Antonino |
Catharine | Czech Colony
| Ellis | Emmeram
| Hartsook/Herzog | Hays
| Munjor | Pfeifer
| Schoenchen | Turkville
| Victoria | Vincent
| Walker | Yocemento
Volga Germans
Fort Hays
Other Colonies
Homesteading in Ellis County
Other Ellis colonies
There were about 26 different colonies
that came to Ellis County between 1870 and 1879. Some were from
other countries or ethnic groups which is the focus of this page.
Irish cattlemen had a settlement along
the Saline River north of Ellis that was started between 1870
and 1875.
A German colony from Philadelphia arrived
in 1876 and settled south of Walker near Fort Fletcher and the
Butterfield stage route.
A German group from Ohio also settled
3 miles south of Walker in 1876.
A black colony came via covered wagon
from Lexington, Kentucky to Ellis where the men got work on the
railroad. They later went to Nicodemus (Graham County), but returned
to Ellis.
A colony from Luxembourg settled in
the Pleasant Hill township in 1880.
A group of Englishmen arrived to live
at the Cochran Ranch in north central Ellis County between 1882
and 1885.
A colony from Bukovina in the Austro-Hungarian
Empire settled north of Ellis around this time. St. John's Evangelical
Lutheran Church was founded by some of these settlers - the building
was built in 1898-1899.
A French colony, all members of the
Royer family, settled south of Zurich (Rooks County) in Ellis
County sometime before World War I. They came from Chateau-Thierry
sur Marne which is east of Paris.
Sources
“At Home in Ellis County,
Kansas 1867-1992.” Hays, KS: Ellis County Historical Society,
1991.
