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1890-1891

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  GRANT COUNTY

     Business and Town listings

Towns in Grant County

       Abby  Ashby  Hyannis  Weir   Whitman
 
 

    ABBY

 A rural post office in the southwestern corner of  Grant county. Population 10.

•         Chamberlain A S, postmaster.

•         Chamberlain W L B, genl mdse, justice.

 

 

    ASHBY

 A post office in the northwestern part of Grant county,
 on the Grand Island and Wyoming branch of the B. & M. R.R., 40 miles west of Broken Bow. Population, 50.
 

 

 HYANNIS

  The county seat of Grant county, is on the Newcastle
branch of the B. & M. R. R., 131 miles west of Broken Bow,     and 59 miles east of Alliance. It has a population of 200. The altitude is about 3,900 feet above sea level. The surrounding country is hilly and what is known as a lake country. Fertile valleys surround the town, and all kinds of grain can be raised in abundance. The hill-sides are covered with thick grasses upon which immense herds of cattle can be profitably fed. Springs are plentiful and water can be procured at a depth of from five to thirty feet. There is abundance of hay in the district. This is perhaps one of the best stock raising countries in the West. There is one newspaper published here, the Tribune, Cushing & Alwood, proprietor.

•         Alden W M, genl mdse.
•         Alwood P M, lumber
•         Cradall Byron E, county judge.
•         Cushman & Alwood, props The Tribune.
•         Cushman L P, justice.
•         Dellinger H R, notary, postmaster.
•         Fairchild Mitt A, genl mdse.
•         Kresse J A, genl mdse.
•         McNall D, sta, tel and ex agt.
•         Maguire M, drugs.
•         Manning Sidney, county clerk.
•         Nuzum Lewis E, blacksmith (sic).
•         Preston Harley, saloon.
•         Sibbitt J P, hotel, livery.
•         Tribune (The), Cushman & Alwood props.
•         Warner O P, atty.
•         Yoakam Michael, locator, surveyor.

 

WEIR

    A flag station on the B. & M. R. R. eight miles from
    Whitman.  Moved to Hooker county about 1890.

WHITMAN

A station on the Newcastle Wyoming branch of the B & M R R., in the northeastern part of Grant county, 13 miles east of Hyannis, the county seat. The company has erected a coaling station here. The town is in need of a general store.     Population, 75.

•         Donegan & Co, game, poultry.
•         Donegan Thos, sta agt.
•         Freer Wm, postmaster, hotel.
•         Grant County Republican, O P Warner,               editor.O P Warner, atty at law.

1890 Grant County Farmers 

A

ADAMS, Elijah	Hyannis
ABLEN, W. M.	Hyannis
ATWOOD, P. M.	Hyannis
ATWOOD, R. E.	Hyannis

B

BASSETT, John	Abby
BEEM, Isaac	Hyannis
BEEM, Saml	Hyannis
BRIDGEMAN, James	Hyannis
BOLIENBACHER, C.	Hyannis
BUCHFINK, Gust	Whitman

C

CALHOUN, Albert	Abby
CANTON, Lewis S.	Hyannis
CARLSON, J. A.	Hyannis
CHAMBERS, W. H.	Hyannis
CLARK, Geo. B.	Hyannis
CABLE, A. V.	Hyannis
CABLE, Clarence	Hyannis
CABLE, Harley D	Hyannis
COCHRAN, James	Hyannis
COLLINS, B. J.	Whitman
COLLINS, George	Whitman
CONKLIN, Franklin	Hyannis
CONKLIN, Wm	Hyannis
COOK, Ira	Hyannis
COWLES, A. H.	Hyannis
CUSHMAN, L. P.	Hyannis

D

DAVIS, J. J.	Hyannis
DAVIS, J.	Hyannis
DELLINGER, H. H.	Hyannis
DONERGAN, Thomas	Whitman
DOYLE, Theodore	Abby

E

EGAN, Dan	Hyannis
ERICKSON, Geo N	Hyannis
EVANS, Daniel	Hyannis
EVERT, John H.	Hyannis

F

FAIRCHILD, M. A.	Hyannis
FARRELL, Michael	Hyannis
FIMPLE, James	Whitman
FORBES, Jas	Hyannis
FREER, Wm	Whitman

G

GAGE,F. A.	Hyannis
GERARD, C. E.	Hyannis
GRANDELL, Byron H.	Hyannis
GRAVES, Henry	Hyannis
GRAVES, I. H.	Hyannis
GREATHOUSE, H.	Hyannis

H

HAKE, Andy	Hyannis
HAMON, R. L.	Hyannis
HANCY, Ben	Ashby
HANCY, George	Abby
HANCY, Isaac	Abby
HANCY, James	Abby
HAZELBAKER, C.	Abby
HAZELBAKER, John	Abby
HERSHISOR, Lewis	Abby

J

JACOBSON, Charles

Hyannis

K

KELLY, Wm	Hyannis
KINCAID, A. A.	Whitman
KINCAID, A. H.	Whitman
KOLLAR, John	Hyannis
KRESSE, John A.	Hyannis

L

LYNCH,Thomas

Hyannis

M

McCOWLEY, Thomas	Hyannis
McCORMICK, Marcus	Hyannis
McKINNIS, William	Hyannis
McKINNON, Emmet	Hyannis
McNEIL, David	Hyannis
MANGAN, Marks	Hyannis
MANN, Carl	Hyannis
MANNING, Sidney	Hyannis
MARRIN, Louis	Hyannis
MATHEWS, W. L.	Hyannis
MEDEARIS, Joe	Whitman
MEHAN, James	Hyannis
MERRIMAN, L. H.	Hyannis
MINOR, Joe	Hyannis
MORAN, E. E.	Whitman
MORAN,Frank	Abby
MORAN, George B	Whitman
MORAN, R. M.	Hyannis

N

NELSON, Ira	Hyannis
NEWTON, George	Hyannis
NOBLE, Wm	Hyannis
NUZAM, Lewis	Hyannis

O

OXFORD, Rial

Hyannis

P

PATMORE, M. H.	Hyannis
PARKS, Dave	Hyannis
PEMBLETON, Clar	Hyannis
PERKNS, R. S.	Hyannis
PERSON, C.	Hyannis
PITT, Birt	Hyannis
PORTER, A. J.	Hyannis
PRATT, Jas H.	Hyannis
PRESTON,Harley	Hyannis
PROCTOR, Birt	Abby

R

RONEAU, Sandon	Abby
RIDDLE, Seymour	Hyannis
ROTHWELL, Anderson	Hyannis
ROTHWELL, Wm.	Hyannis

S

SACKEY, Alfred	Hyannis
SEVERN, Chas	Hyannis
SHARP, Lawrence	Hyannis
SIBBIT, John P.	Hyannis
SIGHT, Allen	Hyannis
SMITH, Clarence	Whitman
STOWE, Elias	Abby
STUCKEY, A. B.	Hyannis
STUCKEY, Alfred	Hyannis
SWIGGART, George W.	Abby

T

TABOR, Albert	Hyannis
THORNBURG, Charles	Hyannis

W

WAGEY, Richard	Hyannis
WATTS, R. A.	Hyannis
WEISS, August	Hyannis
WEISS, Charles	Hyannis
WESTOVER, James R	Hyannis
WESTOVER, John A.	Hyannis
WESTOVER, R. A.	Hyannis
WHITE, Lizzie	Hyannis
WILLIAMS, James	Hyannis
WRIGHT, Aaron	Hyannis
WRIGHT, James	Hyannis
WRIGHT, Owen	Hyannis
WRIGHT, Thomas	Hyannis
WRIGHT, William	Hyannis

Y

YOAKUM, George	Hyannis
YOAKUM, Richard	Hyannis