Devises
The town site was platted on August
7, 1889 and filed on January 4, 1890. A mill was built nearby
to grind flour and meal for the farmers. It remained a trading
center and never grew big enough to incorporate.
The ethnicity of its settlers is not
known.
Sources
Bowers, D. N. Seventy Years in
Norton County, Kansas, 1872-1942. The Norton County Champion,
Norton, Kansas, 1942.
Nicholson, John H. A History
of Norton County, Kansas. Masters Thesis,
Colorado State College of Education, 1941.
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