THEY MAY BE CONSOLIDATED

A movement is on foot to consolidate Galena and Empire City into one city. The two towns are built close together, but ill-feeling has heretofore existed between them, which prevented consolidation. So much did they dislike each other ten years ago that Empire City built a huge stockade between the two towns, but the Galena police, in a riot, destroyed it. Portions of the wall still stand, but peace reigns. By uniting them Galena would have a compact city of over 15,000 people, and would rank the eighth city in size in Kansas.
Kinsley, KS, Graphic ~ August 11, 1899

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