Monday, July 9, 2012

Gait or Galt Kansas.

Gait, a country postoffice in Rice county, is a station on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R., 11 miles northeast of Lyons, the county seat It is also a trading point, having one general store. The population according to the census of 1910 was 15.

The following was taken from a Kansas Historical Society.

Post Office.

Galt, Rice County, Open January 22, 1897 and closed November 30, 1994.
Galt, Rice County, Open June 12, 1895 and closed December 30, 1911.

Businessmen of Galt, Kansas, 1902.

George Brann, Farmer and Stock Raiser.

W. H. Clark, Farmer, Stock Raiser and Horticulturist Breeder of High Grade Short Horn.

G. W. Grady, Farmer and Stock Raiser.

J. B. Paul, Farmer and Stock Raiser.

C. S. Snodgrass, Farmer, Stock Raiser and Breeder of pure Bed Poland China Hogs of the best strains.

J. T. Taylor, Farmer and Stock Raiser.

Frank Wolf, Farmer and Stock Raiser.

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