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Homesteading in Lane County
Altamota
The county's first post office founded on September 10, 1877, Altamota was most likely named for the bluffs of white limestone along Walnut Creek. White Rock is the Indian name for Altamota.
By 1880, there was a general store, a drugstore and saloon, and a blacksmith. The post office was moved to school land northeast of the original town site in 1885. A new town was platted and was named Altamota, and it is one of the surviving towns in the county.
The ethnicity of its settlers is unknown.
Sources
"A Historical Record of Lane County, Founded June 3, 1886." Dighton, KS: Lane County Historical Society, 1961.
Stanley, Ellen May. "Early Lane County History: 12,000 B.C.-A.D. 1884". Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1993.
Stanley, Ellen May. "Early Lane County Development". Newton, KS: Mennonite Press, 1999.