Cato was here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=37.66778,+-94.73972+%28Coordinates%29&iwloc=A&hl=en "In 1854 a merchant named John Rogers opened a store/trading post here.  He soon had a thriving business trading with settlers, traders, hunters, and Indians moving through the sparsely settled area.  His store also became a stopping place on a stagecoach line running from St. Joseph, MO to Fort Gibson in OK Territory.  Peter Smith (Sonneson), a newly arrived immigrant from Sweden, liked the area and became Rogers' business partner in 1858.  Ezekiel J. Boring established the first post office in 1858 and suggested the community be named in honor of Judge Sterling G. Cato, a KS Territorial judge.  Organized opposition to the planned rail line forced the railroad to build elsewhere and Cato began to decline." Dry Wood was 1.6 miles ESE of Cato. Mike On 5/10/2018 3:04 AM, ks-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > I too am interested in keeping this mailing list going. I am particularly interested in the ghost town of Cato in Southeast Kansas. My family has been in the area since before the Civil War. Lois Kay Parrish Hoxsie

I too am interested in keeping this mailing list going. I am particularly interested in the ghost town of Cato in Southeast Kansas. My family has been in the area since before the Civil War. Lois Kay Parrish Hoxsie ----- Original Message ----- From: ks-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com To: ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 09 May 2018 04:09:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: KS-GHOSTTOWNS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5 Send KS-GHOSTTOWNS mailing list submissions to ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to ks-ghosttowns-request@rootsweb.com You can reach the person managing the list at ks-ghosttowns-owner@rootsweb.com When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of KS-GHOSTTOWNS digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Rootsweb Lists (Mike Flannigan) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 19:19:16 -0500 From: Mike Flannigan <mikeflan@att.net> Subject: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] Rootsweb Lists To: ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <99d5ac2b-fd0f-cf9e-ddb1-43fc73b5f726@att.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format=flowed This is a test of the Rootsweb lists I am on. It is also some information for the list administrator if they feel the list is not running as expected. And finally it is an attempt to get something posted to the list so Rootsweb does not turn the list off. The list admin should probably go to this page: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and try to set up a new mailman login, if not already done. If you do that you will probably get to this page eventually: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupmail Then you might want to sign up for this list: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/search/Listowners But be warned, you will receive postings from that list almost every day.  May 8 a day at times. Another option that I do not encourage is to turn the list over to me - at least temporarily.  Again, I do not want that done if you are willing to keep the list. Mike Flannigan ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer To contact the %(real_name)s list administrator, send an email to %(real_name)s-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the KS-GHOSTTOWNS mailing list -- ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com, send an email to %(real_name)s@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to %(real_name)s-request@%(host_name)s with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. ------------------------------ End of KS-GHOSTTOWNS Digest, Vol 3, Issue 5 *******************************************

This is a test of the Rootsweb lists I am on. It is also some information for the list administrator if they feel the list is not running as expected. And finally it is an attempt to get something posted to the list so Rootsweb does not turn the list off. The list admin should probably go to this page: http://home.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ and try to set up a new mailman login, if not already done. If you do that you will probably get to this page eventually: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/lists/setupmail Then you might want to sign up for this list: https://mailinglists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/listindexes/search/Listowners But be warned, you will receive postings from that list almost every day.  May 8 a day at times. Another option that I do not encourage is to turn the list over to me - at least temporarily.  Again, I do not want that done if you are willing to keep the list. Mike Flannigan

Freeport - more people dead than alive. Actually a pretty big town - but nobody left there: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-97.85667&lat=37.19861&opt=1 Mike On , RDown3657@aol.com wrote: >ate: Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:51:15 EDT >From: RDown3657@aol.com >Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] Introduction of new administrator >To: ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com > > > >In a message dated 8/23/2008 4:19:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >dittmar_ksa@ou.edu writes: > > >Where do you live? Las Vegas, NV > What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? Freeport, KS

For instance Annelly: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-97.20083&lat=37.97222&opt=1 and McLains: http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-97.26278&lat=37.99944&opt=1 Mike On Sat, 23 Aug 2008, db1753@dragonbbs.com wrote: > >Thanks for the introduction and the questions you >have asked of us. I will try to take a few towns around >me and answer the questions as time allows. >The reason I joined this list is because the towns around >us here that are gone or nearly gone, were not mentioned >in the two books I purchased about Ghost towns of Kansas. > >Thanks >Sue Ellen >Live near Whitewater Kansas

I was going to ask about that Church on the west side of town, but I see your note about it burning recently. http://terraserverusa.com/map.aspx?t=2&s=12&lon=-94.73972&lat=37.66778&opt=1 Mike On Sun, 24 Aug 2008, cabincreek@juno.com wrote: > >Thank you for your introduction and for the invitation to introduce ourselves. >My name is Lois Kay (Parrish) Hoxsie, and I live in Mesa, Arizona. snip >I'm really not sure what is left of Cato. About fifteen years ago, I took pictures of three buildings: the original log school, a rock-walled school/store, and the wood-framed Christian Church. It is my understanding that the church building has since burned.

Thank you for your introduction and for the invitation to introduce ourselves. My name is Lois Kay (Parrish) Hoxsie, and I live in Mesa, Arizona. I subscribe to the list because of my interest in the ghosttown of Cato, Kansas and in the families who lived near it. According to history books I have read, in 1854 a merchant named John Rogers opened a store/trading post about eight miles south of Fort Scott. He soon had a thriving business trading with settlers, traders, hunters, and Indians moving through the sparsely settled area. His store also became a stopping place on a stagecoach line running from St. Joseph, Missouri to Fort Gibson in Oklahoma Territory. Peter Smith (Sonneson), a newly arrived immigrant from Sweden, liked the area and became Rogers' business partner in 1858. Ezekiel J. Boring (my great-great-great uncle) established the first post office in 1858 and suggested the community be named in honor of Judge Sterling G. Cato, a Kansas Territorial judge. When the Civil War began, Rogers raised a company of the Sixth Kansas Cavalry from men in the area and became its captain. Peter Smith was one of the men who enlisted with Rogers. While Rogers was home on furlough, bushwackers attacked; and Capt. Rogers was killed. "After the war ended, Peter Smith returned to Cato, married Rogers' widow, resumed running the store, and began to expand the business. "Crawford County was legislated into being Feb. 13, 1867, and a line was drawn between Crawford and Bourbon Counties right through the center of a building Smith had constructed when he returned from the War. A tax problem between the counties arose and Smith moved his holdings a half-mile south into Crawford County where he built a two-story store building with a residence attached and proceeded to engage in a number of enterprises. "He owned a sawmill and in 1868 added a mill for grinding grain, the first in Crawford County and the second in Kansas. Machinery for the mill was shipped by rail to Fort Scott and Smith drove there in a wagon drawn by six oxen to transport it to Cato. It was powered by a steam engine and frightened the Indians who came to watch. Its steam, they thought, was a manifestation of the Great Spirit and the shrill blast of its whistle, the screams of demons. "Another of Smith's enterprises was breaking and selling Texas longhorns to be used as working oxen, using his own unique method. On long hauls he hooked a team of experienced oxen directly in front of the wagon, with a pair of wild Texas bovines ahead of them, and a third pair of oxen, also well-broken, in front as the lead team, thus placing the wild pair between two teams of seasoned animals. By the time he returned from his journey, he had a team of trained Texas oxen for sale. "Peter Smith thought Cato might become an important town but his plans were ruined when the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf railroad tried to build through the place. Organized opposition to the rail line developed in the community and as fast as rails were laid they were torn up and bridges built across the creeks were burned. Promoters of the railroad gave up and moved to a different location to lay their rails and Cato began to decline. It is no longer shown on most Kansas maps and only one building, the old store built by Peter Smith remains. ("The Seeker," Crawford County Genealogical Society of Southeast Kansas, Spring 1977). The 1906 plat map shows a community of thirty or more buildings including a school, a doctor's office, and a livery. According to John Spurling, who was a local historian, Peter's niece, Eva Lindsay, operated the Cato store and post office until 1915. The store building was destroyed by fire 17 Jul 1994 after it was struck by lightening. I'm really not sure what is left of Cato. About fifteen years ago, I took pictures of three buildings: the original log school, a rock-walled school/store, and the wood-framed Christian Church. It is my understanding that the church building has since burned. There are several nearby cemeteries. The two largest are Large Cemetery in Bourbon County, and McGonigle Cemetery in Crawford County. Both cemeteries are well maintained. All of the Crawford County cemeteries have been surveyed. Some of the burials are online at: http://www.interment.net/us/ks/crawford.htm and http://www.rootsweb.com/~kscemete/kscem.htm. I have done a lot of research in the area as I am descended from four families (Elliott, McGonigle, Bixler, and Nickell) who were all in the area of Cato as early as 1870. I would enjoy helping anyone who is researching families from the area. My cousin, Walter Parrish, maintains a website that would also be of interest to anyone researching the area: http://lincolntownshipcrawfordcountyks.com/default.aspx. ____________________________________________________________ Click to become an artist and quit your boring job. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mzjsD7gyB8EUarSgrV4TyzsBfNRvA8u0kjHES9S3nywhS25/

Patty, Try the following link to US GenWeb: http://usgenweb.org/states/index.shtml Go to Hamilton County and try the town lists, maps or the County Genealogical Society. Good luck Fred -----Original Message----- To: ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] Introduction of new administrator Where do you live?I live in Vista,San Diego County,CA What Ghost Town or area are you interested in?Coolidge , Kansas What county was your Ghost Town located in? Hamilton County Are there any remnants left of the town? I lived there in the late '60s and have no idea if any of it survived.I have tried to find it on line and have had no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Sincerely,Patty Stewart

Where do you live?I live in Vista,San Diego County,CA What Ghost Town or area are you interested in?Coolidge , Kansas What county was your Ghost Town located in? Hamilton County Are there any remnants left of the town? I lived there in the late '60s and have no idea if any of it survived.I have tried to find it on line and have had no luck. Any help would be greatly appreciated.Sincerely,Patty Stewart

In a message dated 8/23/2008 4:19:42 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, dittmar_ksa@ou.edu writes: Where do you live? Las Vegas, NV What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? Freeport, KS What county was your Ghost Town located in? Harper county. Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Actually, there is a bank still located there. Population is now 7 as I recall. Old railroad right-of-way on south edge of town and a very nicely maintained cemetery. Most of the town has reverted to farmland. Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Yes, but I'd have to dig it out. Did it have a post office? Yes. If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? _http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=92500&CScn=Freeport&CScntry=4&CSst=18_ (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&CRid=92500&CScn=Freeport&CScntry=4&C Sst=18) & Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Don't know. -- Ray Downing, Las Vegas, NV **************It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047)

-----Original Message----- Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 6:42 PM To: ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] Introduction of new administrator >Thanks for the introduction and the questions you >have asked of us. I will try to take a few towns around >me and answer the questions as time allows. >The reason I joined this list is because the towns around >us here that are gone or nearly gone, were not mentioned >in the two books I purchased about Ghost towns of Kansas. >Thanks >Sue Ellen >Live near Whitewater Kansas Sue, Thank you for the come back and offer to research the towns around Whitewater, Kansas. This is what the Ghost Town mail lists need. I have the following Kansas books: 1. Ghost Towns of Kansas - A Traveler's Guide by Daniel Fizgerald Univ of Kansas Press 1988 2. Historical Atlas of Kansas by Self OU Press Thanks Fred

Thanks for the introduction and the questions you have asked of us. I will try to take a few towns around me and answer the questions as time allows. The reason I joined this list is because the towns around us here that are gone or nearly gone, were not mentioned in the two books I purchased about Ghost towns of Kansas. Thanks Sue Ellen Live near Whitewater Kansas

Greetings to all Kansas Ghost Town mail list subscribers. I'd like to first thank Kathleen Burnett for one starting the Ghost Town mail list for each state and your years as the administrator of this list. My name is Fred Dittmar and I am here to offer any help and direction I can. Although I'm not living in your state I may have some information to give you directions in researching. In order to stimulate my quiet lists I'm writing to ask some questions of you the subscribers. There are 72 subscribers on this mail list at the moment. No one on the list bites or says Boo to any questions or comments so feel free to write and talk with others. Where do you live? What Ghost Town or area are you interested in? What county was your Ghost Town located in? Are there any remnants left of the town? Foundations? Buildings? Cemeteries? Do you have any information about the time line of the town? Did it have a post office? If a cemetery is there is it currently maintained? Has it been surveyed and is it posted on the internet? What's the link? Do you know if the State has posted a Historic Sign or Marker noting the town or area? Please cite any sources (book, publication, family history) you find the information in. Thank you all. This is your mail list and it only works when you post and others answer and add to it. Fred - Mail List Administrator Frederick M. Dittmar Diggin' Deep Genealogy Research Service PO Box 2601 Norman, Oklahoma 73070 http://www.frederick.dittmar.org Member: Association of Professional Genealogy - http://www.apgen.org Board Member - Oklahoma Genealogical Society - http://www.okgensoc.org/ Board Member - OKOLHA - http://www.okolha.net

contact me off list ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Brooks" <sbrooks@ckt.net> To: <ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:24 PM Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] ghost Town in the Bourborn Co area >I think my mom talked about New Hope. If so,it was a tiny mining camp in > Bourbon Co.She grew up in many of them.Use to talk alot about Willy's Camp > as well > Carol > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "TEA PARTY" <teatime@2020comm.net> > To: <ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:26 AM > Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] ghost Town in the Bourborn Co area > > >>I am looking for my notes but in March 1888 Bronson newspaper there was >>an >> aricle of death for Jane Moomey of New Hope died >> >> Paul >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "S&R Ash" <db1753@dragonbbs.com> >> To: <ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:05 AM >> Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] ghost Town in the Bourborn Co area >> >> >>> Hello Paul, >>> I have two Kansas books of Ghost towns but it is not >>> mentioned in either one. I will do a liitle research and see >>> if I find anything. Many times the early PO were not much >>> more than one or two buildings. Using the Kansas search I >>> did find one in Phillips county. See below: >>> http://www.kumc.edu/cgi-bin/findtown.pl >>> < Where In Kansas Is . . . ? >>> >>> New Hope is in Phillips County. >>> County Code: PL >>> >>> Notes: >>> Genealogical Information for Phillips County is available on Blue >>> Skyways. >>> New Hope has or had a post office. Details and dates are in Kansas Post >>> Offices by Robert W. Baughman. >>> New Hope was mentioned in a history of the county. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sue Ellen >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>> KS-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >>> the >>> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KS-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.11/944 - Release Date: 8/9/2007 >> 2:44 PM >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KS-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

I think my mom talked about New Hope. If so,it was a tiny mining camp in Bourbon Co.She grew up in many of them.Use to talk alot about Willy's Camp as well Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "TEA PARTY" <teatime@2020comm.net> To: <ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:26 AM Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] ghost Town in the Bourborn Co area >I am looking for my notes but in March 1888 Bronson newspaper there was >an > aricle of death for Jane Moomey of New Hope died > > Paul > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "S&R Ash" <db1753@dragonbbs.com> > To: <ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:05 AM > Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] ghost Town in the Bourborn Co area > > >> Hello Paul, >> I have two Kansas books of Ghost towns but it is not >> mentioned in either one. I will do a liitle research and see >> if I find anything. Many times the early PO were not much >> more than one or two buildings. Using the Kansas search I >> did find one in Phillips county. See below: >> http://www.kumc.edu/cgi-bin/findtown.pl >> < Where In Kansas Is . . . ? >> >> New Hope is in Phillips County. >> County Code: PL >> >> Notes: >> Genealogical Information for Phillips County is available on Blue >> Skyways. >> New Hope has or had a post office. Details and dates are in Kansas Post >> Offices by Robert W. Baughman. >> New Hope was mentioned in a history of the county. >> >> >> >> Sue Ellen >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> KS-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without >> the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KS-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.476 / Virus Database: 269.11.11/944 - Release Date: 8/9/2007 > 2:44 PM > >

I am looking for my notes but in March 1888 Bronson newspaper there was an aricle of death for Jane Moomey of New Hope died Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "S&R Ash" <db1753@dragonbbs.com> To: <ks-ghosttowns@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 2:05 AM Subject: Re: [KS-GHOSTTOWNS] ghost Town in the Bourborn Co area > Hello Paul, > I have two Kansas books of Ghost towns but it is not > mentioned in either one. I will do a liitle research and see > if I find anything. Many times the early PO were not much > more than one or two buildings. Using the Kansas search I > did find one in Phillips county. See below: > http://www.kumc.edu/cgi-bin/findtown.pl > < Where In Kansas Is . . . ? > > New Hope is in Phillips County. > County Code: PL > > Notes: > Genealogical Information for Phillips County is available on Blue Skyways. > New Hope has or had a post office. Details and dates are in Kansas Post > Offices by Robert W. Baughman. > New Hope was mentioned in a history of the county. > > > > Sue Ellen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KS-GHOSTTOWNS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >

Hello Paul, I have two Kansas books of Ghost towns but it is not mentioned in either one. I will do a liitle research and see if I find anything. Many times the early PO were not much more than one or two buildings. Using the Kansas search I did find one in Phillips county. See below: http://www.kumc.edu/cgi-bin/findtown.pl < Where In Kansas Is . . . ? New Hope is in Phillips County. County Code: PL Notes: Genealogical Information for Phillips County is available on Blue Skyways. New Hope has or had a post office. Details and dates are in Kansas Post Offices by Robert W. Baughman. New Hope was mentioned in a history of the county. Sue Ellen

I am looking for NEW HOPE Kansas In the Newspaper of Bourborn Co there were news from New Hope.1887 to 1899. I brelieve it was five miles north of Bronson, KS I found a 1900 map but it was't shown. Was it a very small town? Paul

Hello Listers, Anyone interested in hosting a County, let me know. Or if you have a story you would like to share, please let me know. In the meantime, take a look at the webpage.... http://www.rootsweb.com/~ksghstwn/kansasghosttowns.html Here is the link for the sponsor of this project http://www.ahgp.org/ http://www.usghosttowns.com/ Regards, Ann Lambert State Coordinator

NEW HOPE, KS was in Bronson Co., KS in 1899. Is there a history of New Hope? Does any one have Pictures of New Hope? Paul