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Organized, 1855, as Davis County; named for Jefferson Davis; name changed February 28, 1889, to Geary County, in honor of John White Geary, third territorial governor of Kansas; County seat, Junction City; area, 407 square miles, 260,480 acres; population (1915), 10,063; assessed valuation (1915), $17,354,535; resources and industries—building stone, agriculture, stock raising, fire clay, and cement rock JUNCTION CITY Population (1915), 5798; elevation, 1079 feet; established, 1858; named on account of its location at the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers; industries— foundries, machine shops, flour mills, elevators, cement works, sheet metal works; electric lights, telephones, paved streets, municipal waterworks, public library; electric street railway to Fort Riley, largest military post in the United States; is on the M. K. & T. and Union Pacific railways Junction City Discontinued Junction City Short-lived--Vol. 1 REPUBLIC, Republican; Charles H. Manley, editor and publisher, Junction City. Weekly. Jan. 24, 1902 + 14 vol. A continuation of the Junction City Tribune, founded 1873 by Henry Farey and Theodore Alvord; name changed 1902 to the Republic SENTINEL, Democratic; Fred R. Hemenway, editor and publisher, Junction City. Weekly. Mar. 16, 1889 + 27 vol. Founded 1889 by R. J. Coffey; in 1890 name changed to Democratic Sentinel by A. W. Chabin; in 1892 name changed to Sentinel-Critic; same year name changed back to Sentinel. Daily Sentinel (1st), founded 1894 by A. W. Chabin; discontinued in 1895. Daily Sentinel (2d), founded 1907 by A. D. Colby and H. M. Bunce; discontinued in 1909 UNION, Republican; H. E. Montgomery, editor, John Montgomery & Son, publishers, Junction City. Weekly. Sept. 12, 1861 + 45 vol. [Nov. 1864, to Apr, 1865, not published. May, 1868, to May, 1869, and Apr. 1879, to Apr. 1880, lacking.] Daily. Sept. 4, 1897 + 42 vols. This paper is a continuation of the Smoky Hill and Republican Union, founded 1861 by Geo. W. Kingsbury; Geo. W. Martin entered the employ of Mr. Kingsbury in 1861 and continued with the paper until he became its owner; in 1864 the name was changed to the Courier, with Dunlap & Russell, editors and proprietors, who issued but two numbers; in 1865 it was revived by Geo. W. Martin under the name of Junction City Union. The Daily Union (1st) was founded in 1866; discontinued in 1867. Daily Union (2d), founded 1887; discontinued same year. Daily Union (3d), founded 1896 by Montgomery, Gilbert & Moore. |
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