Angelus | Hoxie
| Kenneth | Seguin
| Selden | Sheridan
| Studley | Tasco
Homesteading in Sheridan County
Hoxie
Hoxie was founded by a town company
in the early part of 1886. It was named for a Missouri Pacific
Railroad official. The Missouri Pacific Railroad was to build
tracks through Hoxie, but Mr. Hoxie's untimely death may have
contributed to the failure of that track being built.
In March 1886, the citizens of Kenneth,
located three miles north of Hoxie, received a proposal from the
Hoxie Town Company to consolidate with them. The proposal also
included the offer of moving the buildings from Kenneth to Hoxie.
Kenneth also had to deal with a water problem in their area, so
they gladly accepted the offer.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
Hinger, Charlotte, ed. Sheridan
County Kansas: A History of Faith and Labor. Hoxie, KS: Sheridan
County Historical Society, 1985.
Toothaker, Mrs. Pearl. History
of Sheridan County. 1961.
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