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- The town of Newton, KS was named for the town of Newton, MA. Newton, KS was built on the site of the first depot of the Atchison, Topeka & Sant Fe (AT&SF) Railroad, were the railroad intersected with the great Texas cattle trail.
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Why did the Warkentins come to Newton and build the Warkentin House? Warkentin expanded his mill and nearby farmstead on the north edge of Halstead in the late 1870s. He prospered, and his family also grew with the birth of a daughter, Edna Wella, on September 24, 1876, and a son, Carl Orlando, on January 3, 1880.
Newton, KS was built on the site of the first depot of the Atchison, Topeka & Sant Fe (AT&SF) Railroad, were the railroad intersected with the great Texas cattle trail. While Newton, MA was a town long before Newton, KS - they were not officially incorporated until two years after Newton, KS on January 5, 1874.
Newton, Kansas, the county seat of Harvey County, got its start when the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad extended a main line from Emporia westward. The town was named after Newton, Massachusetts, home of some of the Santa Fe Railroad stockholders.
In 1871, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway extended a main line from Emporia westward to Newton by July 1871. [ 5 ] The town soon became an important railroad shipping point of Texas cattle. [ 6 ] The city was founded in 1871 and named after Newton, Massachusetts, home of some of the Santa Fe stockholders.
The business portion of the city is built up in a substantial manner with handsome stone and brick blocks, which would be a credit to larger cities and in the suburbs are located fine private residences, amply testifying to the taste and refinement of its inhabitants.
The late 1880s was a time of growth and optimism in Newton. The Ragdale brothers built a grand opera house at the corner of Broadway and Main in 1885. Many of Newton's wealthy built homes along East 1st and West Broadway. Business were also... Read more
Sep 18, 2023 · Newton. A vibrant Kansas community of about 20,000 people, Newton was founded in 1871 as the Santa Fe Railroad chugged westward across the plains and…
