Geary County Directories
1878 Gazetteer and Business Directory
R. L. Polk and Co.
ALIDA. A postoffice for a farming community,
settled in 1858, on the Republican river, in the
northwestern part of Davis county, 8 miles from
Junction City, the county seat, and 79 from Topeka.
There is a station here which is merely used when
there is grain to be shipped. Daily mail
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Grasberger J P, postmaster and grain dealer.
JUNCTION CITY.
Was first settled in 1858. It is incorporated as a city, and
has a population of 2,100. Located at the junction of Republican and Smoky Hill rivers, in the central part of Davis county,
of which it is the county seat. It is the northern terminus of
the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry, and the southern terminus
of the Junction City & Fort Kearney branch of the Kansas,
Pacific Ry, 71 miles from Topeka, and 138 from Kansas City.
It contains 2 flour mills, 6 churches, Presbyterian, Baptist,
Methodist, Congregational. Catholic and Episcopal, and 2
schools. The principal shipments are grain, live stock and salt.
Stage to Kimeo and Elmdale. Telegraph, Western Union. Express, Adams and Kansas, Pacific Ry. Daily mail. Wm. S. Blakely, postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Allen H G, propr Allen House.
Asher James M, lawyer.
Austin James H, district judge.
Barker Edgar E, hardware.
Behrend & Neyer, blacksmiths.
Bitterman Mark R, general store.
Black James, physician.
Blattner & Blakely, hardware.
Blattner Henry, shoemaker.
Blosser Wm, restaurant.
Boller Henry A, lumber.
Brown Richard, harnessmaker.
Campbell J G D, auctioneer.
Carins Rev A, (Catholic).
Chipman Henry W, lumber.
Clark Milton E, general store.
Clough Alfred, general store.
Copley Josiah, station agent.
Crowther John, general store.
Cullinan T Allen, city marshal.
Cushing Perz M, carpenter.
Davis John & Sons, publishers Junction City Tribune.
Emery Ard G, photographer.
Emick Reuben, hardware.
Estlinbaum John, saloon.
Evans Rev R P, (Baptist).
Fawcett Walter, lawyer.
Fogarty Charles, flour mill.
Foglestrome Charles P, blacksmith.
Gemeny Benjamin, hotel.
Gibbons James, justice of the peace.
Gordon George F, police magistrate.
Graves George J, wagonmaker.
Green Rev J H, (Methodist).
Gross John, furniture.
Hall L & Co, druggists.
Hammerberg Charles J, carpenter.
Hartshorn W T, physician.
Hauserman Loius, meat market.
Hay John, boots and shoes.
Hoppen Phillip, grocer.
Houts Benjamin F, saloon.
Jacobus Rev L, (Congregational).
Junction City Tribune (weekly), John Davis & Sons, publrs.
Junction City Union (weekly), S S Prouty, publr.
Kathmann Henry, shoemaker.
Kennedy & Daugherty, physicians.
Ketner James, lawyer.
Keys Luther H, physician.
Kiehl Bros, livery
Kiehl Mrs L, milliner.
Kilian George, barber.
Langdon Miss Nettie, milliner.
Langton Isaac M, blacksmith.
Lessmann William, shoemaker.
Linton Charles L, express agent.
Lockstone William, druggist.
Lodge Joseph J, gunsmith and hotel.
Logan C C, painter.
Louber John, broom maker.
McClure & Humphrey, lawyers.
Mead Henry H, surveyor and real estate.
Mead Mrs H, milliner.
Medkirk Miss J W, manager W U Telegraph Co.
Miller Charles H, grocer.
Miller George L, groceries and liquors.
Miller Rev J H, (Presbyterian).
Miller Zachariah, dry goods.
Mullins Martin, district clerk.
Munroe Isaac C, painter.
O�Conner Miss Mary A, milliner.
O�Reilly & Wright, livery.
Orr E H, grocer.
Panton E B, flour mill.
Patterson Frank, hardware dealer and probate judge.
Pierce Alfred C, Register of Deeds, Real Estate Agent and Abstracts of Title.
Pierce Sumner W, insurance.
Pierce S W & Co, Wholesale Agents Esty Organs and General Music Dealers.
Prothero Thomas, book publishers.
Richardson William, meat market.
Rizer Robert O, county treasurer.
Rizer R O & Co, bankers.
Rockwell B & Co, general store.
Ross John E & Sons, grocers.
Russ A A, dentist.
Sargent Wm W, druggist.
Schach Albert D, grocer.
Schmidt Conrad, saloon.
Schneiderwind Wm, shoemaker.
Schnell Andrew C, station agent M K & T Ry.
Sohns Henry, hotel.
Southward Higland, lawyer.
Stickney Albert C, general store.
Stockes James G, baker.
Sugden Alexander, merchant tailor.
Thompson Samuel C, Saddle and Harnessmaker.
Towle Albert H, blacksmith.
Trott C H & Brother, books and stationery.
Trovinger Perry V, county clerk.
Truax Judson A, supt public schools.
Vogler August, jeweler.
Walter David H, meat market.
Washman Mrs B, milliner.
Weber Daniel, baker.
Wendell Miss E, dressmaker.
York Thomas, meat market.
Ziegelasch Wm, saloon.
MILFORD. A station on the Junction City & Fort Kearney branch of the Kansas Pacific Ry., located
in the northwest corner of Davis county, 13 miles from Junction City, the county seat, and 84
from Topeka, Republican river runs through the village, but is
not utilized as a water power, the saw and flouring mills here
being run by steam. Milford has 3 churches�Congregational,
Methodist and Christian; a public school and 2 hotels. Its
shipments are grain and live stock. Express, Kansas Pacific Ry.
Daily mail. Settled 1861. Population 300. W. T. Jaquith,
postmaster.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Baker D S, boots and shoes and hotel.
Bard W R, physician.
Bartel E C, general store.
Brown Rev �, (Methodist).
Carpenter A J, carpenter.
Colthorp John, boots and shoes.
Denver John, station and express agent.
Fullington B E, stock dealer.
Gifford C M, stock dealer.
Kennett J C, general store, lawyer and notary public.
Myers D H, stock dealer.
Pierce J W C, carpenter
Skinner Rev E, (Congregational).
Snyder S, blacksmith.
Trafton N, carpenter.
Van Wold A, physician.
Wallace Rev F M, (Christian).
Whiting & Linscott, general store.
Whiting A, harnessmaker.
MOSS SPRINGS. A small hamlet and postoffice in the southeast corner of Davis county, 22 miles
from Junction City, the county seat, and 16 north of Council Grove.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Whiting A B, flour and saw mill.
Whitney Arthur, hotel.
WESTON. A recently established postoffice in Davis county.
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