Amy
Originally named Ellen after a homesteader's
wife, Ellen Patterson, the town site was founded along the Santa
Fe rail line in 1887. Platted on July 22, 1887, it did not have
much of anything through 1905; only a house and a sign with the
name on a post.
Later in 1905, an elevator run by the
Moses Brothers was opened, and other businesses started coming
in. A post office was established in 1906, and the name had to
be changed because there was another post office with the name
of Ellen in Kansas. The Post Office chose Amy from a list that
was submitted to them. Amy was the name of a daughter of one of
the residents, J. R. Bruner.
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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