Burdett | Garfield
| Larned | Rozel
Homesteading in Pawnee County
Burdett
Dr. Gallatin Brown founded the town
of Browns Grove in 1876. Located 23 miles west of Larned, Browns
Grove became a prosperous settlement which was the home of the
first flour mill built west of Hutchinson in 1879.
The Santa Fe Railroad laid tracks one
half mile south of Browns Grove in 1886, so the businesses moved
closer to the tracks and railroad officials renamed the town site
Burdett in honor of Robert Jones Burdette who was a writer and
humorist.
By 1924, Burdett had a good number
of businesses including 2 grocery stores, 3 drugstores, a bank
and 2 hotels.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
"Panorama of Progress: Pawnee
County, 1872-1972". Supplement to The Tiller & Toiler.
Larned, KS: The Tiller & Toiler, 1972.
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