Morgan, M.J.2021-02-122021-02-122012-03https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41165M.J. Morgan, Research Director , “Broughton, Clay County,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/35.At the latest estimate, Kansas may have nearly 9,000 vanished, named communities. These places had many faces: small crossroads villages; depot mail drops on rail lines, lingering communities that coalesced around a church, rapidly-fading religious colonies on the bleak western plains; villages that grew up on both sides of a river; towns that had as many as five names -- and towns that had a single name but no people. Vanished town signs state proudly that here was the first orphanage, denominational church, ladies’ institute, Pony Express stop, mission, or trading post. Regardless of how these towns are remembered, and for what, they are all related in one way: they were someone’s home town.This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s). NOTE: Rights status of accompanying images may differ from text.BroughtonChapmanClay CountyMilford Dam ConstuctionPony Express StopRepublican RiverText