Parsons

Nonfiction, Travel, Pictorials, Art & Architecture, Photography, History
Cover of the book Parsons by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton, Arcadia Publishing Inc.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: David Mattox, Mike Brotherton ISBN: 9781439636886
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc. Publication: September 22, 2008
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing Language: English
Author: David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
ISBN: 9781439636886
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing Inc.
Publication: September 22, 2008
Imprint: Arcadia Publishing
Language: English
Parsons, located in southeast Kansas, owes its existence to the railroad. When the first Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad locomotive reached the southern border of Kansas in June 1870, the railroad won two prizes, the coveted right to build across Oklahoma Indian Territory and the right to acquire extensive land grants in the territory. The fall of the same year, railroad executives selected a site for a major junction and terminal. The Parsons Town Company sold its first lots in 1871 at Parsons Junction, named for railroad president Judge Levi Parsons. Because of the town�s phenomenal growth, it soon earned the title of �Infant Wonder of the West.� The photographs contained in this book, including some of the earliest known of Parsons, serve as testimony to the energies and ingenuity of early settlers. These images also depict the development of Parsons-on-the-Prairie and its transformation from frontier town to the �Queen City of the Great Southwest.�
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Parsons, located in southeast Kansas, owes its existence to the railroad. When the first Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad locomotive reached the southern border of Kansas in June 1870, the railroad won two prizes, the coveted right to build across Oklahoma Indian Territory and the right to acquire extensive land grants in the territory. The fall of the same year, railroad executives selected a site for a major junction and terminal. The Parsons Town Company sold its first lots in 1871 at Parsons Junction, named for railroad president Judge Levi Parsons. Because of the town�s phenomenal growth, it soon earned the title of �Infant Wonder of the West.� The photographs contained in this book, including some of the earliest known of Parsons, serve as testimony to the energies and ingenuity of early settlers. These images also depict the development of Parsons-on-the-Prairie and its transformation from frontier town to the �Queen City of the Great Southwest.�

More books from Arcadia Publishing Inc.

Cover of the book Filipinos in Ventura County by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book Palmetto Predators by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book Lakeland by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book South Central Pennsylvania Legends & Lore by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book Mount Pleasant by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book Around Utica by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book The Poesten Kill: Waterfalls to Waterworks in the Capital District by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book New Bern and the Civil War by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book Stories of West Orange by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book North Carolina Ski Resorts by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book Forgotten Tales of Pennsylvania by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book The Burlington Railroad: Alliance Division by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book A History of Leadville Theater by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
Cover of the book William and Mary Men's Soccer by David Mattox, Mike Brotherton
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy