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Title: Writer and engraver's picture of Graham County's progress since it s organization
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Chance, Miss Reveille Publishing Co
Subjects: Lee, Frenk Graham County (Kan.) -- History
Publisher: Topeka, Kan. : F. M. Steves
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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r were teachers, and taught fiveyears after their marriage. Mr. Kobler began farming in 1894, but bought his first land, 160acres, in 1899. Bv hard work and careful management he was enabledto add 320 acres in 1903, 160 in 1904, and 400 in 1905. Of the 1040 acres, 480 acres are in the Solomon valley and suitableto the growing of alfalfa, 800 acres are fenced, 12 acres under hog tightfence. In the last three years Mr. Kobler has had 210 acres in wheat andhas harvested 3370 bushels of that grain. He has gradually increasedhis wheat acreage, in 1904 having but 45 acres and in 190;!, 95 acres. Healso has 180 acres of corn this year, and has begun the cultivation of 100acres of raw land. (85) Mr. Kobler has dealt somewhat in live stock, marketing in 1905, $500worth of hogs and 1906, $800 worth. Has now 60 head. In 1901, Mr. Kobler had but 12 head of cattle, has sold since then$800 worth, and has now 40 head. He owns 10 head of good horses. The improvements on this farm are valued at $2000.
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Steve Searls. The subject of this sketch was born in Illinois, and moved with hisparents in boyhood to Austin. Texas, where he was educated and learnedthe trade of a stone mason. He came to Graham county in 1882 and hisfirst contract was the Pomeroy Hotel. Then followed the F. and M. Bank,the Scherer Hotel and the Presbyterian church and manse. Though Mr. Searl found all the work he could do at his trade, hedecided to become a farmer and homesteaded • two and one-half milessouthwest of Morland, in 1886. He made no mistake in the change andhas been exceedingly prosperous. Mr. Searl owns 640 acres of land and has one and one-half sectionunder lease. His entire farm is fenced. The dwelling is a story and a half stone structure surrounded by abeautiful fifteen acre grove of native trees. These trees are remarkablefor their size, many of them, being forty inches in circumference. Mr.Searl has one of the best watered farms in the country. It is traversed bySand creek and has some twenty-f

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