(Harvested by Bill and Diana Sowers, Tracee Hamilton and others)
..... The gleanings below come from microfilmed newspapers available on interlibrary loan from the Kansas State Historical Society.
Local newspaper offer a wealth of information and insight into the lives of our ancestors. What follows are gleanings from Lincoln County newspapers for your perusal. Included here are marriages, births, divorces, departures, arrivals, special celebrations, tragic accidents, etc. from 1880-1889 newspapers.
An important note... the places, Colorado and Indiana, sometimes refer to locations (i.e. townships) within Lincoln County, not the states... We have tried to indicate this when those names show up.
Lincoln Beacon --- April 21, 1887
· We have understood that Mr. Kimble intended starting today to find a home in the Indian territory or some place southeast. At this time (11:15 a.m.) the wagon is still standing in front of the house. A Mr. Woody, recently from Georgia, takes the farm he occupied. We are informed that Mr. Woody’s children are afflicted with the mumps. [From the Pinon correspondent]
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