Kantanyan was probably located where California Trail left Marshall county. Fremont forded the Blue River in 1842 and where the Mormons crossed in later years. When the railroad was located at Waterville, the buildings were moved from Marble Falls to Waterville.Ī stage station in Center Township, named for Jerry Heasley, a stage driver, and early-day “character.”Ī trading post six miles south of Marysville in 1848, located at the point where General John C. Marble Falls was established in 1867 by Judge Lewis, father of Mrs.

It consisted of a small frame house where its owner sold “necessaries” to the emigrants.Įstablished on the Little Blue River near the mouth of Fawn Creek on section 24 in Waterville Township. It was one mile northwest of Marysville on the hilltop, west of the mill. It was named for the Ewing family.įounded January 2, 1861, vacated 1864. It was on the Missouri Pacific Railroad.Ī post office was located on south Elm Creek at the home of John Means, postmaster, and early settler.Įwing was located three miles west of Vermillion. Located one mile northeast of Bigelow, there was a feed and supply station near Inman’s Quarries. It was located in Section 22 of the Cottage Hill Township. There is nothing left of this mill.Ĭottage Hill was laid out before 1872 but never had a post office. In 1858, William Pearsoll built a combination grist and sawmill at Cedar Falls, later acquired by Rufus R.

It was located 2.5 miles northwest of Waterville on the Little Blue River. It was located on the northeast corner of section 22 in Walnut township. The post office was named for Horatio Blanchard, the postmaster, and early settler. In 1860, it was reported that the Big Vermillion toll bridge tallied an average of 75 wagon trains per day, mostly ox teams.

Louis Tremble corduroy toll bridge and blacksmith c1850-56. Probably at the home of Moses Bennett on Coon Creek, where he kept a feed and supply station. It was located a few miles north of where Axtell now stands.Īyersville, a village or feed station in 1855, was 20 miles south of the Nebraska line on the Little Blue River, probably at or near where Cedar Falls was located. “It takes three log houses to make a city in Kansas, but they begin calling it a city as soon as they have staked out the lots.” - Horace GreeleyĪfton was located ten miles southwest of Marysville.Īsh Point was a stage station on the Overland Trail between Seneca and Guittard Station.

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