AM LOOKING FOR INFORMATION REGARDING SOLOMON SMITH & HIS FAMILY THAT MOVED TO COWLEY CO.
THIS IS THE INFO THAT I HAVE ON HIM:
"MOVED HIS FAMILY TO KANSAS IN 1870 IN A COVERED WAGON. HE ARRIVED JUST AFTER THE INDIANS LEFT & FOUND HIS NEPHEW SOL HOLDING DOWN HIS CLAIM ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE SILVER CREEK, EAST OF TISDALE, COWLEY COUNTY KANSAS. HE FIRST BUILT A LOG HOUSE WITH CLAP BOARD ROOF , NO WINDOWS, ONE DOOR AND A DIRT FLOOR. HE LATER BUILT A NICE FRAME HOUSE NEAR THE SIDE OF THE HILL ON SILVER CREEK, HAULING THE LUMBER FROM WICHITA KANSAS. HIS HOME WAS KNOWN AS THE HALFWAY HOUSE BEING ON THE TRAIL FROM INDEPENDENCE KAN TO WICHITA KAN.
HIS BROTHERS WILL & JOHN LIVED ACROSS THE CREEK ON THEIR OWN CLAIMS WITH THEIR FAMILIES."
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HIS SETTLING THERE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED