Orion, Gove County
Date
2010-03
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Publisher
Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Abstract
This study of the slowly-vanishing town of Orion explores the western Kansas environment and the founding of a community in 1886. Wheat farmers claimed large farms in this area. Named for a schoolteacher, Orion had a vital life through World War II, when a gunnery range kept it vitalized. A few buildings, an abandoned store, and a cemetery remain. This study contains on-site photographs and personal research by the author.
Description
Brad Zerr, “Orion, Gove County,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/1.
Keywords
Aerial gunnery range, Brad Zerr, Gaeland Cemetery, Gove County, Orion, School
