The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 2, October 1892Various
History
The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. I, No. 2, October 1892
Various
Natural history -- Periodicals; Science -- Periodicals
CHEROKEE.—Weir City, French and Italians, number
considerable. Scammon, Scotch, also in large numbers.
The French and Italians have neither schools nor church
in the native tongue. Germans in Ross, twenty families;
with church originally Lutheran, now Mennonite; school
irregularly during past ten years. Swedes, a few
families in Cherokee township, have entirely given up
Swedish language. The Scotch, French and Italians in
mines or mining industries.
CHEYENNE.—Germans settled in 1885-86 on Hackberry
Creek, 160 persons; in the northeast corner of the
county, 100; on west border of county, north of
Republican river, 120; all with churches and the last
two with occasional schools. Swedes are across the
Republican adjoining last named German settlement,
120, entered 1886, having neither church nor school in
Swedish.
CLARKE.—Reports no foreigners.
CLAY.—No report.
CLOUD.—Canadian French are scattered over much of
the county, with considerable settlements in and around
the towns of Concordia, Clyde, St. Joseph and Aurora. In
all there are churches, in the first three schools also
conducted in French. Norwegians occupy portions of Sibley
and Lincoln townships with two churches in their own
tongue. They number about three hundred. Irish occupy
portions of Solomon and Lyon, the south part of Meredith
and the southeast corner of Grant townships.
COFFEY.—Germans in Liberty and on border of Leroy
and Avon township. Have church service in German.
COMANCHE.—Germans. A few scattered families.
COWLEY.—A few Swedes and Germans, widely scattered.
CRAWFORD.—Irish and French in Grant township;
Swedes in west part of Sherman township, have all
given up their language. Italians, Austrians and other
nationalities in south part of Washington, southeast
part of Sheridan and all over Baker township, especially
in Pittsburg, employed in mining and smelting.
DECATUR.—Swedes in Oberlin township; Mennonites
in Prairie Dog township; Germans in and around Dresden,
with Catholic church; Bohemians in Jennings and Garfield
townships.
DICKINSON.—Germans, 500 in number settled in
1860 in Liberty, Union and Lyon townships. Have three
churches and two schools in German. Also in Wheatland,
Jefferson, Bonner and Ridge townships, one church and a
school. Swedes, 100 settled in 1860 in Center and Hayes
township, with two churches and one school in Swedish.
Irish, several hundred in south part of Banner township.
DONIPHAN.—Germans in Wayne, Marion and southern
part of Center, Burr Oak and Washington townships, with
church service in native tongue. Norwegians in eastern
part of Wolf River township.
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