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Jamestown was founded in 1878, and was incorporated as a city in 1883. [4] It was named for either Senator James Pomeroy, [5] or James P. Pomeroy, a railroad official. [6] [7] [8] A post office was opened in Alva (an extinct town) in 1871, but it was moved to Jamestown in 1878. [9]
Cavendish Farms is a Canadian food processing company and subsidiary of the J. D. Irving group of companies.Its headquarters are in Dieppe, New Brunswick and potato processing plants in New Annan, Prince Edward Island, Lethbridge, Alberta, and Jamestown, North Dakota, and an appetizer plant in Wheatley, Ontario. [1]
The Rise of the Wheat State: A History of Kansas Agriculture, 1861- 1986 (1987) 16 topical essays by experts. online; Hurt, R. Douglas. "The Agricultural and Rural History of Kansas." Kansas History 2004 27(3): 194–217. ISSN 0149-9114 Fulltext: in Ebsco; Larson, Henrietta M. The wheat market and the farmer in Minnesota, 1858–1900 (1926 ...
The fact that southwest Kansas farmers used to grow watermelons for decades in a place that almost solely relies on commodity grains today did not surprise McCombs. What did surprise her was why.
After the war, Kansas was home to Wild West towns servicing the cattle trade. With the railroads came heavy immigration from the East, from Europe, and from Freedmen called "Exodusters". For much of its history, Kansas has had a rural economy based on wheat and other crops, supplemented by oil and railroads. Since 1945 the farm population has ...
Video games that involve the U.S. state of Kansas in any shape or form. Pages in category "Video games set in Kansas" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
In Kansas City or even Salina, 40 miles southeast of Lincoln, a builder who spends $150,000 to construct a new home can safely assume it will sell for far more than $150,000, ensuring a profit.
Jamestown Wildlife Area consist of 3,239 acres (13.11 km 2) in Northern Kansas. [1] [2] It is located primarily in Republic County, Kansas and partially in Cloud County, Kansas. Driving directions are 5 miles (8.0 km) North and 2 miles (3.2 km) West of Jamestown. The area is commonly called "Jamestown Lake" by local residents.