This is “Our Past Is Present” from the Geary County
Historical Society.
During the
winter months our Museum is closed on Sundays. Beginning next Tuesday it will
be open Tuesdays through Sunday from 1 until 4 in the afternoon. This will give more of you an opportunity to
visit and learn more about the history in our County. So stop by and spend a few minutes or a few
hours any day except Monday. Now for
today’s story…..
W.J. Lott
returned to Junction City in early March of 1936 after spending four months in
Corpus Christi, Texas, which he had done for the previous four winters. Mr. Lott reported that the city was
experiencing a real boom. In addition to
a thriving tourist trade, the countryside was becoming dotted with oil
wells. He stated that traveling men
found it quite difficult to get accommodations there with the winter tourist
trade being popular by people from Kansas and Nebraska. Mr. Lott’s companion
for the trip was his brother-in-law, F.D. Miller, who was a former Junction
City resident. Mr. Miller first came to
town in 1881 and worked several years for Sebulon Miller, a clothier on Seventh
Street. While he was in Junction City, F.
D. Miller was a city fireman and served as captain of the hose company. He had been a part of winning many trophies
that were kept in the fire department clubroom.
Both Mr. Lott and Mr. Miller had married daughters of Mr. and Mrs. J.O.
Heaton. Mr. Heaton was a widely known contractor, who had erected several
hundred thousand dollars worth of buildings in the Junction City and Fort Riley
area. F. D. Miller left Junction City in
1890 to obtain work with the New York Central Railroad and retired after 40
years of service. He still had many
friends when he renewed acquaintances during his March visit in 1936.
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