KIOWA COUNTY


Organized, March 25, 1886; named for the Kiowa tribe of Indians; County seat, Greensburg; area, 720 square miles, 460,800 acres; population (1915), 6464; assessed valuation (1915), $16,214,039; resources and industries— building stone, agriculture, and stock raising


GREENSBURG
Population (1915), 1298; elevation, 2235 feet; established, 1885; named for Col. D. R. Green; industries—elevators, mills; telephones; is on the Rock Island railway.
Greensburg Discontinued
Greensburg Short-lived--Vol. 1

KIOWA COUNTY SIGNAL, independent; Poore & Holmes, editors and publishers, Greensburg.
Weekly. Mar. 5, 1886 + 30 vols.
This paper is a continuation of the following: Kiowa County Signal, founded 1886 by Will E. Bolton and a Mr. Lee. and a Mr. Lee. Greensburg Rustler, founded 1886 by S. B. Sproule; absorbed in 1888 by the Kiowa County Times, founded 1888 by H. B. Graves; consolidated 1895 with the Kiowa County Signal. Greensburg Republican, founded 1902 by William Waddell; consolidated 1911 with the Signal

PROGRESSIVE, Progressive; A. W. Gibson, editor and publisher, Greensburg.
Weekly. Jan. 2, 1913 + 3 vol.
Founded 1912 by A. W. Gibson


HAVILAND
Population (1915), 565; elevation, 2162 feet; established, 1887; telephones; is on the Santa Fe railway
Haviland Discontinued

ONLOOKER, independent; J. A. Renicker, editor and publisher, Haviland.
Weekly. May 6, 1903 + 13 vol. [Broken file.]
Founded 1903 by Frank Fesler


MULLINVILLE
Population (1915), 441; elevation, 2318 feet; established about 1886; industries—mill, elevators; telephones; is on the Rock Island railway
Mullinville Discontinued

NEWS, independent; Theo. C. Perry, editor and manager, Perry Bros. publishers, Mullinville.
Weekly. Mar. 13, 1913 + 3 vol.
Founded as the Mullinville Tribune 1905 by J. G. Connor; name changed 1913 to Mullinville News, with Perry Brothers, editors and publishers


DISCONTINUED

CITY PAPERS/DATES VOLS.
Greensburg Kiowa County Opinion. July 30, 1897 - 1898 1
Kiowa County Times. Aug. 17, 1888 - 1895 7
Republican (1st). Mar. 22, 1887 - 1888 1
Republican (2d). Aug. 8, 1890 - 1891 1
Republican (3d). Aug. 7, 1902 - 1911 9
Republican Banner. Apr. 18, 1891 - 1895 4
Rustler. Apr. 22, 1886 - 1888 3
Dowell Democrat and Watchman. Dowell and Wellsford. Nov. 28, 1885 - 1886 1
Haviland Kiowa County Independent. Haviland and Greensburg. June 6, 1899 - 1900 1
Tribune. Nov. 17, 1887 - 1889 2
Mullinville Mallet. Sept. 30, 1886 - 1888 2
Telegram. Sept. 30, 1886 - 1887 1
Tribune. July 27, 1905 - 1913 8
Wellsford Kiowa County Democrat. Jan. 13, 1887 - 1888 2
Record. Jan. 8 - June 11, 1914 1
Register (1st). June 13 - Nov. 21, 1885 1
Register (2d). Jan. 2 - Oct. 25, 1890 1
Republican. Aug. 20, 1886 - 1887 1



SHORT-LIVED--VOL. 1

CITY PAPERS/DATES
Greensburg Irrigation World (m). Dec., 1894 - Jan., 1895
Wellsford Reformer. Dec. 29, 1888 - Aug. 9, 1889



 
 
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