Cain City | Ellsworth
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Piece on Ellsworth County
Homesteading in Ellsworth County
Cain City
Located in the extreme southwestern
part of the county, Cain City was founded by a group of Canadians.
The Missouri Pacific Railroad was wooed by the citizens to build
a rail line, but it decided to build it in Rice County. Cain City
moved to Rice County along the right-of-way, but it did not survive.
A cemetery is all that remains where the original town site was
located.
Sources
"A History of Ellsworth
County, Kansas". Compiled by Francis L. Wilson. Ellsworth,
KS: Ellsworth County Historical Society, 1982.
Choitz, John F. "A History
of Ellsworth County: 1854-1885." Masters Thesis, Fort Hays
Kansas State College. 1967
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