Cain City | Ellsworth | Holyrood | Lorraine | Wilson | Essick
Piece on Ellsworth County
Homesteading in Ellsworth County
Wilson
The railroad station was built in the
area in 1868 and was named Wilson. The town founded in 1871 was
named Bosland, but people were calling it Wilson after the railroad
station. Soon the town was known as Wilson. A store, a lumber
yard and a schoolhouse were soon part of the town and houses were
built to accommodate the number of people arriving to live in
the area.
The first group of Bohemian settlers
who came from Nebraska were among the first settlers in the area.
Sources
"A History of Ellsworth
County, Kansas". Compiled by Francis L. Wilson. Ellsworth,
KS: Ellsworth County Historical Society, 1982.
Blackmar, Frank W., ed. "Kansas:
A Cyclopedia of State History, Embracing Events, Institutions,
Industries, Counties, Cities, Towns, Prominent Persons, Etc."
Chicago: Standard Publishing Company, 1912.
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