Hoisington
Established first as a homestead township
in 1876, settlers began to arrive to farm the land. In 1886, the
Colorado-Kansas (later Missouri Pacific) Railroad was building
tracks in the area, and the local settlers formed a group to purchase
land for the purpose of creating a new settlement.
The new town, situated 10 miles north
of Great Bend, was named after Andrew Jackson Hoisington, a businessman
in Great Bend. After the railroad came, Hoisington became a shipping
point for horses and cattle. A stockyard, three livery stables
and as many as eight saloons and seven gambling houses were built
as the town grew. It became the second largest town in Barton
County.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
Harrington, Marge, Compiler. Barton County:
Golden Heartland of Kansas. Great Bend: Great Bend Tribune,
1996.
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