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The Wickedest Cattletown in Kansas

by | Jan 6, 2017 | Departments, Investigating History

Somebody called Ellsworth the “Wickedest Cattletown in Kansas,” and the place had its moments. But its time was brief—and it almost didn’t get to that level of notoriety. The town was platted


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