Elk City History as given in 1883.
Business men who used Elk City as their P. O., address as of 1881.
Townships.
A. Burgner, Farmer And Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1869.
John Bertenshaw, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from England, came to county 1873.
J. Lippel, Farmer, Fruit Gro'er and M'fg of Wine, from Germany, came to county 1865.
W. V. Cottingham, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Illinois, came to county 1864.
G. R. Chrisman, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1869.
L. J. Pound, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Indiana, came to county 1870.
J. Castillo, farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1874.
V. N. Ashbaugh, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Missouri, came to county 1869.
John R. Doddon, Farmer ansd Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1875.
C. H. Woodworth, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Indiana, came to county 1871.
Thomas Whistler, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Maryland, came to county 1871.
J. R. Littleton, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1869.
William H. Coleman, Farmer and Blacksmith, from Ohio, came to county 1971.
S. A. Douglas Brown, School Teacher, from Iowa, came to county 1872.
B. F. Allen, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Illinois, came to county 1871.
Mary A. Jones, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1866.
Dannel W. Dartt, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Ohio, came to county 1868.
Elk City.
J. J. Bagsley, Druggist, from Canada, came to county 1870.
Samuel Weston, Attorney-at-law, from Maine, came to county 1879.
Fred. E. Turner, Druggist, from Canada, came to county 1869.
J. G. Paine, Merchant, from Maine, came to county 1857.
M. P. Frelign, Liveryman, from Pennsylvania, came to county 1879.
A. R. Quigg, Merchant, from Indiana, came to county 1866.
W. W. Woodring, Physician, from Kentucky, came to county 1869.
John Wright, Furniture Daler, from Canada, came to county 1857
J. Connell, Furniture Daler, from Indiana, came to county 1856.
Rudolph Meyer, Real Estate Owner, from Switzerland, came to county 1870.
D. Welch, Builder, from Kentucky, came to county 1973.
W. D. L. Welch, Builder, from Iowa, came to county 1873.
D. S. Dewitt, Prop. Belmont House, from New Jersey, came to county 1870..
E. J. Wilson Prop. Belmont House, from Ohio, came to county 1877.
R. B. Southard, Physician, from Nortn Carolina, came to county 1871.
Hines Woodring, Grain Dealer, from Kentucky, came to county 1870.
W. N. Certain, Grain Dealer, from Ohio, came to county 1873.
J. H. McVane, Attorney, From New Yor, came to county 1870.
Townships.
William & Gould, Farmer ans Stock Raiser, from Illinois, came to county 1878.
James A. Elliott, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Indiana, came to county 1974.
J. C. McVay, Farmer and Stock Raiser and Fruit Grower, from Ohio, came to county 1870.
John Jones, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1871.
Nancy J. Paull, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1870.
Stephen Wilson, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1872.
W. H. Owen, Farmer and Physician, from Kentucky, came to county 1872.
J. T. Brunton, Farmer and Fruit Grower, from Illinois, came to county 1870.
History Of Elk City, as given in 1912.
R. B. Southard, Physician, from Nortn Carolina, came to county 1871.
Hines Woodring, Grain Dealer, from Kentucky, came to county 1870.
W. N. Certain, Grain Dealer, from Ohio, came to county 1873.
J. H. McVane, Attorney, From New Yor, came to county 1870.
Townships.
William & Gould, Farmer ans Stock Raiser, from Illinois, came to county 1878.
James A. Elliott, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Indiana, came to county 1974.
J. C. McVay, Farmer and Stock Raiser and Fruit Grower, from Ohio, came to county 1870.
John Jones, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1871.
Nancy J. Paull, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1870.
Stephen Wilson, Farmer and Stock Raiser, from Kentucky, came to county 1872.
W. H. Owen, Farmer and Physician, from Kentucky, came to county 1872.
J. T. Brunton, Farmer and Fruit Grower, from Illinois, came to county 1870.
History Of Elk City, as given in 1912.
Elk City is the oldest town in Montgomery county, being an outgrowth of the trading post established at that point by John Kappel in 1868. A town company was formed the same year and the site located. A. E. Baird put in a stock of general merchandise and in 1870 M. D. Wright, who had brought a stock of notions with him in his prairie schooner opened the third store. A. R. Quigg started a hardware store. The first saw mill was built in 1869 by S. B. Davis, T. J. Brown and Samuel Maples. The first blacksmith shop was built by J. P. Morgan. The first death as well as the first birth was in the Hammond family. In April, 1869, a son was born to Thomas and Bertha Hammond. The child was killed by accident the same month. Thomas Hammond was shot and killed by a man by the name of Morrison in a quarrel over
a plow.
a plow.
In 1870 the Elk City poi.toffice was established with William H. H. Southard as postmaster. The next year the town was incorporated as a city of the third class. The first election resulted in the choice of the following officers: Mayor, Herbert Prentis ; police judge, James Smith; councilmen, Uri Coy, J. Baldwin. William H. H. Southard, W. W. Woodring and A. R. Quigg.
The first school was taught in a log school house by William Osborne in 1869. The first bank was established by E. E. Turner in 1881. Prior to 1882 three attempts had been made to establish newspapers. A brick yard and a flour mill had been put in operation.
In 1902 a company was organized to prospect for gas, which was found after several failures. Several companies are now operating in the vicinity and a number of fine oil wells, as well as gas wells are producing.
The first school was taught in a log school house by William Osborne in 1869. The first bank was established by E. E. Turner in 1881. Prior to 1882 three attempts had been made to establish newspapers. A brick yard and a flour mill had been put in operation.
In 1902 a company was organized to prospect for gas, which was found after several failures. Several companies are now operating in the vicinity and a number of fine oil wells, as well as gas wells are producing.
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