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Organized, 1859; named for Salmon P. Chase, governor of Ohio at the time; County seat, Cottonwood Falls; area, 750 square miles, 480,000 acres; population (1915), 7154; assessed valuation (1915), $20,140,674; resources and industries—agriculture, stock raising, limestone quarries COTTONWOOD FALLS Population (1915), 921; elevation, 1191 feet; established, 1859; industries—stone quarries, mills; telephones, electric lights; is on the Santa Fe railway and interurban to Strong City Cottonwood Falls Discontinued Cottonwood Falls Short-lived--Vol. 1 CHASE COUNTY LEADER, Republican; W. C. Austin, editor and publisher, Cottonwood Falls. Semiweekly. Feb. 25, 1875 + ,41 vols. Established 1871 by Wm. A. Morgan CEDAR POINT Population (1915), 167; established about 1862; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway Cedar Point Discontinued COTTONWOOD VALLEY NEWS, Democratic; D. F. Drinkwater, editor and publisher, Cedar Point. Weekly. Oct. 22, 1914 + 1 vol. Founded 1912; first issue in Society's file, vol. 3, No. 12, gives D. F. Drinkwater, editor and publisher STRONG CITY Population (1915), 858; elevation, 1181 feet; established, 1872 first called Cottonwood; name changed about 1881 to Strong City,' in honor of W. B. Strong, president of the A. T. & S. F. railway; industries—stone quarries; has telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway and an interurban line to Cottonwood Falls Strong City Short-lived--Vol. 1 NEWS-COURANT, independent; William M. Knapp, editor, W. C. Austin, owner, Strong City. Weekly. Dec. 30, 1909 + 6 vols. This paper is a continuation of the following: Chase County Courant, Cottonwood Falls, founded 1874 by J. C. Martin and W. E. Timmons. Strong City Independent, founded 1881 by R. M. Watson; sold in 1888 to the Chase County Republican, Strong City, founded 1887 by Frank D. Weller, continued by W. Y. Morgan; in 1892 name changed to Strong City Derrick, with C. W. White, editor and publisher; in 1905 name changed to Strong City Herald, Eugene L. Smith, editor and publisher. Elmdale Reporter, founded in 1899 by R. E. Seward; sold to the Strong City Herald in 1906. In 1907 the Herald's subscription list was sold to the Chase County Courant. Chase County Reveille, Cottonwood Falls, founded 1890 by E. W. Ellis; consolidated in 1900 with the Courant, and called the Courant and Reveille, Philip Goodreau, editor and publisher; in 1907 the name was changed back to the Courant, with E. F. Halbert, editor and publisher. Strong City News, founded 1909 by H. G. Hammond; absorbed in 1909 the Elmdale Gas Jet, founded same year by Frank E. Pattie, and during the year 1909 consolidated with the Courant, and continued as the News-Courant, J. N. Leonard, editor and publisher |
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