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Homesteading in Harper County
Harper
Several families from Iowa located
the town site on April 14, 1877. A town company was formed, and
soon Harper was growing with new residents moving in and businesses
being set up. The first post office in the county was established
here on July 1, 1877. The first newspaper was started on October
24, 1878 - it was called the Harper County Times. The town became
organized on September 7, 1880.
The Mennonites established a church
in 1888 after arriving in 1883 from Harvey County, Kansas and
Wayne County, Ohio.
Sources
Sanders, Gwendoline and Paul.
"The Harper County Story". North Newton, Kansas: The
Mennonite Press, 1968.
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