Scott, Joseph2021-02-122021-02-122015-09https://hdl.handle.net/2097/41067Joseph Scott, “Perry, Jefferson County,” Chapman Center Research Collections, https://ccrsresearchcollections.omeka.net/items/show/165.This study analyzes the early development of Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas. Early on, Perry faced leadership problems as the principal town of Kentucky Township, but it was propelled to prosperity by the Kansas Pacific/Union Pacific Railroad it was founded on. Methods used include a brief town history, newspapers, historical atlas plats, and an 1883 Kansas historyThis 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.Jefferson CountyPerryThe Perry MirrorKansas Pacific RailroadGreat DepressionPro-slavery settlersText