Kalvesta
Originally located two miles east and one and
one half miles north of the present town site, Kalavesta was founded
in 1887 by a town company. It had a lumber yard, newspaper and
a post office within its first few years of existence.
The reason for moving the town is likely attributed
to the railroad planning to build tracks through the area from
Jetmore to Garden City; however, like several other towns in western
Kansas, those plans never came to fruition.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
Oringderff, Barbara. "Kalvesta,
Kansas, The Town With No Crossroads". Kansas Territorial
3 (January/February) 1983.
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