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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «allen county» AND «kansas»

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By William Fischer, Jr., August 14, 2016
The Little Town Well and Marker
RANKED BY RELEVANCE
1 ► Kansas, Labette County, Oswego — The Little Town Well —
On Union Street at 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Union Street.
The earliest permanent white settler in present Labette County is believed to have been John Mathews, trader and blacksmith, who arrived here about 1840. He established a post to trade with the Osage Indians of one of White Hair's villages, . . . — — Map (db m96965) HM

2 ► Kansas, Allen County, Iola — Major General Frederick Funston — September 11, 1865 - February 19, 1917 —
On Washington Street north of Madison Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Frederick Funston was born in Ohio and moved to Kansas with his parents in the spring of 1868 at the age of 2. Nicknamed "Fearless Freddy," he was of slight build - be sure to check out the life size statue in front of the Funston Home and Museum . . . — — Map (db m83656) HM

3 ► Kansas, Allen County, Iola — Granny Cowden — (1814 - 1896) —
On Jackson Street at Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Street.
Granny Cowden was believed to have been the 1st white woman in Kansas. You can visit her grave in the Civil War section at the Iola Cemetery west of town on Highway 54. You can also find out more about her in the Allen County Historical Museum at . . . — — Map (db m83584) HM

4 ► Missouri, Harrison County, Bethany — Harrison County —
On U.S. 136 at 192nd Avenue, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 136.
Here in the undulating glacial plains of north central Missouri, Harrison is one of 9 counties forming the State's border with Iowa. Twenty-sixth in size of Missouri's 114 counties, and second largest on the border, it was organized 1845, and . . . — — Map (db m66588) HM
 
 
  
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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Nov. 13, 2026