Altamota
The county's first post office founded
on September 10, 1877, Altamota was most likely named for the
bluffs of white limestone along Walnut Creek. White Rock is the
Indian name for Altamota.
By 1880, there was a general store,
a drugstore and saloon, and a blacksmith. The post office was
moved to school land northeast of the original town site in 1885.
A new town was platted and was named Altamota, and it is one of
the surviving towns in the county.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
"A Historical Record of
Lane County, Founded June 3, 1886." Dighton, KS: Lane County
Historical Society, 1961.
Stanley, Ellen May. "Early
Lane County History: 12,000 B.C.-A.D. 1884". Newton, KS:
Mennonite Press, 1993.
Stanley, Ellen May. "Early
Lane County Development". Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1999.
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