Thursday, October 18, 2012

Ridgeway Kansas

A little History on Ridgeway as given in 1878.

Ridgeway and vicinity was settled by a first rate class of farmers, a town was laid off and a post office was established and named Georgetown, it was two miles Southeast of Ridgeway.  A store was open at Ridgeway by Brchson & Stone, two noted showmen, and the Post Office was subsequently removed to Ridgeway, where it has remained ever since.

Osage County.
Ridgeway Township map, 1878.
 
On the county map Ridgeway can be found in Township 14-South-Range 16-East.
On the Township map Ridgeway can be found in section 14.
 
Business men who used Ridgeway as their  P. O., address as of 1878.

C. G. Fox, Farmer and Teacher, from Monroe County, New York, came to county 1859.

J. M. Fox, Farmer and Minister, from Chenoga County, New York, came to county 1860.

N. Osborn, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Hendricks County, Indiana, came to county 1868.

E. Bissell, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Windham County, Vermont, came to county 1870.

L E. Bissell, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Windham, Vermont, came to county 1870.

C. H. Easton, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Yates County New York, came to county  1868.

Robert Clark, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Fifeshire Scotland, came to county 1857.

John Aitchison, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Roxbergshire Scotland, came to county 1857.

Joseph Law, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Chester County Pennsylvania, came to county 1857.

C. L. Ruediger, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Germany, came to county 1868.

George C. Bryant, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Jefferson County, Wisconsin, came to county 1874.

Thomas Etherington, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Durham County England, came to county 1857.

Business men of 1899.
 
 H. C. Kirkham, Retired farmer.
Isaac B. Masters, Retired farmer.

Note.  By 1918, Ridgeway was no longer being shown on any Osage County or Townships maps.

History of Ridgeway as given in 1912.

Ridgeway, a discontinued postofifice in the northern part of Osage county, receives its mail from Carbondale. It is one of the historic early day towns, but upon being missed by the railroads has dwindled to a mere hamlet.

Ridgeway Post Office.

Open May 10, 1858 and ran to November 20, 1900.  Moved from Elk Creek, established in Shawnee County.

Ridgeway Cemetery.
Osage County, Kansas.

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