New Almelo
Catholics from Canada homesteaded along
the Solomon River in 1873, and the area was known as a "French"
settlement for several years afterwards. Beginning in the 1880's,
however, Catholics of German and Irish descent were the more dominant
ethnic group.
Sources
Bowers, D. N. Seventy Years in
Norton County, Kansas, 1872-1942. The Norton County Champion,
Norton, Kansas, 1942.
Nicholson, John H. A History of Norton County, Kansas. Masters
Thesis,
Colorado State College of Education, 1941.
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