Brief History from
Kansas State Historical Society:
Dickinson
county was organized on February 20, 1857
by Geroge Freeman; Charles Staatz; John
Erwin; Herman Oesterreich;
and John Lamb. It contains the
cities of Abilene, Enterprise, Manchester,
Herington, Carlton, Hope, Woodbine,
Solomon and
Chapman. The county was named for
Senator Daniel S. Dickinson of New York,
supporter of Kansas' quest for territorial
status.
The coming of the
cattle trails to Abilene, and the heydey
of the "cowtown" from 1867 to 1871.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, President
of the United States (1952-1960), hails from
Dickinson. Charles Harger, editor
first of the
Abilene Reflector and later
of the combined Reflector-Chronicle,
whose work also appeared in The Outlook,
Harpers, and the
Saturday Evening Post, was a
life-long friend of Eisenhower who worked
successfully to establish the Eisenhower
Library.
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