Winkler, Riley County
Title
Winkler, Riley County
Subject
The Surviving Memories of Winkler Riley County, Kansas 1857-1961
Description
The decay of Winkler was the loss of not having a railroad run through the town site. A railroad running through a town almost guarantees growth and survival for small towns in Kansas. Glen Stockwell, a local resident near Winkler during the 1930s, remembered that originally the Leavenworth-Kansas-Western railroad planned on running a line up Fancy Creek, through Winkler. However, the plan fell apart and the line was sent down to Garrison, then to Leonardville.
Creator
Brendan Winkler
Publisher
The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Date
Fall 2010
Rights
The Chapman Center for Rural Studies
Relation
Kansas State University, Department of History
Format
pdf
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
Brendan Winkler, “Winkler, Riley County,” Lost Kansas Communities, accessed June 24, 2021, https://lostkscommunities.omeka.net/items/show/66.