Antonino |
Catharine | Czech Colony
| Ellis | Emmeram
| Hartsook/Herzog | Hays
| Munjor | Pfeifer
| Schoenchen | Turkville
| Victoria | Vincent
| Walker | Yocemento
Volga Germans
Fort Hays
Other Colonies
Homesteading in Ellis County
Prentice, Noble Lovely. "History of Kansas". Winfield,
KS: E. P. Greer, 1899.
Ellis County was organized in 1867.
The county was named after a first lieutenant of Company I, Twelfth
Kansas Infantry, George Ellis. On April 3, 1864, Lieutenant Ellis
was killed in action at Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas. The early fort,
Fort Fletcher which later became Fort Hays, and the Kansas Pacific
Railroad attracted the county's first settlers. Eventually more
settlers came, including those of English, Scottish, Danish, Bohemian,
Bukovina German, Hungarian, and Volga German descent.
Contact Us:
Bukovina Society
103 W. 8th St.
Ellis, KS 67637
Ellis County Historical Society
100 W. 7th St.
Hays, KS 67601
(785) 628-2624
Volga German Society
P.O. Box 1314
Hays, KS 67601
Sources
William G. Culter's History of
the State of Kansas (1976) was first published in 1883 by A. T.
Andreas, Chicago, IL.
Nobel L. Prentis' A History of
Kansas was published in 1904 by Caroline E. Prentis.
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