Brief
History from wikipedia:
Osborne County was
organized on September 12, 1871, by
Charles William Bullock; Zachary Wlrood;
Calvin Reasoner;
Lyman Earl; William Bear; H. D.
Markley; George Kendig; David Tindal;
William Kendig; F. R. Gruger; and Frank
Rathenberger. The county was named
for Vincent C. Osborne, a private in the
Civil War who lost a leg, returned to
Kansas
and settled in Ellsworth. He was
prominent in Ellsworth politics and
business until he died in 1879. Osborne
contains the
towns of Portis, Natoma, Osborne,
Downs and Alton.
Settlement in the
county was held back by continuing Indian
raids and scares in the county from 1870
to 1878, until the
arrival of the Central Pacific
Railroad in 1879, and the ending of the
Indian difficulties in 1878. The last of
the great range
wars, beginning in 1902 and
continuing until it was ended with the
assistance of the Kansas National Guard in
1903, was
significant for the final settling
and opening of the land for all types of
agriculture.
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