![]() ![]() ![]() Long lines of people stood out in the weather awaiting mail at the post office, and there was always a crowd in front of the land office. ![]() The streets of Garden City were crowded with horses, wagons, buggies and teams of oxen. McKeever, in 1885 sold thousands of acres of railroad and private land. Holmes, the agent for the sale of lands of the ATSF, and Holmes' partner, A.C. The United States Land Office also located at Garden City, and people went there to make filings on their land. During the years of 1885–1887, a rush was made for Western Kansas, and a settler arrived for every quarter section. In the spring of 1879, more people began arriving to homestead in the area. The railroad agreed to place its station at Garden City. Before Jones returned home, the Fulton brothers procured his services to promote Garden City, and especially in trying to influence the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad to put in a switch station. 19th century Ĭharles Jesse Jones, later known as "Buffalo" Jones, arrived in Garden City for an antelope hunt in January 1879. The ditch helped to launch an agricultural boom in southwestern Kansas. įollowing a sustained drought, irrigation arrived in Finney County in 1879, with completion of the "Garden City Ditch". The Fultons tried to get others to settle here, but only a few came, and at the end of the first year there were only four buildings. No other houses were built in Garden City until November 1878, when James R. Fulton building on his land, on the east side of Main Street, a house one story and a half high, with two rooms on the ground and two rooms above. As soon as they could get building material, they erected two frame houses. Main Street ran directly north and south, dividing William D. The land was a loose, sandy loam and covered with sagebrush and soap weeds, but there were no trees. ![]() The original townsite was laid out on the south half of section 18 by engineer Charles Van Trump. Fulton, arrived at the present site of Garden City. ![]()
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