Kansas History and Heritage Project-Brown County

Brown County
What's New?


FEBRUARY 2016

~ Short bios from the 1901 commemorative issue of the Brown County World
~ 1878 Farmers' Directory, Buckeye Agricultural Works
~ Added wills for H. F. Hall (1873) and Richard Cordwell (1872)



JANUARY 2015

~ "History of Brown County Newspapers, 1861-1899," by A. N. Ruley
~ Hiawatha Academy football team photo, identified by last names



JANUARY 2012

~ 1857 list of voters
~ 1865 agricultural census
~ 1894 and 1917 G.A.R. posts and rosters
~ 1884-1885 Official Kansas State Directory and Gazetteer
~ 1919 plat maps, all townships
~ Organization of school districts #1-#81, with first board members
~ Church histories
~ Early graduates of Hiawatha Academy
~ Deaths (over 700) recorded in "Ruley's History of Brown County"
~ More deaths from "The Annals of Brown County"
~ 36 biographies
~ Original muster rolls of several G.A.R. posts in county
~ Spanish-American War enlistees
~ Fraternal, social and beneficial organizations, with charter members
~ 1876 history




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