Wi chita County, February, 1887. The up-start county was created by the legislature less than a year earlier. A lively trade goes on among the ever-growing number of residents of the county and its sister cities, Coronado and Leoti, and the longer-established towns within a couple of days journey. A railroad—maybe even two!— is coming soon, and the people of Wichita County are excited. Life is goo…
