school house, situated in Wolf River Town- ship; has an attendance of 25 scholars.
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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GENERAL AGENCY, No. 77 Felix St., St. Joseph, Mo.
BUY NO SEWING MACHINE Until you have examined the
WILLCOX & GIBBS Silent Sewing Machine,
Which has taken over 160 FIRST PREMIUMS IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, Sustaining 35 points or superiority over all others,
AND IS FULLY WARRANTED IN EVERY PARTICULAR, FOR OVER FIVE YEARS.
OIL, SILK, THREAD, NEEDLES, BARNUM'S SELF-SEWER,
AND THE
New Marker and Tucker for all Sewing Machines FOR SALE.
First-Class Second-Hand Machines Cheap.
ALL KINDS OF SEWING MACHINES REPAIRED IN THE BEST MANNER.
AGENT FOR THE LAMB KNITTING MACHINE.
Agents Wanted in Northwest Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska.
J. S. SHORT, Agent.
Highest Cash Price Paid for Rags, at J. B. MeCLEERY & CO.'s, 103 Felix Street, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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HISTORY OF DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
OUR LOCATION, SOIL, IMPROVEMENT, ADVANTAGES, PRODUCTS, RESOURCES, &c.
Doniphan County forms the northeastern extremity of the State of Kansas, bordering upon Nebraska and Missouri.
It is bounded on the north by Nebraska, on the northeast, east, and southeast by the Missouri River, and joins Atchison County on the south, and Brown County on the west. We have an area of three hundred and seventy-six square miles. The greatest distance from north to south is twenty-seven miles, and from east to west twenty- five miles.
Our present population is estimated at about fourteen thousand, against eight thousand and eighty-four in the year 1860. The great- est portion of this increase has been since the spring of 1866, and each year increases the number of actual settlers in proportion.
Our county contains two hundred and forty thousand four hundred and ninety-seven acres of land, of which twenty-four thousand one hundred and twenty acres (or about one-tenth of all the land in the county), is timber. There are about fifty thousand acres under fence of which about forty-five thousand acres are in a good state of culti- vation, leaving one hundred and forty-five thousand four hundred and ninety-seven acres uncultivated, and awaiting improvement.
Doniphan County has a great advantage in location over all other counties in Kansas, being bordered on three sides almost entirely by the Missouri River. The river here makes a great horseshoe bend, coming within two miles of our western line on the north, then taking a southeasterly direction to about the central part of the county, thence taking a direction south, until it reaches the point occu- pied by the town of Elwood, thence a southwesterly course to the southern boundary of the county, here coming within about twelve miles of our western line, giving us in its meandering course, ninety- two and one-half miles of navigable river.
This secures to us greater advantage for good markets, convenient to all points of the county, and outlets for our products than any other county in the magnificent State of Kansas.
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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COUNTY, KANSAS.
DONIPHAN
JOHN GERARDY,
RETAIL DEALER IN
Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
2
WATHENA, KANSAS.
Good Billiard Hall Attached.
The surface of the country is what is termed rolling or undulating, rising from the numerous streams in terraces, until it reaches the high prairies, which extend for miles unbroken, save by some small water- course, which adds much to the value and beauty of the county. Unlike the prairie States east of us, we have no swamps or sloughs, as the drainage is entirely by the running streams, which make their way to the great Missouri.
Our soil is a rich black loam, ranging in depth from two to ten feet, with a subsoil of clay, and generally free from rock, except along the range of river-bluff's, where the best of limestone is found in quantities sufficient for all purposes of building, improving, and for the supply of the best of lime.
We can raise with little labor almost any product of the temper- ate zone, in such quantities as to guarantee a good return for all ex- penditures.
Our resources are not yet known to ourselves, each year brings to light something heretofore unknown in our county. We have an abundance of the best coal mines, which are being worked on a very limited scale, and in several localities good indications of petroleum have been found, and no doubt a few years will bring to light some of the best petroleum wells in the country. The present products of the county are corn, wheat, oats, rye, hemp, barley, and buckwheat, all of which yield bountifully. We are beginning to have a little of our home- grown fruit, but we are too young yet to place this in the list of staples, yet observation has proven that we can and will raise fruit of all kinds in as great quantities as any other State.
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ELFRED & YOUNG, Druggists and Apothecaries, S. W. cor. 4th and Edmond Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.
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For stock raising we claim extraordinary advantages, as we have the best-watered county in Kansas, and the prairies afford without labor an abundance of the best pasture and hay.
The county is watered by the following water-courses : beginning at the north, is
CEDAR CREEK,
, Which rises from numerous springs in the western part of the county, taking a northeasterly direction to within about three and one-half miles west of Iowa Point, and from thence taking an easterly direction and emptying into the Missouri River at the town of Iowa Point. This stream is not sufficiently large for driving machinery by water-power, but serves to supply the county with good stock water, and drains about fifty square miles of the northwestern part of the county.
WOLF RIVER.
This creek is one of the largest in the county, it rises near the western line of the county, a little south of the center, and extends into Brown County. This creek, with its tributaries, drains a large scope of country ; rising as it does near the county line, it takes an easterly direction for about four or five miles, which brings it near the center of Wolf River Township, from thence assumes a northeasterly direction for about six miles, or until it reaches Walnut Grove Post- Office, from thence runs a little west of north, and empties into the Missouri River near Lafayette, or about six miles below Iowa Point. This creek could be made of great value to our county, as it is suf- ficiently large to drive heavy machinery for eight or nine months in the year. There are large bodies of timber skirting this stream, from source to mouth.
MOSQUITO CREEK.
This creek rises near the center of the county near Troy, and takes a direct north course, emptying into the Missouri River, at or near Mount Vernon ; this stream is not sufficiently large to drive machin- ery, but affords great benefit to the county, as its whole length is studded with heavy timber.
PETER'S CREEK.
This is the next creek worthy of note, although there are several north of it, which are generally denominated branches, as they are only a mile or two in length, and generally drain their fountain heads, during the latter part of the summer and fall. Peter's Creek rises at Troy, near the center of the county, running almost due cast to Wa- thena (eight miles), and from thence due south, about one mile, and
SAM S. McGIBBONS & CO., Dealers in Boots and Shoes, Mar- ket Square, St. Joseph, Missouri. Sign of the Elephant.
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DONIPHAN COUNTY, KANSAS.
DEWITT G. GARLOCK,
MANUFACTURER OF, AND DEALER IN
Saddles, Darness, delhiys, Collars, &c.,
MAIN STREET,
(In City Hotel Block,)
WHITE CLOUD, - KANSAS.
empties its waters into the Missouri River. This creek supplies suf- ficient water to drive machinery nearly the whole year. There is one grist-mill, propelled by the waters of this creek, at Wathena. Peter's Creek Valley is considered the most fertile and productive portion of the county, and is much more thickly settled than any other portion of the county. Farms situated along this stream bring a much higher price than in other localities.
WALNUT CREEK.
This creek rises on the line between Washington and Marion Townships, and takes a southeasterly direction, emptying into the Missouri River at Palermo, a distance of about five miles. This creek drains quite a section of country, and is a great convenience to farmers in the vicinity.
BRUSH CREEK.
This stream rises in Marion Township, about five miles due west of Palermo, and flows in a southeasterly direction and empties into the Missouri River at Geary City, a distance of about five and one-half miles. This creek affords sufficient water to drive machinery, and has one flouring mill driven by its waters at Geary City. The valley is very wide and fertile, and drains a large scope of country.
ROCK CREEK.
This creek rises near the center of the county, and with its tribu- taries drains nearly the whole southeasterly portion of the county. It
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Agents, Principal Office, cor. 2d and Francis Streets, St. Joseph, Missouri.
HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF
runs due south, and empties into the Missouri River at or near Doni- phan. The valley of Rock Creek is very thickly settled, and is con- sidered as good a section of country as can be found in the State; there is water enough during some portions of the year to drive light ma- chinery, but during the dry part of the year there is not sufficient water to depend upon. Heavy bodies of timber skirt this stream.
INDEPENDENCE CREEK.
This creek is one of the largest in the county, and probably furnishes a larger volume of water the year round than any other stream in the county. Independence Creek rises in the southwestern part of the county, near the western line, and flows in a southwester- ly direction about six miles, when it becomes the boundary line be- tween Doniphan and Atchison counties, and empties into the Missouri River about two miles southeast of Doniphan. The whole length of the ereek is about twelve miles. There is sufficient water flows in this creek to drive a heavy class of machinery nearly the whole year. The valley of the Independence is the most extensive bottoms in the county, if we may except the Missouri River bottoms, and is very thickly settled by a wealthy class of farmers. There is an abundance of good timber for all building and improving purposes.
OUR SETTLEMENTS.
The first settlement in Doniphan County was made at what is known as the MISSOURI FARM, being then the Iowa and Sac Mission, situate about three-fourths of a mile cast of the present village of Highland, on one of the branches of Wolf River.
This mission was first established by missionaries who were sent from the east to establish institutions of civilization among the tribes of Indians who then occupied this portion of the territory.
This occurred during the year 1835 or '36. . A good school was next established for the benefit of the Indians, which became a flour- ishing institution, regulated and controlled by the most complete and Christian influences; this had a great civilizing effect upon the Indians, who took a deep interest in the teachings of the missionaries. The es- tablishment of a trading post was next, under the supervision of gentle- men appointed to that branch of duty.
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