Tipton, Mitchell County
Date
2012-09
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Publisher
Kansas State University, The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Abstract
William A. Pitt and fellow settlers from Trier, Germany, first settled near Carr Creek, but flooding encouraged them to relocate to the top of a nearby hill. They called their settlement Pittsburg and, later, Tipton.
Description
Austin Bechard, “Tipton, Mitchell County,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/142.
Keywords
German Immigrants, Kansas, Mitchell County, Tipton, Pittsburg, immigrants
