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Homesteading in Gove County
Alanthus
Alanthus was located in Larrabee Township
in the Smoky Hill Valley and was built with plans for the railroad.
The Post Office was established in 1887 with Nathan Burkhead as
Postmaster. The town then consisted of a lumber yard, a store
and a livery barn. School District No. 48, called the Alanthus
School, was formed in 1888. The Congregational Church was held
in the school until a church building was built in 1911. It was
called the Grandview Methodist Episcopal Church of Alanthus, Kansas.
It was discontinued in 1941. The town of Alanthus existed for
a time, but became another ghost town due to the lack of the railroad.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
Gove County Historical Museum
They used the following sources in writing this information.
"History and Heritage of
Gove County". Gove County Historical Museum.
Harrington, W. P. "History
of Gove County, Kansas".
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