Newton High School - Railroader Yearbook (Newton, KS)

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oEEEEEEEEEEE E EEEE EEE E EEEEEEEEEEEEEE Early days ol Newton In early summer of 1871 prospects in Kansas were good for a good record-setting Texas cattle trade. That summer, more Ionghorns than ever were headed northward. Texas cattlemen prepared to trail an estimated 700,000 head to Kansas. Newton appeared in 1871 as a rival cattle town to Abilene, with the rail line extended to Newton the long drive was short- ened by 65 miles. The town was staked out in 1870 by four men on August 28: Judge R. W. P. lVluse, D. L. Lankin, Samuel J. Crawford and an unknown merchant from Emporia. The men cut a one- half section town site that straddled the proposed Santa Fe railroad. Newton remained mounds of dirt and stakes until in Feb- ruary 1871 when three families located in Newton Township. Until April and the spring thaw, Newton existed in name only and in the fertile imagination of its projectors. With the warm weather wild blue grass grew up around the stakes marking the town's streets and lots. As it became known that Newton was to be the major shipping point for Texas cattle, the town grew, as many shrewd businessness moved in. lVluse returned to the town site to build the railroad land office. A few days later S. J. Bently unloaded lumber for his hotel, the Newton House. The National Hotel, owned by Henry Bulmer, also rose from the prairie. From this time on persons arrived daily, until by July 1, there were nearly 100 people living on the town site, wrote llfluse. A Texas cattle herder was astonished by the mushrooming town. We passed Newton in late lVlay. There was a blacksmith shop, a store, and a dozen or so dwellings, when we cameback 30 days later, it had grown to be quite a large town due to the railroad. It didn't seem possible but Newton sprang up almost over night. The Santa Fe intended to tap the cattle trade at Newton. In the spring of 1871 railroad officials made arrangements to operate a stockyard at Newton. Joseph lVlcCoy agreed to supervise A its building and induce Texas drovers to stop their herds at the newton cattle town, for a percentage of railroad receipts. Newton's yards were located about a mile and a half southwest of thetownsite with a capacity of 4000 head. A large cottage near the stockyard housed lVlc Coy and passing cattlemen. The stockyards and cottage cost the railroad nearly S10,000 and were reputed to be the most complete and convenient of any in Kansas. continued on page 4 fr- 7 1 RM L EH 3 Y AA 333333333 3 333333333333333 3 333333333 INTRODUCTION 3