SOME OF THE LOST TOWNS OF KANSAS Excerpted from "Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, 1911-1912", Edited by Geo. W. Martin, Secretary. Vol XII., State Printing Office, Topeka, Kansas 1912, page 426. submitted by Teresa Lindquist (merope@radix.net); (copyright) 2001 by Teresa Lindquist ----------------------------------------------------------------------- KSGENWEB INTERNET GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY COPYRIGHT NOTICE: In keeping with the KSGenWeb policy of providing free information on the Internet, this data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages cannot be reproduced in any format for profit or other gain. Copying of the files within by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SOME OF THE LOST TOWNS OF KANSAS. [Six or eight years ago the Historical Society attempted to gather the story of the lost towns of Kansas. Information was obtained from about thirty-two counties, when interest in the matter ceased. Somehow, during the past spring and summer a greatly increased interest arose, the newspapers made frequent mention, and many inquiries concerning the blasted hopes and ambitions of individuals and communities, affecting about every county in the state, came to us. It was, therefore, concluded to make a selection from the material we had and prepare such as we could in the time allotted us in making this volume 12. In the first instance circulars were issued to county officers or local men interested, but we have now discovered that in our newspaper files and the correspondence and documents from other offices left with us, and called archives, we can make a better statement than from the personal recollections of those interested. The statements we herewith give of Coolidge, Kendall, Coronado, Montezuma and Sidney were selected from oor own records and carefully edited. This enables us to promise that in our next volume we will continue this interesting feature of the efforts and sacrifices of the people in the beginning of things in Kansas. There is scarcely a county that has not had its contests and losses, fully as exciting or interesting as the few we have selected for this issue. Horace Greeley said: "It takes three log houses to make a city in Kansas, but they begin calling it a city as soon as they have staked out the lots." But "three log houses" were enough in those days to make much history.--SECRETARY.]