Alden

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Homesteading in Rice County

Alden

Founded by several families that came from the East to homestead the land, Alden was named for the son of the railroad division superintendent.

The ethnicity of its settlers is not known.

Sources

"Rice County Centennial: Land of Quivira." Rice County Centennial Committee, 1971.



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