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HARPER County lies in one of the most beautiful prairie regions of Kansas. South of it stretches the fertile Indian Territory, already containing nearly as many whites as aborigines, from which comes a vast and profitable traffic. From its fertile soil can be produced cereals enough to well-nigh supply the State, or turning south the vast army of stockmen with their cow-boys, an overplus is left for the ranges in the unorganized counties farther west.₁

Organized in 1873. County seat Anthony. The organization of this county was one of the most glaring frauds ever perpetrated in the State. Attorney-General Williams, in his official report, says: "It is not pretended that Harper county ever had an inhabitant." The form of its organization was legal on paper, and that is all. In 1878 the organization became legal. The county was named in memory of Marion Harper, first sergeant of Company E, Second Regiment Kansas Cavalry. ₂

1. William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas
published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.

2. History of Kansas, Noble Prentis, (Winfield: E.P. Greer. 1899)

Biographies
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Goodrich, Cutler W. 1841 -	4K	Mar 2007	Joy Fisher
Cemeteries
Census Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
1885 Anthony, Harper County, Kansas Census Index	29 KB	Sep 1997	Laura Wilson
History - Directories
Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Harper County Medical Directory 1920	3K	Feb 2009	Joy Fisher
Military Records
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Civil War Pension: BURKE, John A. (1912)	6 KB	Nov 2002	Janel Woodbury
1883 List of Pensioners on the Roll	6 KB	Oct 1997	Laura Wilson
Newspaper Articles
Obituaries: A to L, M to Z
Photos of People
File Description	File Size	Date	Submitter
Anthony Photo	Image 217K	Sep 1997	unknown
Names of Priscilla Girls Club, Attica, KS - 1906	Image 439K	Sep 1997	Sioux Stoeckle
Photos of Tombstones - Singer Cemetery, Stohrville Township, Stohrville, Kansas (Partial Photos)
Vital Records

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