Western Frontier of Orion, Gove County, Kansas
Date
2011-04-19
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Kansas State University. Dept. of History
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.
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Gove County, Orion, Aerial gunnery range, Gaeland Cemetery, Orion Methodist Church
